Syllogisms TYPES OF INFERENCES or CONCLUSIONS

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TYPES OF INFERENCES or CONCLUSIONS:

Immediate- An immediate inference is an inference which can be made from only one statement or proposition.

Mediate- Definition of mediate inference. :a logical inference drawn from more than one proposition or premise compare syllogism. To derive Conclusion one must merge two or more statements

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Syllogism basics of Venn diagram
Previous year and Expected MCQs on Venn
Basics and Rules of Syllogism
Immediate and Mediate Inferences


Immediate Inferences are of two types:

Implication- Subject and predicate remain same


If we convert A into I

All Cars are Rats-Some Cars are Rats

If we convert E into O

No Cars are Rats- Some Cars are not Rats

We cannot Implicate I and O

A

I

E

O

I

X

O

X

 

Positive

Negative

Universal

A All Cars are Rats

E No Cars are Rats

Particular

I Some Cars are Rats

O Some Cars are not Rats

 


Conversion- Subject is converted into predicate and predicate is converted into Subject

A into I

All Cars are RatsSome Rats are Cars

E into E

No Cars are Rats- NRats are Cars


I into I

Some Cars are Rats- Some Rats are Cars


We cannot convert O

A

I

E

E

I

I

O

X

 

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