PHIL 1102 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5.1: Middle Term, Syllogism, Deductive Reasoning
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Is a deductive argument consisting of two premises and one conclusion. In the example above, the major term is (cid:873)soldiers,(cid:874) the. (cid:873)all soldiers are patriots(cid:874) minor term is (cid:873)triators,(cid:874) and the middle term is (cid:873)patriots(cid:874) Is the premise that contains the major term. Is the premise that contains the minor term. Includes the following: all three statements are standard form categorical. (cid:873)no traitors are patriots(cid:874) propositions: the two occurrences of each term are identical, each term is used in the same sense throughout the arguments, the major premise is listed first, the minor second, the conclusion last. Mood that the premises make up (cid:840)a, e, i, o(cid:841) Of a categorical syllogism is the letter names of the propositions. Mood of syllogism must be determined while the argument is in standard form. Of a categorical syllogism is determined by the location of two occurrences of the middle term in the premises.
