Definitions
A set of statements, one of which appears to be implied or supported by the others.
What is an Argument?
This is a schema.
Some S are M.
Some M are not P.
Therefore, some P are not S.
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All apples are fruits;
All fruits grow on trees;
∴ All apples grow on trees
What is Fruits?
the premise containing the major term
What is a Major Premise?
Convert to standard order:
All birds have feathers;
A robin is a bird;
∴ All robins have feathers
What is
All birds have feathers;
A robin is a bird;
∴ All robins have feathers
Type of statement in an argument that is the point or "terminus" of the argument itself; appears to be implied or supported by others
Mood is IAO
Some P are M.
All S are M.
Some S are not P.
YAY!
Sam drank 24 cups of coffee yesterday because caffeine helps wake people up and Sam needed to wake up.
What is waking up?
The term in both premises and not the conclusion.
What is a middle term?
No geese are felines.
Some geese are birds.
∴ Some birds are not felines.
What is EIO-3?
The premises of a syllogism accurately implies the conclusion presented.
What is Validity?
Figure 3 is when the middle term is the subject seat foor both premises.
YAY!
When the lights are turned off, Martin gets better sleep. So, Martin slept better than usual because the lights were turned off last night.
What is turning off the lights?
combination of mood and figure in a syllogism.
What is form?
Convert to standard order:
∴ All elephants are animals;
All mammals are animals;
All elephants are mammals
What is
Where the true premises result in a true conclusion.
What is Soundness?
A categorical syllogism doesn't really have to be written in standard form. That's just a suggestion.
NAY.
Anessa opened Veracross because her grades are on Veracross and she wanted to look at her grades.
What is Anessa's grades?
1.Find the conclusion
2.Find the major term
3.Find the major premise
4.Find the minor premise
5. Rewrite the syllogism.
What is: the steps to rewriting a syllogism in standard order?
Find the form of the syllogism:
No frogs are mammals.
All mammals are elephants.
∴ No elephants are frogs.
What is EAE-4?
When the middle term sits in the subject-predicate seat in the premises.
What is Figure 1?
This syllogism is invalid.
All birds have wings.
A bat has wings.
So a bat is a bird.
YAY!
Zach only doom scrolls when he has extra free time, and he only doom scrolled for 22 hours last weekend, so he had a lot of free time last weekend.
What is Zach doom scrolling?
a syllogism that is in standard order and standard abbreviations of its terms.
What is schema?
Convert to standard order and find the form:
All items from Barnes and Noble are new;
∴ My Bible is new;
My Bible is an item from Barnes and Noble.
What is
Major: All items from Barnes and Noble are new.
Minor: My Bible is an item from Barnes and Noble.
Conclusion: Therefore, my bible is new.
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