Complete the structure of a syllogism
Exercise and reference answers
- Missing parts
- Answer
- middle
- Choices
- middle
- minor
- major
- Answer
- minor
- Choices
- minor
- middle
- major
- Answer
- major
- Choices
- major
- middle
- minor
- Complete the statement
- A syllogism has two premises and a conclusion. The {0} term appears in both premises but not in the conclusion. The subject of the conclusion is the {1} term, and its predicate is the {2} term.
Explanation
Three terms, each appearing exactly twice. Source: Logic: Deductive and Inductive, Carveth Read (1898), public domain.