(F) Lesson 7: Categorical Syllogism

Question 1

When did Aristotle develop syllogisms in their original form?

Answer 1

350 BCE

Question 2

What was the name of Aristotle’s original work where they developed syllogisms?

Answer 2

Analytica priora

Question 3

Represent the earliest branch of formal logic

Answer 3

Syllogisms

Question 4

The formal analysis of logical terms and operators and the structures that make it possible to infer true conclusions from given premises

Answer 4

Syllogisms

Question 5

A categorical syllogism has ____ categorical propositions

Answer 5

Three

Question 6

An argument that has three categorical propositions

Answer 6

Categorical syllogism

Question 7

A form of deductive reasoning consisting of a major premise, a minor premise, and a conclusion

Answer 7

Syllogism

Question 8

Three compositions of a syllogism

Answer 8

Major premise, minor premise, conclusion

Question 9

The predicate of the conclusion

Answer 9

Major Term

Question 10

Subject or predicate of one of the two premises

Answer 10

Major Term

Question 11

The subject of the conclusion

Answer 11

Minor Term

Question 12

Subject or predicate of one of the two premises

Answer 12

Minor Term

Question 13

Often found in the two premises (can be the subject or the predicate), which serves to link them with each other

Answer 13

Middle Term

Question 14

The major premise contains the?

Answer 14

Major Term

Question 15

The minor premise contains the?

Answer 15

Minor Term

Question 16

The ____ should never be in the conclusion, only in the premise.

Answer 16

Middle Term

Question 17

The arrangement of terms in the argument or syllogism

Answer 17

Figure

Question 18

Figure can be easily identified with the location of?

Answer 18

the Middle Term

Question 19

What are the four figures of categorical syllogism?

Answer 19

Figure 1: Sub-Pre
Figure 2: Pre-Pre
Figure 3: Sub-Sub
Figure 4: Pre-Sub

Teh, review-hin mo na ‘to please.

Question 20

Depends upon the type of a categorical proposition that consist a categorical syllogism

Answer 20

Mood

Question 21

A list of the types beginning with the major premise and ending with the conclusion

Answer 21

Mood

Question 22

Based on their quantity (universal or particular) and its copula (affirmative or negative)

Answer 22

Mood

Question 23

An attribute that describes the relationship between a categorical proposition and its terms, whether or not the proposition makes a statement about every member of the class represented by a given term

Answer 23

Distribution

Question 24

____ of the proposition dictates the distribution of the subject

Answer 24

Quantity

Question 25

Universals ____ while particulars ___

Distribution of Terms

Answer 25

Universals distribute, particulars do not

Question 26

____ of the proposition dictates the distribution of the predicate

Answer 26

Quality

Question 27

Negatives ____, affirmatives ____

Distribution of Terms

Answer 27

Negatives distribute, affirmatives do not

Question 28

Syllogism can be validated by looking on the ____ and ____ of the syllogism itself

Answer 28

Mood and Figure

Question 29

How many possible syllogism forms can there be?

Answer 29

256

Question 30

These are formulated so that errors in making syllogism would be noted in case that there are violations

Answer 30

Syllogistic Rules

Question 31

What are the six syllogistic rules?

Teh, review-hin mo ‘to isa-isa pls.

Answer 31

• Rule 1: Avoid 4 Terms (Fallacy of Four Terms/Ambiguous Middle)
• Rule 2: Distribute the Middle Term in at least 1 Premise (Fallacy of Undistributed Middle)
• Rule 3: Any Term Distributed in the Conclusion must be Distributed in the Premises (Fallacy of Illicit Process)
• Rule 4: Avoid Negative Premises (Fallacy of Exclusive Premises)
• Rule 5: If Either Premise is Negative, the Conclusion must be Negative.
• Rule 6: From Two Universal Premises, No Particular Conclusion may be Drawn (Existential Fallacy)

Question 32

Name the Fallacy

If this is done, the latter says more about the term than the premises did

Answer 32

Rule 3: Any Term Distributed in the Conclusion must be Distributed in the Premises (Fallacy of Illicit Process)

Question 33

Name the Fallacy

Major term is undistributed

Answer 33

Fallacy of Illicit Major (Rule 3)

Question 34

Name the Fallacy

Minor term is undistributed

Answer 34

Fallacy of Illicit Minor

Question 35

Name the Fallacy

Two negative premises deny class inclusion thus cannot yield a linkage towards the conclusion

Answer 35

Rule 4: Avoid Negative Premises (Fallacy of Exclusive Premises)

Question 36

Name the Fallacy

There should be no affirmative conclusions as well with two negative premises

Answer 36

Rule 4: Avoid Negative Premises (Fallacy of Exclusive Premises)

Question 37

Name the Fallacy

A negative premsie must always have a negative conclusion, not an affirmative one.

Answer 37

Rule 5: If Either Premise is Negative, the Conclusion must be Negative.

Question 38

Name the Fallacy

If the premises of an argument do not assert the existence of anything at all, the conclusion should be unwarranted when the existence of something may be inferred

Answer 38

Rule 6: From Two Universal Premises, No Particular Conclusion may be Drawn (Existential Fallacy)