PHIL 447N Week 5 Course Project: Proposal & Outline (Human Eating Habits)
PHIL-447N Week 5 Discussion Question 1 – Working With Categorical Syllogisms (graded)
Below are sets of three terms. Use one of the sets to construct a valid syllogism. Explain how you decided on the statements for your syllogism.
- Dogmatists, theologians, free thinkers
- African nations, countries deserving military aid, upholders of human rights
- Pranksters, exasperating people, teenage boys
- Business attire, expensive clothes, necessary clothes
- Corporations, unethical businesses, businesses that are never punished
- Endangered species, animals needing protection, spotted owls
PHIL 447N Week 5 Discussion Question 2 – Sound Arguments (graded)
A sound argument is valid (correctly formed) and has all true premises. Your book Chapters 8 and 9 discuss several ways to test the soundness of an argument. Now it is your turn to apply the tests. Go to a website that provides political opinion, such as the Huffington Post. Find a brief article that contains a clear argument. Evaluate the argument for its soundness. Link the article at the end of your response by copying its Web address.
PHIL 447N Week 5 Quiz (MCQs)
Question : (TCOs 1 and 2) In Chapter 9, we learned the basics of categorical deductive logic. It is important to remember that categorical arguments have a specific structure and purpose. Consider the following question:
Categorical deductive logic originated with the work of Aristotle and it is based on information grouped in classes based upon which pair of logical principles?
- Question : (TCO 4) Chapter 9, we learned the basics of categorical deductive logic. It is important to remember that categorical arguments have a specific structure and purpose. Consider the following question:
Venn diagrams are graphic representations of the categorical forms used in syllogisms. The main purpose of Venn diagrams is to prove categorical syllogisms
- Question : (TCOs 1 and 3) Chapter 9, we learned the basics of categorical deductive logic. It is important to remember that categorical arguments have a specific structure and purpose.
Categorical syllogisms must have two premises and three terms: the major term, the minor term, and the middle term. Consider the following example:
- No drugs are harmless.
- All prescriptive medications are drugs.
- Therefore, no prescriptive medications are harmless.
- In this categorical syllogism, the minor term, the subject term of the conclusion, is:
- Question : (TCOs 1 and 2) Chapter 9, we learned the basics of categorical deductive logic. It is important to remember that categorical arguments have a specific structure and purpose. Consider the following question:
Standard-form categorical claims require that claims in other forms be translated so that the four standard-form claims contain which two kinds of terms?
- Question : (TCOs 3 and 4) In Chapter 8, we learned the basics of truth-functional logic. It is important to remember that the purpose of truth-functional logic is to determine which arguments are valid and which are invalid, and common invalid forms are known as truth-functional fallacies. Consider the following question. Which of the following is a well-known truth-functional fallacy?