Quasi-syllogism

Quasi-syllogism

Quasi-syllogism is a term that is sometimes used to describe what might be otherwise called a categorical syllogism but where one of the premises is "singular", and thus not a categorical statement.

"For example:"

#All men are mortal
#Socrates is a man
#Socrates is mortal

In the above argument, while premise 1 is a categorical, premise 2 is a singular statement referring to one individual. While this is a valid logical form, it is not strictly a categorical syllogism.

Of course, it has been suggested that you can "translate" any singular statement into a categorical.

"For example:"

#Socrates is a man
#All members of a class of which the only member is "Socrates" are men

The above two premises may be considered identical, but the first is a singular and the second is a categorical.


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