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:"All cats are mammals."

:"All cats are mammals."

:"Fluffy is a cat."  

:"Roger is a cat."  

:Therefore

:Therefore

:Fluffy is a mammal.

:Roger is a mammal.

As [[linguistic]] tools, syllogisms are built from category words such as "all" "none" "some".

As [[linguistic]] tools, syllogisms are built from category words such as "all" "none" "some".

:"John is a conservative."  is an example of an incorrect syllogism, as the exclusive category "no Conservative" does not rule out other people not voting for Obama.

:"John is a conservative."  is an example of an incorrect syllogism, as the exclusive category "no Conservative" does not rule out other people not voting for Obama.

==External Links==

==External links==

*[http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/aristotle-logic/ Aristotle's Logic] - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy

*[http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/aristotle-logic/ Aristotle's Logic] - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy

[[Category: Logic]]

[[Category:Logic]]