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| Syllogisms: Syllogisms are traditional forms of conclusions drawn from two premises by Aristotle, whereby the premises and the conclusion have to meet certain formal conditions._____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments. | |||
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Logic Texts on Syllogisms - Dictionary of Arguments
Hoyningen-Huene II 187 Syllogisms/predicate calculus/Hoyningen-Huene: e.g. All A are B. - all B are C So: Some C are A. - This is valid in the syllogistic because the premise "All A are B" is to be understood that its truth presupposes the existence of at least one A. In predicate logic, however, it is not valid because no existence is guaranteed by the premise. >Propositional logic, >Predicate calculus._____________Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition. |
Logic Texts Me I Albert Menne Folgerichtig Denken Darmstadt 1988 HH II Hoyningen-Huene Formale Logik, Stuttgart 1998 Re III Stephen Read Philosophie der Logik Hamburg 1997 Sal IV Wesley C. Salmon Logic, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey 1973 - German: Logik Stuttgart 1983 Sai V R.M.Sainsbury Paradoxes, Cambridge/New York/Melbourne 1995 - German: Paradoxien Stuttgart 2001 |
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