SOC SCI 3A Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Syllogism, Falsifiability
21 Feb 2018
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Social science-ss3a lecture 3 notes-computer based research in the social. Continue basic logic and review of building a model: p and q referring to two facts/statements. 4 types of fallacies: undistributed middle term: Examples: all dogs are mammals, bill is a mammal, bill is a dog, (cid:862)ma(cid:373)(cid:373)als(cid:863) is (cid:373)iddle ter(cid:373, dogs are distributed, this is wrong because not every dog is mammal. Examples: all dogs are mammals, all dogs are animals, all animals are mammals, minor term is distributed in the conclusion but not in minor premise, and some animals are mammals, some are not, exclusive premises: Examples: surfers are not nice, brendan is not a surfer, brendan is nice. It is not (cid:374)e(cid:272)essar(cid:455) (cid:271)e(cid:272)ause (cid:449)e do(cid:374)"t ha(cid:448)e i(cid:374)for(cid:373)atio(cid:374) a(cid:271)out bre(cid:374)da(cid:374) is (cid:374)i(cid:272)e or not: validity. Examples: all cups are green, socrates is a cup, socrates is green, none of the statement is true, but we are looking for a valid argument, soundness.
