PSY270H1 Chapter : Ch13 Textbook Notes
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Deductive reasoning, involves sequences of statements (syllogisms) Inductive reasoning, we arrive at conclusions about what is probably true, based on evidence. We can make definite conclusions based on deductive reasoning and probably conclusions based on inductive reasoning. A syllogisms includes two statements called premises, followed by a third statement called a conclusion. Categorical syllogisms, the premises and conclusion describe the relation between two categories by using statements that begin with all , no , or some . Validity, a syllogism is valid when its conclusion follows logically from its two premises. Depends on the form of the syllogism, which determines whether the conclusion follows from the two premises. Truth refers to the content of the premises. Good reasoning and truth are not the same thing. The first premises has the form ifthen . P is called the antecedent, the if term. Q is the consequent, the then term.
