Sunday, December 11, 2011

Lindsay Lohan: Validly, A Non Strong Minded Individual

P1:  Some people identicle to Lindsay Lohan are people who are bulimic.
P2:  All people who are bulimic are non strong minded individuals.

C:  Therefore, some non strong minded individuals are people who are identicle to Lindsay Lohan.


Would be set up as:
P1:  Some p are b.
P2:  All b are n.
C:  Some n are p.



Diagramming the universal "All b are n." first would be:



Then the particular "Some p are b":


This proves this IAI - 4 syllogism valid because the conclusion "Some n are p" is diagrammed as follows:

Sunday, December 4, 2011

The Snapping Turtle

I got nothing to post this week, so ill just do a couple of these things into categorical propositions.

"This guy likes to have pizza for breakfast."
Would translate into:
All people that are identicle to this guy are people who like to have pizza for breakfast.


"Ive seen that turtle climb a chain link fence."
Would translate into:
Some turtles are creatures able to climb chain link fences."

Really though, check it out.


He looks like a snapping turtle.
Would translate into:
All turtles that look similar to him are snapping turtles.