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Arguments, fallacies, and proof
The single most transferable course in the catalog: how to tell a good argument from a bad one, and how to build one that holds.
New this term. Reviews from students and parents appear here once families have taken it.
Eight weeks of drill and discussion. Students diagram arguments, name fallacies on sight, and finish able to construct a valid syllogism and explain why validity is not the same thing as truth.
This course accumulates. The class reads the same pages at the same pace and each meeting picks up the argument where the last one left it, so joining halfway means joining an argument already in progress.
Because there is a whole body of work at the end of it, this one is graded (percentage) and can be carried to a transcript. Enroll before the second meeting.
Weeks 1–2
Premises, conclusions, and the difference between arguing and quarrelling.
Weeks 3–4
Twenty of them, found in real texts, named out loud.
Weeks 5–6
Terms, propositions, syllogisms, and Venn testing.
Weeks 7–8
Students diagram and evaluate a published editorial.
Logic I workbook
Odysseus Lyceum
Printable workbook supplied at no cost.
None. Any student in the age range can enroll.
Content-neutral by design. The examples are drawn from across the political spectrum on purpose.
Read our academic philosophyMeetings are recorded and released to enrolled families for fourteen days. Recordings capture the instructor and shared materials; student video is not published.
Full refund up to seven days before the first meeting; inside seven days, everything paid is credited to your Lyceum balance. No refunds or credits once the class has begun. Cancel any section from your parent account.
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Students and parents review separately, on different questions, and the two aggregates are never blended. Every review is verified and moderated.
No parent reviews for this class yet.
Reviews from students are published as “Student, age 13”, never with a full name. Photo and short video reviews are supported and moderated before they appear.
Economics
Eight weeks, both sides, no slogans
Smith, Mises, Hayek and Friedman put directly against Marx, Polanyi, and the modern critics, with students required to state each case in its strongest form.
Mr. Thomas WardNew this term
Reviews appear once families have taken it.
$8/wk
$48 in total
$19.20 for add’l siblings
Great Books
Selections, read closely
A student studying Smith reads Smith. Books I and IV in substantial selection, plus the passages from Moral Sentiments people forget exist.
Mr. Thomas WardNew this term
Reviews appear once families have taken it.
$8/wk
$56 in total
$22.40 for add’l siblings
Personal Finance
Twice a week · Five weeks · Ages 15–18
Budget, credit, compounding, taxes and insurance in five weeks, Tuesdays and Thursdays. Built to be finished before a first job starts.
Mr. Thomas WardNew this term
Reviews appear once families have taken it.
$14/wk
$70 in total
$28 for add’l siblings
