Immediate Inferences
Convert: Some dogs are not cats
Rule 3
Undistributed Middle
Put this in standard form:
You are not my people
No you are my people
Give me any philosophical definition
(Any correct answers)
Why are we studying logic? Aristotle developed it thousands of years ago - isn't there something newer we should study?
Chronological Snobbery
Obvert: Some S is not P
Some S is non-P
Which rule corresponds to 10-3*7+3+9?
1 - Only three terms
What does this assume?
"I have sinner, for I have betrayed innocent blood"
To betray innocent blood is to sin
A hen
Female chicken
Each strand of rope is easily breakable. So the rope is easily breakable.
Composition
Contrapose: All S is P
All non-P is non-S
Which rule does this break?
No Timmies are Bimmies
Some Bimmies are not Climmies
So Some Climmies are not Timmies
Rule 6 - Two negative premises
P > Q
P
Therefore?
Q
Genus: Pizza
Species: Best
Pineapple and Pepperoni
I asked Jeffrey if he thought he was stupid, and he said no. So he must think he's a genius!
False dichotomy / Bifurcation
Contrapose: No S is P
YOU CAN'T YOU FOOL
Some boms are bahms
No bohms are bombs
So some boms are not bombs
Rule 1 - 4 terms (bohms vs bahms)
Not Rule 3 really, since there IS no middle term
Either P or Q
Not P
Therefore...?
Q
According to St. Anselm, God is _________________
(Don't abbreviate. It has to be exactly right.)
That than which nothing greater can be thought
Video games are harmless. I mean, nobody has proven otherwise.
Appeal to Ignorance
Obvert, then convert the obversion:
Some S is not non-P
Obversion: Some S is P
Conversion: Some P is S
Which rules does this break? (BE AS SPECIFIC AS POSSIBLE)
EIE-3
Rule 4 - Illicit major
(~Q > P) & (S v T)
(~Q & ~S)
Therefore?
P & T
Genus: Teacher
Species: Most Dashing
Mr. Hartwick
What does the word "fallacy" come from, do you think?
Latin: fallacia, from fallax, fallac-
or ‘deceiving’, from fallere