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Title: What is strict syllogistic form?
Post by: Geremia on May 31, 2016, 10:53:28 AM
Strict syllogistic form (http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/medieval-syllogism/#1) is how Scholastic philosophers and theologians performed disputations in the Middle Ages.
A syllogism consists of:
A premise can be a so-called A, E, I, O proposition. From here (http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/square/#Int):
Quote
NAMEFORMTITLE
AEvery S is PUniversal Affirmative
ENo S is PUniversal Negative
ISome S is PParticular Affirmative
OSome S is not PParticular Negative
The diagram for the traditional square of opposition (http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/square/image-a.jpg) is:
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/mediawiki/3/33/Square_of_opposition.jpg)
For more information on Scholastic disputations, see Fr. Thomas Gilby, O.P.'s Barbara Celarent: A Description of Scholastic Dialectic (https://archive.org/stream/barbaracelarent033237mbp#page/n299/mode/2up) pp. 279 (https://archive.org/stream/barbaracelarent033237mbp#page/n299/mode/2up)-296 (also in the St. Isidore e-book library (https://isidore.co/calibre/browse/book/2905)).
Title: Re: What is strict syllogistic form?
Post by: Kephapaulos on January 28, 2018, 12:11:01 PM
I plan to get a better grasp of strict syllogistic form.