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A Class Room Logic / Deductive and Inductive, with Special Application to the Science and Art of Teaching

Chapter 140: 12. QUESTIONS FOR ORIGINAL THOUGHT AND INVESTIGATION.
By George Hastings McNair
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A concise instructional guide presenting fundamentals of deductive and inductive logic with classroom-focused applications for teachers. It explains mental operations involved in thinking, primary laws of thought, logical terms, extension and intension, and methods of definition; develops judgment and inference, immediate and mediate reasoning, syllogism, and inductive generalization; identifies common fallacies and offers techniques for teaching clear reasoning. The text uses simple language, illustrative exercises, diagrams, chapter summaries, and review questions to aid student comprehension and examination review. Emphasis is practical, aiming to strengthen teachers' ability to analyze arguments, construct valid inferences, and cultivate disciplined, serviceable thinking in the classroom.

12. QUESTIONS FOR ORIGINAL THOUGHT AND INVESTIGATION.

(1) Give an illustration of a valid conclusion being drawn from four terms.

(2) Explain by circles the foregoing.

(3) From three different business transactions, select the middle term of comparison.

(4) Why should not those who are given to much which is argumentative, speak in syllogistic terms?

(5) “He is a man of high ideals, and you know him to be strictly honest, therefore you have no excuse for not voting for him.” Recast this quotation with a view of making a logical syllogism.

(6) Show by circles that there may be a vital difference between a syllogism of three terms and an equation of three terms.

(7) Indicate by illustration that in conversational argumentation the minor premise naturally comes first.

(8) Show by circles the meaning of “indeterminate conclusion.”

(9) Rule five states that no conclusion can be drawn from two negatives. Defend this rule in connection with the following syllogism, which seems to contain a valid conclusion:

Any statement which is not true cannot be accepted,

This statement is not true,

∴ It cannot be accepted.

(10) If the conclusion is particular, must one premise be particular? Explain.