MODR 1711 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: Syllogism, Co-Premise, Enthymeme

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2 Oct 2017

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York University

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Modes Of Reasoning

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MODR 1711

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Vanessa Lehan- Streisel

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The structure of a syllogism: the term syllogism refers to various types of deductive arguments that have two premises and a conclusion. In standard form, we always put the major premise first: all s are p is used in the conclusion in which s is the minor term, p is the major term. => used to show there is some overlap between two classes, s and p, by pointing out that ms are members of both groups: the fourth figure: it is the mirror image of the first. In an invalid syllogism, the truth of the premises doesn"t guarantee the truth of the conclusion: the validity of a syllogism is determined by its form. 7. 4a distribution: a term is distributed in a categorical statement if the statement makes an assertion about all members of the class designated by the term.

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MODR 1711 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: Syllogism, Co-Premise, Enthymeme

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