The fourth figure.
This figure is so nearly like the first that it is of little value; in fact, it may be changed to the first by simply interchanging the major and minor premises. Some authorities refuse to recognize the fourth figure.
8. OUTLINE.
FIGURES AND MOODS OF THE SYLLOGISM.
(1) The four figures of the syllogism.
Definition—symbolization.
Illustrations—device for remembering.
(2) The moods of the syllogism.
Twenty-four valid.
(3) Testing the validity of the moods.