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

by George Hastings McNair

(10) Illustrate the two forms of sorites.

(11) Explain the two forms of sorites by means of a diagram.

(12) Prove the truth of the two rules of the progressive sorites.

(13) Illustrate two kinds of irregular arguments and show that they are valid.

(14) Complete the five enthymemes of [page 248] and indicate their mood and figure.

9. QUESTIONS FOR ORIGINAL THOUGHT AND INVESTIGATION.

(1) Why should enthymemes of the second order be less common than those of the first?

(2) You desire to make it evident to a child that a small beginning often leads to a momentous ending; do so in terms of the enthymeme of the first order.

(3) Show that prosyllogism and episyllogism are relative terms.

(4) When the common premise of the “pro” and “epi” syllogism is omitted what abbreviated form results?