CATEGORICAL SYLLOGISMS Flashcards
He is the one who developed syllogisms
Aristotle
Aristotle developed syllogisms in their original form in his work entitled
Analytica Priora
It is the formal analysis of logical terms and operators and the structures that make it possible to infer true conclusions
from given premises.
Syllogism
It is an argument that has three categorical propositions.
Categorical Syllogism
It is a form of deductive reasoning consisting of a major premise, a minor premise, and a conclusion
Syllogism
What are the three categorical proposition of categorical syllogism?
Minor, Middle, major terms
It is the arrangement of terms in the argument or syllogism.
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This depends upon the type of categorical propositions that consist a categorical syllogism (A, E, I or O)
Mood
It is a list of the types beginning with the major premise and ending with the conclusion.
Mood
It is an attribute that describes the relationship between a categorical proposition and its terms, whether or not the proposition makes a statement about every member of the class represented by a given term
Distribution
It can be easily identified with the location of the
middle term.
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