A joke of selective reasoning

For example, intellectuals should be respected, and people's teachers are intellectuals, so people's teachers should be respected.

Among them, the main item in the conclusion is called the minor item, which is represented by "S", such as "people's teacher" in the above example; The predicate in the conclusion is called the major term, which is represented by "P", such as "should be respected" in the above example; The common term in the two premises is called the middle term, which is represented by "m", such as "intellectuals" in the above example.

In syllogism, the premise containing major terms is called major premise, such as "intellectuals should be respected" in the above example; The premise with minor events is called minor premise, such as "people's teachers are intellectuals" in the above example. Syllogism reasoning is based on the relationship between the middle term M, the major term P and the minor term S expressed by two premises, and through the intermediary role of the middle term M, the conclusion of determining the relationship between the minor term S and the major term P is derived.

Extended data

According to the different forms of major premise judgment, the reasoning methods are: outspoken reasoning. This is a form of reasoning consisting of three judgments and three concepts. For example, the major premise is that any interference pattern phenomenon with a certain intensity distribution can be regarded as the most reliable and powerful experimental evidence of the passive nature of this phenomenon. Minor premise: light will interfere with its propagation.

This is a deductive reasoning based on hypothetical judgment and outspoken judgment. In the process of reasoning, although the reason determines the judgment, its reasoning is not limited to this one reason.

Selective reasoning. This is a deductive reasoning based on word selection and outspoken judgment. There are two main forms of word selection: compatibility and incompatibility.

Baidu encyclopedia-deductive reasoning method

Baidu encyclopedia-deductive reasoning