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    University of Phoenix Material Syllogisms & Logic PART I: SYLLOGISMS To be a valid syllogism‚ the conclusion must be proven by the reasons. Carefully study the following syllogisms and decide if they are valid or invalid: 1. All zebras are striped animals. No zebras are polar bears. Therefore‚ no polar bears are striped animals. 2. All clowns are funny individuals. Some sad people are clowns. Therefore‚ some sad people are funny individuals. 3. Some sticky

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    Standard Form Categorical Syllogisms SYLLOGISMS * A syllogism is composed of two statements‚ from which a third one‚ the conclusion‚ is inferred. CATEGORICAL SYLLOGISMS * Are syllogisms made up of three categorical propositions. * They are a type of deductive argument‚ that is‚ the conclusion (provided the argument form is valid) follows with necessity from the premises. TWO EXAMPLES OF CATEGORICAL SYLLOGISMS 1.) All Greeks are mortal.

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    Categorical Syllogism I. Definition II. Three categorical propositions III. General Rules 1) Number of terms in the syllogism. 2) How to determine the three terms in the syllogism. 3) Distribution of the major and minor terms in the syllogism. 4) Distribution of the major and minor terms in the syllogism. 5) The quality of the premises. 6) The quality of the premises. 7) The quality of the premises. 8) The quantity of the premises. 9) The quantity

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    story develops‚ we are given some insight of the different perceptions that the character’s hold for Rebecca along with some interesting syllogisms that provide validity and soundness Interestingly enough‚ the author supplies the reader with the intrinsic motives of many of the characters‚ demonstrating their true nature as one read’s along. The first syllogism we encounter states‚“ What strikes us about the second Mrs. de Winter is her timidity‚ her pre-pubescence‚ her asexuality. The way she dresses

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    Aristotle’s enthymeme is also known of as the rhetorical syllogism. It is a technique of persuasion‚ engaging one’s emotions‚ ethics and logic by using rhetoric. By Doug Frame on Jan 20‚ 2010 In explaining this device Aristotle references his Rhetoric‚ Prior Analytics‚ and Topics as well as other of his books. While Aristotle did not favor using persuasion in an unethical fashion‚ it became necessary to explain the enthymeme in order to refute other less ethical enthymemes that were used by some

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    Syllogism Robin O. Maligaya Pre- Dental II Semi Finals in Logic and Ethics RSA Animate - Changing Education Paradigms Categorical Syllogism     1. All rich persons can educate their children.   Some parents can’t afford education.   Therefore‚ some parents are not rich.     2. Some mentors use their creative mind.   All man has the capacity to think.   Therefore‚ some men are not mentors.     3. Not all are academic people.   Some non smart people are non academic.   Therefore

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    CATEGORICAL SYLLOGISM Just as the verbal expression of the IDEA is the TERM‚ and that of the JUDGMENT is the PROPOSITION‚ so the verbal expression of DEDUCTIVE REASONING is called ARGUMENTATION. ARGUMENTATION is a discourse which logically deduces one proposition from other propositions. ARGUMENTATION takes the form of a SYLLOGISM. A SYLLOGISM is defined as any argumentation in which‚ from two propositions called the PREMISES‚ we conclude a third proposition called the CONCLUSION‚ which is so

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    them to b the easisest and very interesting.This doc is my attempt to reduce the fear people have of this topic‚an imporatnt are of verbal reasoning. there r 3 types: conditional syllogisms‚disjunctive syllogisms and categorical syllogisms. In this doc‚we try our hands on the last type: i.e.categorical syllogisms. Here‚we r provided wid two statements /propositions(we shall call them premises from now on ) from which we r to draw a conclusion...or sometimes we r given two premises followed

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    Syllogism 1 All college students are required to take a Humanities class. Critical Thinking is a Humanities class. All college students take Critical Thinking. This syllogism is inductive. I believe this to be true because one of the premises is probable; it is possible for the conclusion to be false. Students may take a humanity class other than critical thinking. I do not think this syllogism is deductively valid because one of the premises may not be true and that could make the conclusion

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    defined as ’’ a process of arriving at a new judgement on the basis of one or more judgement‚’’ Reasoning is the mental activity used in and argument‚ proof‚ or demonstration‚ reasoning is generally associated with rules and methods and formal laws of logic but many people reason and argue without being consciously aware of it. For example when a dog comes back after seeing the master enter his car‚ when we expect a letter from a friend or turn to the gate on hearing a noise. We are thinking and reasoning

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