HUM Finals Flashcards
Arguments containts 2 minimum statements which are?
Premise and Conclusion
Conclusion from
a universal-prop
to particular-
prop
Deductive
Conclusion from
a particular
instance to a
universal-prop
inductive
Symbol for Major term
P
Symbol for Minor term
S
Symbol for middle term
M
Subject
matter of an
argument
CONTENT
Structure/
pattern of
an argument
Form
What is the name of the first figure?
Sub-Pre
name of second figure
Pre-Pre
name of third figure
Sub-Sub
name of fourth figure
pre-sub
Rules 1-5 governs
Terms
RUles 6-10 governs
Propositions
Rule 1
The middle term must always
be taken in the same sense.
RULES 2 and 3:
The Major Term and Minor
Term cannot have a greater extension in
the conclusion than in the premise.
The predicate is
universal in the
conclusion, not
in the major
premise
Illicit Major
The subject is
universal in the
conclusion, not
in the minor
premise
ILLICIT Minor
Rule 4
The middle term should not
occur in the conclusion.
Rule 5
RULE 5: The middle term must be
distributed universally, at least once, in
the premises
RULE 6:
Two affirmative premises
cannot give a negative conclusion
RULE 7
: From two negatives, nothing
follows
RULE 8:
From two particular premises,
nothing follows
RULE 9:
The conclusion follows the
weaker premise.