A peek to Logic

The Power of Deductive Reasoning

How Syllogisms Can Help Us Reason Better

Syllogism refers to the format of deductive arguments with 3 propositions: two of which are premises and a third one which is the conclusion.

When we make decisions (usually after arriving at one or more conclusions) is because we have undergone a thinking process known as inference:

Inference is the thought process of creating new judgements, i.e., going from the premises (or the available information), to a conclusion. To illustrate:

A syllogism takes the following form:

Take a look at the most famous syllogism in philosophy:

All men are mortal
Socrates is a man
Therefore, Socrates is mortal

Let’s replace the specifics with some symbols (the symbol ∴ means therefore):

All A are P