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#1
Hypothetical Syllogisms, p.287
Got Logic?, Ivan Brian L. In!ctivo
"a, "rlie $ose G.
%he Hypothetical Syllogism is a syllogism &hose
ma'or ass!mption is a hypothetical area.%his
syllogism o not egin (rom an asol!te
statement o( a((irmation or enial o(
proposition..Given premises are connecte &ith
each other.It is a vali arg!ment (orm &hich is a
syllogism having a conitional statement (or one
or oth o( its premises. I( I o not &a)e !p, then I
cannot go to &or). I( I cannot go to &or), then I
&ill not get pai. %here(ore, i( I o not &a)e !p,
then I &ill not get pai.
#2
*+!ivalence, 11-12
LGI/0 %he "rt o( Living &ith $eason, epe San
ig!el 3mali
"B"LL", "leraham ".
" proposition may e e4presse in many i((erent
&ays !t those propositions may only convey
one meaning. Ho& it is e4presse incomm!nication, sometimes gives !s the i((ic!lty
to !nerstan its meaning. %his i((ic!lty happens
mostly in o!r o!r orinary comm!nication.
*+!ivalence is a )in o( process in e4pressing a
certain proposition into i((erent &ay &itho!t
changing its original meaning. %here are three
types o( e+!ivalance0 conversion, oversion an
contraposition.
#5
/ompo!n ropositions, 156-1
Logic &ith Intro!ction to hilosophy, /o, et al.
"BS"L, 9*$I/" :.
" comp!n proposition contains more than one
proposition as components. It is consist o( at
least t&o simple propositions that are
comine;'oine together in one propositions.
%he propositions are consist o( o( t&o or mor&
s!'ects as &ell as the preicates. <or e4ample,
=%he hilippines is a rep!lican co!ntry an it is
a thir &orl co!ntry too.= %he (irst proposition is
>%he hilippines is a rep!lican co!ntry>, an the
secon one is >It is a thir &orl co!ntry.>
#
%r!th <!nctions, pg. 12
Intro!ction to Logic y atric) . H!rley
"garap, "ngeli+!e .
%he tr!th val!e o( a compo!n proposition
e4presse in terms o( one or more logical
operators is sai to e a (!nction o( the tr!th
val!es o( its components. %his means that the
tr!th val!e o( the compo!n proposition is
completely etermine y the tr!th val!es o( its
components. I( the tr!th val!es o( the
components are )no&n, then the tr!th val!e o(
the compo!n proposition can e calc!late (rom
the e(initions o( the logical operators.
"ccoringly, a tr!th (!nction is any compo!n
proposition (rom a set o( tr!th val!es to tr!th
val!es. Its tr!th val!e is completely eterminey the tr!th val!es o( its components.
#@
/ontraictories, page 187
LGI/0 Lang!age, :e!ction an In!ction y
/arl /ohen an Irving /opi
"L":, ar) *lmore .
%&o propositions that cannot e tr!e an cannot
e (alse. %&o propositions are contraictories i(
one is the enial or negation o( the othersA that is
i( they cannot e tr!e an cannot e (alse. %&o
stanar-(orm categorical propositions having th
same s!'ect an preicate terms !t i((ering
(rom each other in oth +!ality an +!antity are
contraictories. In s!m0 " an propositions are
contraictories0 ="ll S are = is contraicte y
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=Some S is not =. * an I propositions are also
contraictories0 =o S is = is contraicte y
=Some S is =.
#
$!les o( Syllogism,115
hilosophy an Logic0 " G!ie to /orrect
$easoning, ar) *&ar . "orot
""$, "G*LI/" ".
Li)e ilemma, syllogism also has r!les &hen it
comes to terms an propositions. Chen tal)ing
ao!t r!les o( syllogism on terms, there m!st e
only three terms &ith no greater e4tension in the
concl!sion. %he mile term m!st not appear inthe concl!sion, an m!st e !niversal at least
once. Chen tal)ing ao!t r!les o( syllogism on
propositions, t&o a((irmative premises yiel an
a((irmative concl!sion, t&o negative an oth
partic!lar premises yiel no concl!sion. Chen
one premise is partic!lar, its concl!sion m!st also
e partic!larA &hen one premise is negative, its
concl!sion m!st also e negative.
#7
In(erence Inicators, page 1
Logic an /ritical %hin)ing D2n eitionE, ayol
et.al.
"ratan, Hyacinth *.
In(erence inicators are special &ors, phrases,
or even &hole sentences that inicate or point
to&ar reasons or concl!sions. It is !se(!l inetermining a syllogism (rom a non-syllogism an
may lea a person to seeing the logical
connections o( statements. %hese &ors or
phrases may ma)e easy the tas) o( ienti(ying
statements &hich inicate proo(s or pieces o(
evience (rom statements that signi(y claims or
concl!sions. It has t&o categories &hich are the
=$eason inicators= li)e >eca!se, is ase on, is
sho&n y, since, an (or> an the =/oncl!sion=
inicators= li)e >there(ore, so, th!s, conse+!ently
an &hich leas to.>
"l&ays rememer that in(erence inicators o te
yo! that either a reason or a concl!sion is
coming ne4t.
>oreover, !nless, an, or, ho&ever, !t, i(, then
an in aition> are some o( the &ors that are
not in(erence inicators.
#8
%he "rg!ment, pg. 2-5
*lementary Logic D%hir *itionE y /laro .
/eniFa
"rnecilla, "lthea $.
%he s!'ect matter o( logic is the arg!ment. "n
arg!ment is a piece o( reasoning artic!late in&ors or symols. "n arg!ment has t&o parts0
premises an concl!sion. It is a set o( premises
an a concl!sion &here the premises an
concl!sion are separate y some trigger &or,
phrase or mar) )no&n as t!rnstile. Some o( them
are goo, some o( them are a.
#6<!nctions an !rposes o( :e(inition pg. 7
Logic (or <ilipinos, risciliano B!anFon
"!stria, "lani $.
"ccoring to /opi, e(initions serve (ive (!nction
an p!rposes &hich are sel(-e4planatory. %he
(irst one is to increase voca!lary. Secon is to
eliminate amig!ity. %hir is to re!ce
vag!eness. <o!rth is to e4plain theoritically an
the last one is to in(l!ence attit!es.
#1
%he 3ltimate %est o( %r!th, 76
Logic (or <ilipinos, riscillano Ba!Fon
Baron, aeFel arie B.
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%he only criterion that also serves as the test o(
tr!th is the agreement o( '!gment &ith reality. It
is the congr!ence et&een &hat is in the min
an &hat lies in the o'ective &orl. Ce veri(y a
'!gment y comparing it &ith the reality it is
s!ppose to represent. *very '!gment given y
the h!man min implies an pres!pposes the
e4istence o( reality. %his implication o( e4istenceis )no&n as the e4istential import o( the '!gment
&hich is the very thing that gives it o'ective
val!e an tr!th.
#11
*vience, roo( an arg!ment, pg. 225
Logic (or <ilipinos 2n eition, risciliano %.
Ba!Fon
/anaooay, oni+!e "nne $.
*vience re(ers to anything that tens to prove or
isprove something. %o +!ali(y as an evience, it
m!st pass the parametero( acceptaility in regarto conviction an pers!asion.
roo( esignates anything &hich serves irectly
o( inirectly to convince the min o( the tr!th or
(alsity o( any proposition. %he &or proo( is !se
y logicians to mean presentation o( evience.
"rg!ment is a term !se to esignate the
process y &hich the arg!er in(ers the e4istence
o( other (acts )no&ing the e4istence o( one ormore (acts in orer to estalish the veracity o( a
point.
#12
Syllogism in relation to other collection o(
propositions
Logic an critical thin)ing, ayal at al
/atanghal, aileen 9
Syllogism is a set o( logically correcte
propositions. S!tantially, it is also an ar!g!men
Ho&ever, there are other set o( propositions
&hich may not have logical connection an
there(ore cannot signi(y an ar!g!ment. %h!s, an
amo!nt o( i((ic!lty in ienti(ying syllogism (rom
other mere collection o( propositions (or&are
thro!gh speeches. "n also it can e (or&are
thro!gh &ritten artic!lations.
#15 na Lei <rances Balmores /r!F
#1
*/*%I9* $SI%I
"n e4ceptive proposition is an occ!ltly compo!n
proposition in &hich the s!'ect term in restricte
in its application y &ors s!ch as =e4cept=,
=save=, =!t= an so on. otice that e4ceptive
propositions are o(ten e+!ivalent to e4cl!sive
propositions. %h!s, the e4ceptive proposition
=one, !t Dsave,e4ceptE citiFens are voters= ise+!ivalent to the e4cl!sive proposition =nly
citiFens are voters= an oth o( these
propositions are e4pose to =on-citiFens are no
voters=
%he proposition =one !t citiFens are voters= is
li)e &ise e+!ivalent to the " proposition ="ll
voters are citiFens=
#1@
%he S!'ect o( " roposition, @@
LGI/ %he hilosophical :iscipline o( /orrect
%hin)ing, *ie $. Baor
:ela /r!F, /atelyn /.
%he s!'ect o( a proposition is that ao!t &hich
something is enie or a((irme. In other &ors,
the s!'ect o( a proposition is the term &hich is
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either enie or a((irme. Ce have to ear in
min, ho&ever, that the logical s!'ect o( a
proposition is not al&ays the same as the
grammatical s!'ect. <or e4ample, &e say, =Ce
hate corr!pt government o((icials.= Here, the
grammatical s!'ect is =&e=. B!t in logic the
s!'ect Dgrammatical s!'ectE is =those &e hate=,
i.e., corr!pt government o((icial. %he reason &hythe term =&e= cannot e ta)en (or logical s!'ect
is eca!se &e are neither a((irming nor negating
DenyingE ao!t =&e=
#1
%he La&s o( pposition, p.11
Logic (or <ilipinos 5r *ition, risciliano Ba!Fon
:omingo, ar'olica /.I( &e )no& that a given opposition is tr!e or (alse,
then &e can tell &hether any o( its opposites is
tr!e or (alse. %he (ollo&ing la&s o( opposition
m!st e applie in '!ging &hether oppositional
in(erences are correct or incorrect.
/ontraictories, means i( the one is tr!e, the
other is (alseA i( the one is (alse, the other is tr!e.
/ontraries means i( the one is tr!e, the other is
(alseA i( the one is (alse , the other is o!t(!l.
S!contraries means i( the one is tr!e, the otheris o!t(!lA i( the one is (alse, the other is tr!e
.Lastly, the S!alterns, it means, i( the !niversal
is tr!e, the partic!lar is tr!eA !t i( the !niversal is
(alse, the partic!lar is o!t(!lA i( the partic!lar is
tr!e, the !niversal is o!t(!lA !t i( the partic!lar
is (alse, the !niversal is (alse.
#17
%he three =la&s o( tho!ght= p. 5
Intro!ction to logic, Irving . /opi
*S/%*, ". /$IS%I"
Some early thin)ers, a(ter having e(ine logic as
=the science o( the la&s o( tho!ght,= &ent on to
assert that there are e4actly three asic la&s o(
tho!ght, la&s so (!namental that oeience to
them is oth the necessary an the s!((icicent
conition o( correct thin)ing. %hese three have
traitionally een calle0
%he principle o( ientity, this principle asserts
that i( any statement is tr!e, then it is tr!e.
%he principle o( noncontraiction, this principle
asserts that no statement can e oth tr!e an
(alse.
%he principle o( e4cl!e mile, this principleasserts that every statement is either tr!e or (als
#18
<ig!res, pp. 175
*ssential Logic, alitao, "rnel L.
*scote, aolo G.
%he (ig!re o( a syllogism, etermine y the
positions o( the mile term in its premisesA ther
are (o!r possile (ig!res. Chen &e !se the term
Jsyllogistic (ig!reK &e !nerstan the isposition
o( the mile term DE &ith respect to the ma'or
DE an minor terms DSE in the premises o( a
syllogism. %he minor term DSE is al&ays the
s!'ect an the ma'or term DE is al&ays the
preicate o( the concl!sion. Chatever variations
that can ta)e place in the relative position o( theterms among themselves m!st occ!r in the
premises. In the ma'or premise the mile term
compare &ith the ma'or e4treme. In the minor
premise the mile term is compare &ith the
minor e4treme.
#16
%he %erms o( the /ategorical Syllogism, pg 256-2
Intro!ction to Logic, /oraFon L. /r!F
<":*$G3", $I/" /H$IS%I* L.
/ategorical Syllogism is a comple4 logical !nit
mae !p o( terms an propositions an its three
propositions is a categorical proposition. It has
three termsA the ma'or term, the minor term an
the mile term. %he ma'or term is the preicate
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o( the concl!sion an it is (o!n in the ma'or
premise. %he minor term is the s!'ect o( the
concl!sion an it is (o!n in the minor premise.
%he mile term is (o!n in the t&o premises !t
not in the concl!sion.
It is est that yo! arrange the propositions in their
(ormal se+!ence0 D1E the ma'or premise, D2E the
minor premise an D5E concl!sion. %his &ay yo!avoi mista)es.
#2
G/L*I" S$I%*S, pg 18
LGI/0 %H* "$% < $*"SIG Dth
*:I%IE, S"%I"G, "L" S"L9":$
<*LI/IL:", HC*LL $.
Goclenian sorites is an arige polysyllogism in
&hich the s!'ect o( the preceing premise
ecomes the preicate o( the (ollo&ing. In the
concl!sion, the s!'ect o( the last premise is
!nite &ithe the preicate o( the (irst.
%here is no essential i((erence et&een the
"ristotelian sorites an the Goclenian sorites
e4cept in the manner o( the arrangement o( the
premise. %o constr!ct the "ristotelian sorites (rom
Goclenian sorites an vice-versa, &e start &iththe last premise an en &ith the (irst. %he
concl!sion remains the same.
#21
egative DenialE roposition, p@7
Basics o( Logic, H!ala et al.
It is also calle enial proposition. egative orenial proposition is a proposition that !nites the
s!'ect an the preicate y means o( negative
cop!la0 =is not=. It enies the ientity o( =S= an
==. "n a((irmative proposition is i((erent (rom an
a((irmative statement an so is a negative
proposition (rom a negative statement. %here are
propositions &hich are consiere a((irmative !t
e+!ivalently, negative statements.
#22
<alse "nalogy, . 17
Logic D<o!nation o( /ritical %hin)ersE, B!raga e
al.
Garin, %risha /.
In a (alse analogy, one erroneo!sly pres!pposes
that eca!se t&o things are ali)e in one aspect,
they m!st e ali)e in others. "nalogy is saying >"
is li)e B> an is a po&er(!l &ay o( e4plaining one
thing in terms o( another. Chere it (alls o&n is
&hen " is ass!me to e li)e B in all respects
an any attri!te or characteristic o( B can e
!ne+!ivocally attri!te to ".
#25
"sol!te e4tension, pg 55
Intro!ction to Logic Dth eitionE, D/oraFon L.
/r!FE
G"9IL", $oel !nior S.
"sol!te is the s!m total o( all act!al or possile
inivi!al s!'ects signi(ie y the term. It is a
concept that mani(ests itsel( to the min as as!stance an as an inepenent reality. <or
e4ample, the asol!te e4tension o( =man=. In the
present time, all o( !s h!man eing living in the
&hole &ie &orl, in the past, all the ea in the
cemeteries an memorial par) are re(erre to as
=eamen= an in the (!t!re, all h!man eings
&ho &ill e orn an live !p to the en o( the
&orl. It oesn>t only incl!es (!t!re h!man
eings !t also the (ictional, li)e spierman,
onal !c), sno& &hite, atman. It &ill al&aysincl!es characters &ith h!man characters
#2 "aron ames B. Gellao
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#2@
/%$"SI%I, pg. 85
Logic &ith Intro!ction to hilosophy, /o, et al.
G, :I"* *LISS* B.
/ontraposition is a comination o( t&o asic
e!ction &hich is the conversion an oversion.
/onversion is a process o( interchanging s!'ect
an preicate &itho!t changing the +!ality.version is a process o( restating propositions
changing its +!ality !t maintaining the s!'ect.
o&, in contraposition yo! change everything !t
not the meaning an the tr!th-val!e o( the
proposition. %here are three r!les to (ollo& in
contraposition an (irst is overt the given
proposition. Secon, /onvert the ne&ly (orme
proposition. Lastly, vert the converte
proposition.
#2
"rg!ment (rom "nteceent roaility, 1
Logic (or <ilipinos, risciliano %. B!aFon
Gorospe, $amilyne
"nteceent proaility>s arg!ment is an in(erence
moving (rom a )no&n ca!se o( an !n)no&n
e((ect. rior arg!ment is a type o( ag!ment thatpreicate !pon the principle o( cas!ality. %his
arg!ment says that every phenomenon has a
ca!se. %his means then that nothing happens
&itho!t a ca!se. It is sho&n that a certain )no&n
(act is o( s!ch a nat!re as to ring ao!t the
e4istence o( another (act.
#27%he logical in(erence or reasoning
Simpli(ie (!namental principles o( correct
thin)ing
B!ag et al.
G!nran, icole "shley $.
$easoning is the last an !ltimate act o( min in
the ivision o( logic. It is the highest act o( min.
It is also calle as LGI/"L I<*$*/*. Chich
see)s to con(orm to the stanar set y the
propositions in orer to estalish a (rame o(
logical re(erence to ne& ieas. Ho&ever, (rom
this e(inition &e may ta)e o!t the t&o asic
)ins o( logical in(erence, namely $*IS*S
an //L3SI.
#28
/onsistency, p. 11-12
Logic an hilosophy0 oern Intro!ctionA
%iman, Mahane
IB"B", H**L <.
=/onsistency=
Logic can e !se (or other p!rposes than the
evel!ation o( arg!ments. In partic!lar, logic can
e !se to etermine &hether a set o( statemenis consistent. " set o( statement is consistent i( it
is possile (or all the statements to e tr!e. I( it is
imposile (or them all to e tr!e, the set is
inconsistent.
#26
*nthymeme, p. 272-27
Got Logic, Ivan Brian L. In!ctivo"*$, *" S*" .
*nthymeme, (rom the Gree) &or =en thymos=
&hich means =in the min= is an incomplete or
arige syllogism &here the propositions are
not (!lly e4presse or presente. %his means tha
one o( the premises or the concl!sions is omitte
eca!se it is le(t in the min. *nthymeme o( the
<irst rer are syllogisms &ith the ma'or premis
o( an arg!ment are not e4presse. =Stealing is a
crime , there(ore stealing is p!nishale y la&= A
the ma'or premise =all crimes are p!nishale y
la&= is omitte. *nthymeme o( the Secon re
are syllogisms &ith the minor premise o( an
arg!ment are not e4presse A =all crimes are
p!nishale y la&, there(ore stealing is
p!nishale y la&= A the minor premise, =B!t
stealing is a crime= is omitte. *nthymeme o( the
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%hir rer are syllogisms &ith the concl!sion o(
an arg!ment are not e4presse. ="ll crimes are
p!nishale y la&, !t stealing is a crime= A the
concl!sion =%here(ore, stealing is p!nishale y
la&= is omitte.
#5
S!pposition, 7
Intro!ction to Logic
/oraFon L. /r!F
"9*LS", $GI" G.
S!pposition is the property o( terms ac+!ire
(rom their !se in the proposition. =S!pposition= is
(!nctional Dthe &ay it is meant in the propositionE,
&hile =meaning= is roaer-it may stan (or thesigni(icance o( a &or o!tsie o( a proposition. It
is the cognitive process o( s!pposing or
s!pposal. S!pposition has i((erent )ins, &hich
o(ten overlap. %hey are material s!pposition an
(ormal s!pposition.
#51
%raitional an oern S+!are o( ppositions,pg. 161-162
"n Intro!ction to Syllogistic Logic, Boni(acio .
Bairan
ose, !lie "nn .
%he traitional s+!are o( opposition epens on
the "ristotelian interpretation o( categorical
propositions. %his interpretation ass!mes that
categorical propositions ma)e claims ao!t real
eings. Chenever a categorical proposition in(erssomething (rom a general principle ao!t act!al
o'ects or eings, the "ristotelian interpretation
applies an logical operations that epen on this
interpretation yiel correct res!lts. B!t i( &e
(orm!late categorical propositions ao!t eings
o( reason that o not e4ist, the "ristotelian
interpretation is not applicale. n the other
han, moern s+!are o( opposition is
contraictory pairs o( sentences that have
opposite tr!th val!es. ne is tr!e an the other i
(alse.
#52
%he S!preme reicaments, pg. @7-@8
<!namental Logic, <r. an!el %. ion
L$*%, "" "%$I/I" /.
"ristotle calle them /ategories, &hich is the
Gree) term (or reicaments. "ccoring to
"ristotle there are %&o S!preme reicaments,
the S!stance an "ccient. S!stance is eing
that carries e4istential act!ality y itsel(. "ccien
is a moi(ication o( a s!stance, or =eing=, an
oes not carry e4istential act!ality y itsel(, !t i
the s!stance o( &hich it is a moi(ication. %he
/ategories o( "ristotle have een associate &it
philosophical thin)ing since their (orm!lation, an
have even serve as asis (or ictionaries in the
istinction an classi(ication o( !niversal
concepts an nat!res.
#55
Chat is :e(inition, p.@
<!namental LGI/, an!el %. inon ..
L3"$I, /hristian ".
an &as create po&er(!l. So po&er(!l that he
&as given the po&er to e(ine the things aro!nhim, an this is the po&er o( :*<II%I.
*tymologically, e(inition means the
mani(estation o( something y laying o&n its
logical mar)ers. Ce may e(ine it as, the veral
mani(estation o( the concept!al (eat!res o( a ter
or iea. Ce call to the min that the term is
essentially a sign o( the iea, an the iea is the
(ormal sign o( the o'ect. Ce may also say that
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e(inition is the logical mani(estation o( the
meaning o( a term or, o( an iea.
#5
3niversal N!anti(ier Dpp 1@7-1@6E
Intro!ction to Logic D<o!rth *itionE y /oraFon
L. /r!F
L!yo, 9iel .
%he !niversal +!anti(ier, coreesponing to the
traitional " proposition, is =D4E=, &hich is rea as
=each thing 4 is s!ch that=. "e to an open
sentence, it res!lts in a +!anti(ie statement. =DE
D4 is transitoryE= is e+!ivalent to =*verything is
s!ch that it is transitory= or =*verything is
transitory.=
"nother e4ample0 D4E D4 is a Fera A 4 is a (o!r
(oote an animalE O *ach thing 4 is s!ch that i( 4
is a Fera, then 4 is a (o!r (oote animal O "ll
Feras are (o!r (oote animals.
Ce have to pay attention to the +!anti(ier gain.
#5@
S!ppressing the <acts, pg. 557
Intro!cton to Logic D$evise *itionE, /oraFon
L. /r!F
acasie, amerto II S.
It is the error that occ!rs &hen only (avorale or
!n(avorale (acts are given. e4amples are lives o(
saints &hisch pict!re them as eings &ho never&ere men o( (lesh an looA also character o(
assassinations o( political oponnents.
#5
Basic *lements o( %he /ategorical roposition,
p.75
Intro!ction to Logic th *ition, /oraFon L. /r!
":*", "" "$I* L.
%he categorical or attri!tive proposition has a
s!'ect-preicate relationship0 its s!'ect is
a((irme or enie y the preicate. %here(ore, it
asic elements are the Js!'ectK, the one spo)en
o(A the JpreicateK, &hat is a((irme or enie o(
the s!'ectA the Jcop!laK, ver that a((irms orenies connecting the t&o. *4. J%he story
Ds!'ectE he tol yo! is Dcop!laE apocryphal
DpreicateEK. oreover, (or p!rposes o( Logic,
tenses are irrelevant li)e the cop!la JisK as &ell
as n!mers have no istinction in grammatical
sense. D*4. stories or storyE
#57n Statement <orms, 158-12
%asyo Says, $aym!no B. <a!stino
"$I", M**%H :.
Logic is concerne &ith arg!ments &hich contai
statements as their premises. Ce have negation
&hich enies the tr!th y asserting its negation
y !sing =not= in a sentence. In con'!nction, &e
!se =an= or =!t= to con'oin t&o sentences. <or
is'!nction, &e !se =neither...nor=. %o sho&
implication, &e !se =i(...then= to sho& a
conitional statement. <or e+!ivalence, &e !se
=i( an only i(= to otain a iconitional statemen
Chat is tr!e or (alse is not the concern, !t the
meaning or tho!ght e4presse y the statement
#58
9ariety o( Instances, 188
*ssential Logic, "rnel L. alitao
"SIG, M*% $" S.
In an arg!ment y analogy, the proaility>s
strength is estalishe thro!gh a variety o(
instances. It is a principle (or '!ging the merit o(
the proaility o( the arg!ment y analogy. It is
also important eca!se the merit o( its proailit
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is consiere as the !ltimate so!rce (or '!ging
its strength. <or e4ample, is possile reactions to
a r!g. Li)e &hat other people sai, having this
variety &ill spice !p o!r li(e.
#56
N!ality, p. @6
Logic &ith Intro!ction to hilosophy, /o et al.
ealla, :ianne Icely .
N!ality is one o( the t&o important consierations
that &e m!st consier in analyFing categorical
proposition. N!ality is an element that is (o!n in
every categorical proposition an +!ality o( the
proposition provies the in(ormation as to
&hether the s!'ect is incl!e or e4cl!e in thepreicate. %he t&o types o( +!ality that
propositions can have is a((irmative an negative.
"n a((irmative proposition asserts that the class
o( the s!'ect term is incl!e &ithin the class o(
the preicate term an it enote the o'ective o(
the s!'ect anpreicate representing one an
the same s!'ect. In negative propositions, the
cop!la =is not= signi(ies the o'ect iversity o( the
terms. %he presence o( the &or =not= or any
&or o( its e+!ivalent, &hich (oll&s immeiatelya(ter the cop!la inicates that the proposition is
negative.
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etho o( roo(, page 16-@
Logic, %he "rt o( :e(ining an $easoning, igel
L. /orne'o
*:P", H""**L 9.
%he constr!ction o( tr!th-tales provies a
reliale metho o( eval!ating the valiity o(
arg!ments in the propositional calc!l!s. "ltho!gh
this metho al&ays &or)s, it isn>t al&ays
convenient eca!se tr!th tales m!st have 2n
lines, &here n is the n!mer o( statement
variales involve.
<ort!nately, there is another, shorter &ay to
procee y constr!cting a (ormal proo( o( valiity
o( an arg!ment. Ce can emonstrate the valiity
o( an arg!ment y starting &ith it>s premises. %h
only limitation &e nee to impose on this
proce!re is that each o( o!r tiny steps m!st e
s!stit!tion-instance o( some vali arg!ment
(orm.
#1
%he at!re o( Lang!age, page 6
Logic, !an ose Sang!ineti
:*S%",/H" "* G.
Lang!age has t&o main p!rpose, the e4pressive
(!nction an the comm!nicative (!nction. It allo&
men to interact &ith one another an live togetheas a comm!nity, !sing meaning(!l e4pressions.
re(lects not only tge acts o( intellect, !t also
those o( the &ill D esire, commans, etc. E.
Lang!age can e translate into &ritten &ors.
Speech is, there(ore the mani(estation o( the
interior &or conceive in the min D the e4terna
e4pression o( concepts.
#2
%he $!le o( at!ral :e!ction, p.15@
Logic, %he Basics o( /orrect $easoning,
"galpen et.al.
, atricia Lo!ise :G.
%his is to emonstrate or estalish the valiity o(
arg!ments in a simpler manner in vie& o( the
i((ic!lty o( constr!cting a tr!th tale test (or
comple4 arg!ments. %heoretically, all tr!th
(!nctional arg!ments can e prove vali or
invali y the tr!th tale. B!t, it is impractical (or
every complicate arg!ments involving more
than (ive variales.
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%here are t&o types o( r!les !ner this, the $!le
o( In(erence an the $!le o( $eplacement. %he
r!le o( in(erence are vali arg!ment (orms !se
in the constr!ction or erivation o( the arg!ments
as a (ormal proo( o( its valiity. Chile, the r!le o(
replacement provies that logically e+!ivalent
arg!ments can replace one another
#5 $"L*S, "lec4anra
#
Statement 9ariales an /onstants page.2
*ssential o( Logic, "rnel L. alitao
o4sir, Sittie or(atimah .
%rans(orming any statement &hether simple or
compo!n,necessitates the !se o( small letters
=p= an =+=.%hese small letters are calle
statement variales.%he &or >variales>
connotes the iea that these t&o can e
interchange y other small letters ta)en (rom the
alphaet (rom a to F.Statement variales can also
e consiere as place mar)ers eca!se theypoint to the act!al spot &here a certain statement
constant &ill e place later on.o& constants
are &ritten normally in capital letters.%hese
capital letters &ill event!ally represent the
statements per se.I( thi &ill happen then they can
no& e calle as statement constants.Hence,y
the &or itsel( they can never e interchange y
another capital letters anymore.
#@
"voi !sing metaphors an other (ig!res o(
speech pg.
Logic &ith Intro!ction to hilosophy, /o et al.
"L, *LL" "* /.
%he p!rpose o( e(inition in logic is to ma)e the
meaning o( the &or clearly an !nertanale
y the min. <ig!res o( speech s!ch as
metaphors only m!le the intene meaning o(
the &or y appropriating other &ors &hich
have no logical nor real earing to the &or
e(ine. %hey are only e((ective as literary evice
in poetry !t not as ling!istic clari(ication
instr!ment in logic.
#
%H* :IS%$IB3%I < %H* $*:I/"%*
%*$, pg. 85
Logic <or <ilipinos 2n *ition, risciliano %.
Ba!Fon
*S, M*% H"$L* $.
Chen &e spea) o( the istri!tion o( the
preicate term, &e mean the e4tension or+!antity o( the preicate possesses on acco!nt o
its relation to the s!'ect in a certain proposition
%he preicate may e ta)en !niversally
Distri!teE or partic!larly D!nistri!teE. %he
'!sti(ication o( the r!le o( th!m ecomes clear
once &e consier ho& the s!'ect an preicate
are relate to a((irmative an negative
propositions. In a((irmative statement, &hat is
(ormally asserte is that is in the
comprehension o( S, an that S is containe inthe e4tension o( . In the proposition, ="ll
anoos are <ilipinos=, the preicate term
=<ilipinos= is a partic!lar term, that is, only a
certain portion o( the e4tension o( =<ilipinos= is
ienti(ie &ith the s!'ect =anoos=.
#7
%he criteria (or Goo "rg!ments, 17-18
%he Logic0 %he "rt o( :e(ining an $easoning,
By0 /orne'o, igel L.
$G, "L :.
" goo e!ctive arg!ment is etermine y its
(orm, not y the content o( the arg!ment. %he
(allacy here is sometimes calle egging the
+!estion an yo! may alreay e (amiliar &ith it
%he tr!th o( the premises o( an in!ctive
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arg!ment &e ne4t consier the relative strength
that the premises provie to s!pport the
concl!sion. %he stronger the s!pport o( the
premises Dass!ming them to e tr!eE the more
proale the concl!sion is tr!e.
#8
LII%*: :IS3/%I9* $SI%I, pg. 1@
In :e(ense o( Logic, aao Q Hapa
acheco, "l ohn .
" philosophical prininciple that states t&o or more
alternatives &here one is tr!e an one is not. It is
calle limite eca!se only one alternative is
possile.
*4amples0
%he victim is either ea or alive.
%he st!ent is either attentive or noisy.
It has only one right ans&er an one is (alse. %he
choices there(ore are limite.
#6
recising e(inition, pg. 76
Logic an critical thin)ing,
astor, athaniel .
It is a e(inition that comines the t&o techni+!e0
le4ical an stip!lative e(inition. %his is the &ay
y &hich the vag!eness o( a term is re!ce.
%his type o( e(inition starts &ith the le4ical
e(inition to chec) an correct the alreay
estalish meaning o( termDhere the term is not
completely ne& as regare in stip!lative
e(initionE. %hen to re!ce the vag!eness o( the
term, it moves to the stip!lative e(inition y
appropriating narro& limit on the term !se.
#@
Ignoratio *lenchi, pg 177
Logic0 Simpli(ie <!namental, B!ag, *t. al.
ing!l, "llyssa
It>s a (allacy that comes (rom t&o Latin &orsA
Ignoratio DignoranceE an *lenchi D re(!tationsE.
In a nominal e(inition y etymology, it means
ignorance o( re(!tations. Its is there(ore a (allacy
&herein something is totally irrelevant to the
iss!e that eing isc!sse.
#@1
<ig!re an oo o( /ategorical Syllogism, p. 1
Basics o( Logic, Bama et. al.
IP"$$"S, /H"$L%%* <.
In categorical syllogism, (ig!re is the
arrangement o( the mile term in the premises.
oo re(ers to the classi(ication o( the t&o
premises as the !niversal a((irmative ", the
!niversal negative *, the partic!lar a((irmative I,
an the partic!lar negative . nce a categorica
syllogism is in stanar (orm, &e can thenetermine its moo an (ig!re. %he (orm o( the
syllogism is name y listing the moo (irst, then
the (ig!re. <ig!res are !se in con'!nction &ith
the moo to classi(y vali an invali categorica
syllogisms.
#@2
%he at!re;Str!ct!re o( the roposition pgs. 85-
8
Some otes on Logic, /orne'o, *t.al
L"%,L"3$* IMH"L B.
!gements, the agreement or isagreements
et&een ieas, are e4presse in sentences &e
call =propositions=. %hree elements enter into
constr!ction o( a proposition0 the s!'ect, the
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preicate, an the cop!la. %he s!'ect is term
esignating the iea ao!t &hich the
prono!ncement is mae. %he preicate is the
term esignating the iea &hich is a((irme or
enie o( the s!'ect. %he cop!la is the term
e4pressing the mental act &hich prono!nces the
agreement or isagreement et&een s!'ect an
preicate. %he cop!la is !s!ally e4presse &ith aterm s!ch as =is= or =is not=. It sho!l e note
that the cop!la al&ays e4presses the present act
o( the min an &ill al&ays e represente y the
present tense o( the ver =to e=.
#@5
:IL*", pg. 51Got Logic, Ivan Brian In!ctivo
$*"LI, $*I" $S* B.
%he &or :ilemma comes (rom the Gree) is
&hich means =t&ice= an lemma &hich means
=ass!mption=. :ilemma posits t&o apparent
choices ho&ever these choices o not rener any
sol!tion at all, &orse, oth lea to complications
or traps. %hat is &hy ilemmas are also )no&n as
horne arg!ments. :ilemma is a (orm o(arg!ment &hose ma'or premise consists o( a
compo!n is'!nctive or conitional proposition.
It>s minor premise alternatively posits the
anteceentsDconstr!ctive ilemmaE, or s!lates
the conse+!entsDestr!ctive ilemmaE &hich
sho&s that &hichever alternative the opponent
chooses, is concl!sively against him;her. %he
/onstr!ctive :ilemma is a ilemma that starts
&ith is'!nctive propositions (ollo&e y
conitional premises. %he :estr!ctive :ilemma is
a ilemma that starts &ith a conitional
proposition (ollo&e y is'!nctive premises.
#@
reicales ,22
Intro!ction to logic , "nre& H. Bachh!er , S.
$igo , ichelle 9.
%he preicales are classi(ication o( re(le4
!niversals ase on the (ive &ays in &hich they
e4press the nat!re o( s!'ects o( &hich they are
preicte . %hey are liste as species , gen!s ,
speci(ic i((erence ,logical property an logical
accient .%hese names primarily signi(y the
relationship o( !niversal to their in(eriors , or the(ive &ays in &hich they are !se as preicatesA
!t these names also signi(y the !niversals
themselves .%h!s , &e not only say that =man= is
preicate o( 'ohn as his species, !t also that
=man= is his species
#@@
hilosophy0 Its relationship &ith other isciplines
page
Intro!ction to hilosophy, "male G. %!ieo
$ivera, *vira ae %.
an nees philosophy to teach him ho& to live
&ellA he nees science to )no& an to control th
e4ternal &orl (or his physical s!rvivalA he nees
the arts to e4press his longing (or ea!ty, an he
nees religion to provie him &ith a sense o(p!rpose an meaning in li(e.
hilosophy, as man>s attempt to !nerstan =the
mystery o( li(e=, an =the rile o( the !niverse=
has no +!arrel &ith science, religion, an art. n
the contrary, philosophy &o!l e greatly
enriche i( it &elcomes scienti(ic investigation
an iscoveryA i( it (ins 'oy in the creation an
e4pression o( ea!tyA an i( it is open to a
transcenence eyon time an space. In shortthe interrelationship et&een philosophy an
science, art an religion is so harmonio!s that it
&o!l e shortsighte to co!nterpose them
against each other.
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N!antity or *4tension o( the roposition, pg.77
Intro!ction to Logic, /oraFon L. /r!F
$BL*S, **L ".
%he +!antity o( the proposition is e+!ivalent to
the +!antity o( it>s s!'ect. eaning, i( the s!'ect
stans (or a single e(inite inivi!al or gro!p, it
is sing!lar. It the s!'ect esignates an ine(inite
part o( it>s total e4tension, it is partic!lar. I( the
s!'ect can apply to every portion signi(ie( y the
term, it is !niversal. *very, each, all, some,
several, many, etc., are calle +!anti(iers an
play a signi(icant role.
#@7
/ategorical ropositions
Basics o( Logic y %helma N. eer
$/H","3LI .
" /ategorical roposition is an attri!te
proposition that has s!'ect-preicate
relationship. Its s!'ect is either a((irme orenie y the preicate . It has asic elements,
the s!'ect, preicate an cap!la. " categorical
proposition 'oins together e4actly t&o categorical
terms an asserts that some relationship hols
et&een the classes they esignate. D<or o!r
o&n convenience, &e>ll call the term that occ!rs
(irst in each categorical proposition its s!'ect
term an other its preicate term.E %h!s, (or
e4ample, ="ll co&s are mammals= an =Some
philosophy teachers are yo!ng mothers= arecategorical propositions &hose s!'ect terms are
=co&s= an =philosophy teachers= an &hose
preicate terms are =mammals= an =yo!ng
mothers= respectively.
#@8
"rg!ement <orms an <allacies, pg. 156
Intro!ction to Logic, atric) H!rley
any o( the arg!ements that occ!r in
propositional logic have (orms that ear speci(ic
names an can e immeiately recogniFe as
either vali or invali. Ce can present some o(
the more common ones an e4plains ho& they
are recogniFe. Ce can also isc!sses &ays o(re(!ting t&o o( these (orms, constr!ctive an
estr!ctive illemas. "nother is it present &or o
ca!tion relating to invali (orms. "n (inally &e
&ill going to isc!ss the application o( some
principles that &as state on this topic.
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#@6 Saria, *!nice
#$*:3LI/"%I9* $SI%I, page 261
Intro!ction to Logic, "nre& H. Bachh!er S..
%$$*S, MH$SS *S%L* /.
" re!plicative proposition is an occ!ltly
compo!n proposition that e4presses the specia
aspect o( the s!'ect. %his is y reason o( &hich
the preicate elongs to it. It oes this y &ors
s!ch as =as=, =as m!ch=, =in so (ar as=, =in as
m!ch as= an so on. " re!plicative proposition
is tr!e i( the proposition &o!l e tr!e &itho!t thre!plication. "n i(, esies that, the
re!plicate (ormality is the reason &hy the
preicate elongs to the s!'ect.
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#2
Intrinsic analogy an *4trinsic analogy, p 27
Basics o( Logic, Bama r., et al.
P"$", :"$LL* $.
It is also important to isting!ish an intrinsic
analogy (rom e4trinsic analogy. "n analogy o(
proportionality (rom an analogy o( attri!tion.
Intrinsic analogy, an analogy terms are intrinsic i(
the concept they signi(y is realiFe in all its
analog!es. *4trinsic analogy, analogo!s terms
are e4trinsic i( the concept they signi(y are
realiFe only in their primary analog!es. %he
seconary analog!es are relate only in some
other &ays to the primary ones. most common
instances are metaphorical e4pressions.