English lessons for English people . e only partially in the Major,we can infer nothing. Thus from MIDDLE. MAJOR. Major Premise . Some honest men are unfortunate MINOR. MIDDLE. Minor Premise . All good men are honest we can infer nothing. We only know that all good menconstitute a section of honest men, and that a section ofhonest men is unfortunate ; but whether the two sections arewholly or partly identical, there is no means of deciding. If care be taken that the Minor be included in the Middle,and the Middle in the Major, the conclusion will be sound,and mistakes in Deduction, of which a l
English lessons for English people . e only partially in the Major,we can infer nothing. Thus from MIDDLE. MAJOR. Major Premise . Some honest men are unfortunate MINOR. MIDDLE. Minor Premise . All good men are honest we can infer nothing. We only know that all good menconstitute a section of honest men, and that a section ofhonest men is unfortunate ; but whether the two sections arewholly or partly identical, there is no means of deciding. If care be taken that the Minor be included in the Middle,and the Middle in the Major, the conclusion will be sound,and mistakes in Deduction, of which a large variety mightbe enumerated, will not occur. 193. Illustration of the inclusion of the Syllogism. —The following diagrams carry out in detail the illustrationjust now given of the spoon, cup, and basin. The Minor term, 270 ERRORS IN SEASONING. or spoon, is represented by s n, the Middle term, or cup, byCUP, and the Major term, or basin, by B A S N. The con-clusion is represented by the position of s n with respect toBASN. l. p. A V s Minor wholly in Middle ; Middle wholly in Mai or. Result, Minor s n entirely in BASN, Major. All men are endowed with reason; All fools are men; Therefore all fools are endowed with reason.
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