Translations
This is how you know a proposition is an O type proposition.
The quantifier is "Some...not"
Name the relationship between these propositions
All french fries are greasy food
No french fries are greasy food
What is the process for performing conversion?
Swap the subject and predicate.
Correctly name the subject and predicate of the conclusion.
Subject: minor term.
Predicate: major term.
This type of logic moves from specific cases to general principles
Inductive logic
Name the 4 components of a categorical proposition in the correct order.
Quantifier, subject, copula, predicate
Draw the Square of Opposition and label it correctly
What is a "complement," and how do you provide a term's complement in a proposition?
Complement: everything that is not represented by the term.
Add non- to the term.
Provide the major, minor, and middle terms for the following syllogism:
Some slithy toves are gyre and gimblers.
No Jubjub birds are gyre and gimblers.
Therefore, no Jubjub birds are slithy toves
Major: slithy toves
Minor: Jubjub birds
Middle: gyre and gimblers
What are the letters that are conventionally used to abbreviate each term in a syllogism, and why were those letters chosen?
S: minor term, since it is the Subject of the conclusion
M: Middle term
Translate: There hasn’t been a movie since movies started being made that is longer than 3 hours
No movies are spectacles that are longer than 3 hours
For the proposition: "All movies are 14 hours long"
Provide the proposition derived from subimplication.
Some movies are 14 hours long.
What is the process for performing obversion?
Step 1: Change the quality of the subject term.
Step 2: Change the quality of the predicate term to its complement.
Give the mood and figure of the following syllogism: Some Romans are not Greek speakers, because some Romans are not Latin speakers, and all Greek speakers are Latin speakers.
AIO-2
Define "tenacity"
Persistent in maintaining, adhering to, or seeking something valued or desired
Determination, perseverance, not willing to quit, stick-with-it-ness
Translate: "I used to think that every church has a steeple, but the other day I saw one that didn’t"
Some churches are/are not buildings with steeples
If E is False, O is...
Undetermined
Perform conversion on the following proposition: Some football players are not Super Bowl players.
Not allowed
Write a counterexample for the following:
Some mice are not lab specimens.
All mice are rodents.
∴ Some rodents are lab specimens.
Must be OAI-3, true premises, false conclusion
What is Mr. Pyke's son's name?
Elias
Translate into a syllogism: Whenever it rains in our area, our friend Jared's ceiling leaks. Often in July, we get heavy rains in our area. So, Jared's ceiling leaks sometimes in July.
All times it rains are times Jared's ceiling leaks.
Some July days are rainy days.
Therefore, some July days are days that Jared's ceiling leaks.
Some government documents are not boring.
Some government documents are boring.
If the first proposition is false, the second is...
True
Perform contraposition on the following proposition: Some football players are not Super Bowl players.
Step 1: Some football players are non-(Super Bowl players).
Step 2: Some non-(Super Bowl players) are football players.
Step 3: Some non-(Super Bowl players) are not non-football players.
Evaluate this syllogism with the 7 rules of validity:
Some nurses are not licensed medical practitioners.
Some graduates of medical school are nurses.
All graduates of medical school are licensed medical practitioners.
Rules 3, 4 (illicit minor), and 7
Give an example of an enthymeme.
I want to eat good things, so I want to eat this avocado.
All good things are things I want to eat.
(All avocados are good things.)
Therefore, all of this avocado is a thing I want to eat.