Definitions
A deductive argument with two premises and three terms.
Syllogism
How do you find the Major Term?
Find the conclusion and go to the end. It is the predicate of the conclusion statement.
In this statement, the S is distributed
What is an A statement
In this A statement, What term should be distributed?
All Candies are medicinal.
Candies
A valid syllogism cannot have two negative premises.
A set of statements, one of which appears to be implied by the others.
Argument
How can you find the middle term?
The middle term is the term in both premises but is not included in the Conclusion statement.
In this statement, the S and the P are distributed.
What is an E statement
What statement type is this, and what is the distributed term?
Some candies are not medicinal.
Statement type is "O" and term is Medicinal.
What rule does this syllogism break?
Some Baptists are immersionists.
No presbyterian is a baptist.
Therefore Some Presbyterians are not immersionists.
Illicit Major.
The premises imply the conclusion, if the premises are true, the conclusion must be true.
A Valid Syllogism
How can you find the Minor Term?
The minor term is the Subject of the conclusion statement.
In this statement, no S or P are distributed
What is an I statement
What type of statement is this? What term is distributed?
Some Candies are medicinal.
This is an I statement. Nothing is distributed.
What rule does this syllogism break?
No man is a woman.
Some women are doctors.
Therefore, some men are doctors.
Negative premise and Positive conclusion.
a statement that appears to support or imply the conclusion
Premise of a syllogism
How many forms of Syllogisms are there if you consider mood and figure?
256 forms of syllogisms. Page 154.
In this statement the P is distributed
What is an O statement
Tell me what term should be distributed in this statement.
Some Baptists are immersionists.
NONE! :)
In at least one premise, the middle term must be distributed.
What are some words that introduce a conclusion in an argument?
Therefore, thus, so and consequently.
What does the Figure of a syllogism tell us?
It determines the placement of the middle term in the argument. Page 153.
In this statement, which term is being distributed?
No clear liquid is a Solid object
Clear Liquid and Solid Object.
What term should be distributed in this statement?
Some couches are not sleeping places.
Sleeping places.
What are the 5 Fallacies we learned in Chapter 26
Fallacy of : Undistributed Middle, Illicit Major, Illicit Minor, Two Negative Premises and A Negative Premise and an Affirmative Conclusion.