Syllogisms that have a premise of "if... then..."

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Consists of premises followed by a conclusions.

Syllogism

In logic, the meaning of p $$\rightarrow$$ q is given by its truth table

"p implies q"

Goldstein, E. B. (2014). Cognitive psychology: Connecting mind, research and everyday experience. Nelson Education.


Cognitive psychology: Connecting mind, research and everyday experience

Statements that justifies a conclusion. They are assumptions that something is true.

Premises

Syllogisms that begin with all, none or some.

Categorical Syllogisms

A chain of logical deductions that leads to a proposition form an original (base) set of axioms.

Formal Proofs (of propositions)

People have a tendency to think a syllogism is valid if it looks like it is true.

Belief Bias

People apply mental models using their imagination to solve deductive reasoning problems. The mental model is the representation of a situation in someones mind and can help determine validity of syllogisms.

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