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Bearistotle's wisdom (lemmy.world)

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago (1 children)

That is not the correct form of a syllogism. The second premise should be "Some C are A" leading to the conclusion "Some C are B". With the structure you provided, it is easy to produce invalid conclusions from true premises:

All planets are round
Some fruits are round
Therefore: Some fruits are planets

Whereas a correctly structured syllogism might be:

All coconuts are round
Some fruits are coconuts
Therefore: Some fruits are round

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I'm not saying the syllogism is correct, I'm illustrating how Bearistotle is wrong.