PHIL 347N
Week 3 Discussion 2: Understanding Deductive Categorical
Reasoning
Chamberlain University
2021
Required Resources
Read/review the following resources for this activity:
Textbook: Chapter 5, 6
Lesson
Minimum of 1 scholarly source
Initial Post Instructions
Deductive categorical reasoning is demanding. Its forms are rigid, but they
are rigid with a reason; deductive categorical arguments are intended to
prove the conclusion. If the premises are true and the conclusion logically
follows, you have no choice but to accept the argument. The categorical
syllogism is like a piece of machinery, the parts working together to
produce a result - in the case of the categorical syllogism, the truth of the
conclusion.
For the initial post, address all of the following:
Explain how the machinery of the categorical syllogisms works.
Why two premises and one conclusion?
Why only three terms?
Why only four standard forms?
When and where, in your private life or your work life, would you want
to use this type of reasoning?
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Week 3 Discussion 2: Understanding Deductive Categorical
Reasoning
Chamberlain University
2021
Required Resources
Read/review the following resources for this activity:
Textbook: Chapter 5, 6
Lesson
Minimum of 1 scholarly source
Initial Post Instructions
Deductive categorical reasoning is demanding. Its forms are rigid, but they
are rigid with a reason; deductive categorical arguments are intended to
prove the conclusion. If the premises are true and the conclusion logically
follows, you have no choice but to accept the argument. The categorical
syllogism is like a piece of machinery, the parts working together to
produce a result - in the case of the categorical syllogism, the truth of the
conclusion.
For the initial post, address all of the following:
Explain how the machinery of the categorical syllogisms works.
Why two premises and one conclusion?
Why only three terms?
Why only four standard forms?
When and where, in your private life or your work life, would you want
to use this type of reasoning?
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