What is a syllogism?
What are the three terms of a syllogism?
What is the major premise?
What is the minor premise?
In 'All men are mortal; Socrates is a man; therefore Socrates is mortal' — what is the middle term?
What makes a syllogism valid?
What makes a syllogism sound?
How many figures of the syllogism are there?
What is the mood of a syllogism?
Hint: Example: AAA, EAE, AII, etc.
What is the rule about the middle term in a valid syllogism?
What is the fallacy of the undistributed middle?
Hint: Example: All dogs are animals; all cats are animals; therefore all cats are dogs
What is a syllogism?
What makes a syllogism valid?
What makes a syllogism sound?
In a syllogism, what is the major term?
In a syllogism, what is the minor term?
In a syllogism, what is the middle term?
Is this syllogism valid? All dogs are mammals. All mammals are animals. Therefore, all dogs are animals.
Is this syllogism valid? All cats are dogs. All dogs are fish. Therefore, all cats are fish.
Hint: Validity is about structure, not truth of premises