Rules of Validity
Types of Syllogisms
Names for Valid Syllogisms
Reducing and Extrapolating
Miscellaneous
100

What is the 1st rule of validity?

There can be three and only three terms in a syllogism

100

What type of statements do conditional syllogisms contain?

What are If-Then statements?

100

Congratulations on the bonus question because you picked 100 for some reason. Who is our Logic teacher?

Who is Mrs. Jones?

100

What do you do when you have to perform a simple conversion?

What is interchanging the subject and the predicate?

100

Who wrote Make Your Bed?

Who is Admiral William H. McRaven?

200

What is the third rule of validity?

What is If a term is distributed in the conclusion, then it must be distributed in the Premise?

200

What statement do Conjunctive Syllogisms contain?

What is a 'Both... And" statement?

200

What are the 4 names for 2 figure valid syllogisms?

Who are Cesare, Camestres, Festino, and Baroco?

200

What do you do when you perform a partial conversion?

What is Changing the quantity and interchanging the subject and predicate?

200

What distinguishes a Aristotelian Sorite from a Goclenian sort in terms of extension?

What is the Aristotelian moves from lesser to greater extension and Goclenian moves from greater extension to lesser extension?

300

What is the 7th rule of validity?

What is that if one of the premises is negative, then the conclusion must be negative?

300

What is an epicheirema? Bonus 100: what are the three types?

What are Syllogisms in which at least one premise contains a causal proposition? 1st order- causal clause in major premise. 2nd order- causal in minor premise. 3rd Order- causal clause in both premises.

300

What are the four names to remember the 1st figure valid syllogisms?

What are Barbara, Celarent, Darii, and Ferio?

300

What do you do when you perform a mutatio on a syllogism?

What is Making the minor premise the major premise and making the major premise the minor? (switching the two)

Aka Transposition of the Premises

300

What are the 3 main consonants used to reduce the 19 valid syllogisms into 1st figure? (100 bonus points if you say what they mean)

What are S, P, and M? S-Simple Conversion; P- partial conversion; M- Mutatio

400

What is the fourth rule of validity? 

What is that the middle term must be distributed at least once?

400

What statement do disjunctive syllogisms contain?

What is an "Either... Or" statement?

400

What are the 5 valid names for 4th figure syllogisms?

Who are Bramantip, Camenes, Dimaris, Fesapo, and Fresison?

400

How do you extrapolate an epicheirema? (explaining either the 1st or 2nd order)

You distinguish your three terms for your proof from the premise containing the causal clause. You use the main statement from the premise in original syllogism as your conclusion for the proof. You then make a valid 1st order syllogism for your proof using the three terms you found in the premise of the original syllogism. 

400

What is mood?

What is the Disposition of premises according to quantity and quality?

500

What is the 5th rule of validity?

What is that No conclusion can follow from 2 negative premises?

500

What are polysyllogisms?

What is A chain argument that links together several syllogisms so that the conclusion of one syllogism is a premise for the next syllogism?

500

What are the 6 names for 3rd figure valid syllogisms?

Who are Darapti, Disamis, Datisi, Felapton, Bocardo, and Ferison?

500

What are the steps to extrapolating an Aristotelian Sorite? 

What is 1. Switching the first two syllogisms to make it 1st figure; 2. using the conclusion of the first syllogism as the minor premise of the next syllogism; 3. repeating step 2 until done

500
What are two types of Sorites we learned about?

What are Gloclenian and Aristotelian sorties?