Syllogistic Reasoning This chapter ‘opens the box’ of propositional logic, and looks further inside the statements that we make when we describe the world. Very often, these statements are about objects and their properties, and we will now show you a first logical system that deals with these. Syllogistics has been a standard of logical reasoning since Greek Antiquity. It deals with quantifiers like ‘All P are Q’ and ‘Some P are Q’, and it can express much of the common sense ... A syllogism is a three-part logical argument based on deductive reasoning. Learn about the structure, types, examples and fallacies of syllogisms, and how they are used in literature and rhetoric. Practice syllogism questions with answers for competitive exams like IBPS, SSC, Railways, and more. Learn the structure, types, and rules of syllogism and use Venn diagrams to solve them. I. Definition A syllogism is a systematic representation of a single logical inference. It has three parts: a major premise, a minor premise, and a conclusion. The parts are defined this way: The major premise contains a term from the predicate of the conclusion The minor premise contains a term from the subject of the conclusion The conclusion combines major and minor premise with a “therefore” symbol (∴) When all the premises are true and the syllogism is correctly constructed, a ...
