Logic

All X are Y is an example of (a)   affirmative.

This symbol connotes that two statements are materially equivalent or equivalent in truth value, they are either both true or both false.

• ⊃

• ≡

• “≡”

• ∴∼

The (a)   syllogism is a type of syllogism wherein the major premise is in a disjunctive proposition while the minor premise and the conclusion are both in categorical propositions.

To (a)   means “to lay down the markers or limits.”

What kind of argument is this?

"All men are mortals.

Socrates is a man.

Socrates is mortal. "

• inductive

• deducive

• deductive

• inducive

(a)   is a “science” because it is a body of knowledge derived from reasoned demonstration of causes and reduced to a system. It is not based on mere opinions or

hypotheses.

You cannot serve both God and Satan simultaneously.

But you serve God.

Therefore, you do not serve Satan.

The syllogism above is:

• conjuncive

• conjunctive

• disjunctive

• disjuncive

(a)   is a systematized body of knowledge about the principles and laws of correct inferential reasoning.

(a)   is the similarity in terms of meaning between propositions.

It is the standard expression of argument in Aristotelian logic, it is a basic form of argument wherein it is arranged orderly so as to show the structure or form of the argument and important terms and propositions to facilitate logical analysis.

• inference

• argument

• syllogism

• tautology