Aristotelian logic refers to the method Aristotle developed in determining whether a claim was valid, this logic was based on an inspection of its form. His example of this logic was as follows: All S are P ---- No S is (are) P. Some S is (are) P. Some S is (are) not P. Now looking at an example from the book we see that this logic is used as follows: No police officers are thieves. Some thieves are sent to prison. So no police officers are sent to prison. We see that this is a method for informal reasoning.
Now I will use an example from my life to show how this informal reasoning. So my family had a small get together. I can say that: no one drank alcohol at the get together. Sometimes alcohol makes you behave differently. So no one acted or behaved differently at the family get together. So using this example you can see the informal way of reasoning.
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I like how you first introduced Aristotelian logic and how Aristotle developed its' method then gave his reasoning on how some and all are S and P. It seems like a formula-that is how he came about creating and developing this method.
ReplyDeleteI thought it was great how after you defined and introduced the Aristotelian logic, you gave a straight to the point example from the book, mentioned how it was a method of informal reasoning then gave an example from your own life experience.
I also agree with your on example how we can see the informal way of reasoning.
It is true that when consuing alcohol, individuals can and may act and behave not like their ordinary selfs.Since no one drank at your small get together, no one seemed to be acting or behaving differently or unusual.