A Class Room Logic / Deductive and Inductive, with Special Application to the Science and Art of Teaching

by George Hastings McNair

8. REVIEW QUESTIONS.

(1) Define and illustrate an enthymeme.

(2) Illustrate the enthymemes of the three orders and point out their distinct uses.

(3) Why should the enthymeme demand closer thought than the ordinary syllogism?

(4) Define and illustrate the epicheirema.

(5) Of what use is the epicheirema? Illustrate.

(6) Define and illustrate a prosyllogism and an episyllogism.

(7) Why are polysyllogisms so called?

(8) Define and illustrate the sorites.

(9) Relate the sorites and the epicheirema to the enthymeme.