LITERATURE QUESTIONS
INTRODUCTION TO LITERARY STUDIES
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All dogs have four legs, all creatures do not have four legs, hence all creatures with four legs are dogs.
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All men breathe air, all dogs breathe air, hence all men are dogs.
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All mammals are warm-blooded, all dogs are mammals, hence all dogs are warm-blooded.
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All dogs have hair, all people have hair, hence anything with hair is a dog or a person.
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Detailed explanation-1: -A syllogism is a form of deductive argument where the conclusion follows from the truth of two (or more) premises. A deductive argument moves from the general to the specific and opposes inductive arguments that move from the specific to the general: 1. All mammals are animals. Camels are mammals.
Detailed explanation-2: -A syllogism is a three-part logical argument, based on deductive reasoning, in which two premises are combined to arrive at a conclusion. So long as the premises of the syllogism are true and the syllogism is correctly structured, the conclusion will be true. An example of a syllogism is “All mammals are animals.
Detailed explanation-3: -Law of Syllogism Example Statement 1: If it is a Monday, I have school. Statement 2: If I have school, I have my math class. The conclusion that we can draw from the above two statements is, “If it is a Monday, then I have math class."
Detailed explanation-4: -A: Major premise: Katie is smart. B: Minor premise: Because she is smart, Katie will get good grades. Conclusion: If Katie is smart, then she will get into a good college.