1. Philosophy 1100 Today: Hand Back “Nail that Claim” Exercise! & Discuss
Title: Critical Reasoning
Instructor: Paul Dickey
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Today:
Hand Back “Nail that Claim” Exercise!
& Discuss
Exercise 8-11, all problems
Next week:
ESSAY DUE!
FINAL EXAM 1 1

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3. Chapter Eight Deductive Arguments: Categorical Logic3

4. Categorical Syllogisms
A syllogism is a deductive argument that has two premises -- and, of course, one conclusion (claim).
A categorical syllogism is a syllogism in which:
each of these three statements is a standard form, and
there are three terms which occur twice, once each in two of the statements. 4

5. Three Terms of a Categorical Syllogism
For example, the following is a categorical syllogism:
(Premise 1) No Muppets are Patriots.
(Premise 2) Some Muppets do not support themselves financially.
(Conclusion) Some puppets that do not support themselves are not Patriots..
The three terms of a categorical syllogism are:
1) the major term (P) – the predicate term of the conclusion (e.g. Patriots).
2) the minor term (S) – the subject term of the conclusion (e.g. Puppets that are non self-supporters)
3) the middle term (M) – the term that occurs in both premises but not in the conclusion (e.g. Muppets). 5

6. USING VENN DIAGRAMS TO TEST ARGUMENT VALIDITY
Identify the classes referenced in the argument (if there are more than three, something is wrong).
When identifying subject and predicate classes in the different claims, be on the watch for statements of “not” and for classes that are in common.
Make sure that you don’t have separate classes for a term and it’s complement.
2. Assign letters to each classes as variables.
3. Given the passage containing the argument, rewrite the argument in standard form using the variables.
M = “xxxx “
S = “ yyyy“
P = “ zzzz“
No M are P.
Some M are S.
____________________
Therefore, Some S are not P.

7. Draw a Venn Diagram of three intersecting circles.
Look at the conclusion of the argument and identify the subject and predicate classes.
Therefore, Some S are not P.
Label the left circle of the Venn diagram with the name of the subject class found in the conclusion. (10 A.M.)
Label the right circle of the Venn diagram with the name of the predicate class found in the conclusion.
Label the bottom circle of the Venn diagram with the middle term.

8. No M are P.
Some M are S.
Diagram each premise according the standard Venn diagrams for each standard type of categorical claim (A,E, I, and O).
If the premises contain both universal (A & E-claims) and particular statements (I & O-claims), ALWAYS diagram the universal statement first (shading).
When diagramming particular statements, be sure to put the X on the line between two areas when necessary.
Evaluate the Venn diagram to whether the drawing of the conclusion "Some S are not P" has already been drawn. If so, the argument is VALID. Otherwise it is INVALID.

9. Class Workshop:
Exercise 8-11, #6 9

10. Power of Logic Exercises:
ANOTHER GOOD SOURCE: 10

11. Using the Rules Method To Test Validity
Background –
***If a claim refers to all members of the class, the term is said to be distributed.
Table of Distributed Terms:
A-claim: All S are P
E-claim: No S are P
I-Claim: Some S are P
O-Claim: Some S are not P
The bold, italic, underlined term is distributed. Otherwise, the term is not distributed.

12. Some Dogs are Not Poodles.
Why is this a statement about all poodles?
Say a boxer is a dog which is not a poodle.
Thus, the statement above says that
“all poodles are not boxers” and thus
“poodles” is distributed.

13. The Rules of the Syllogism
A syllogism is valid if and only if all three of the following conditions are met:
The number of negative claims in the premises and the conclusion must be the same. (Remember: these are the E- and the O- claims)
At least one premise must distribute the middle term.
Any term that is distributed in the conclusion must be distributed in its premises.

14. Class Workshop:
Exercise 8-13, 8-14,
& 8-15, 8-16 14

15. You must perform all of the following on the given argument:
Translate the premises and conclusion to standard logical forms and put the argument into a syllogistic form.
Identify the type of logical form for each statement.
For each statement, give an equivalent statement and name the operation that you used to do so.
Identify the minor, major, and middle terms of the syllogism.
Draw the appropriate Venn Diagram for the premises.
Identify all distributed terms of the argument and the number of negative claims in the premises and conclusion.
What, if any, rules of validity are broken by the argument?
State if the argument is valid or invalid.

16. Everything that Pete won at the carnival must be junk
Everything that Pete won at the carnival must be junk. I know that Pete won everything that Bob won, and all the stuff Bob won is junk.
Translate the premises and conclusion to standard logical forms and put the argument into a syllogistic form.
Identify the type of logical form for each statement.
Define terms –
P: Pete’s winnings at the carnival
J: Thing that are junk
B: Bob’s winnings at the carnival
A-claim – All B is P
A-claim - All B is J
A-claim – All P is J

17. Everything that Pete won at the carnival must be junk
Everything that Pete won at the carnival must be junk. I know that Pete won everything that Bob won, and all the stuff Bob won is junk.
For each statement, give an equivalent statement and name the operation that you used to do so.
Identify the minor, major, and middle terms of the syllogism.
A-claim – All B is P
Contrapositive is equivalent – All non-P are non-B.
A-claim - All B is J
Obverse is equivalent – No B is non-J.
A-claim – All P is J
Obverse is equivalent – No P is non-J.
Minor term is P; Major term is J; and Middle term is B.

18. Everything that Pete won at the carnival must be junk
Everything that Pete won at the carnival must be junk. I know that Pete won everything that Bob won, and all the stuff Bob won is junk.
Draw the appropriate Venn Diagram for the premises.

19. Everything that Pete won at the carnival must be junk
Everything that Pete won at the carnival must be junk. I know that Pete won everything that Bob won, and all the stuff Bob won is junk.
Identify all distributed terms of the argument and the number of negative claims in the premises and conclusion.
What, if any, rules of validity are broken by the argument?
State if the argument is valid or invalid.
All B is P
All B is J
All P is J
Since A-claims distribute their subject terms, B is
Distributed in the premises and P is distributed in the
conclusion. There are no negative claims in either the
premises or the conclusion.
Since P is distributed in the conclusion, but not in
either premise rule 3 is broken. Thus, the argument is invalid.

20. The Game You must perform all of the following on the given argument:
Translate the premises and conclusion to standard logical forms and put the argument into a syllogistic form.
Identify the type of logical form for each statement.
For each statement, give an equivalent statement and name the operation that you used to do so.
Identify the minor, major, and middle terms of the syllogism.
Draw the appropriate Venn Diagram for the premises.
Identify all distributed terms of the argument and the number of negative claims in the premises and conclusion.
What, if any, rules of validity are broken by the argument?
State if the argument is valid or invalid.
Exercises 8-19, p. 290, Problems #8 & #19.