Barbara, Celarent, Darii, Ferio, Camestres, Cesare, Baroko, Festino, Datisi, Disamis, Ferison, Bokardo, Camenes, Dimaris, Fresison.
What are they? They're 15 names that most people today, including many (most?) newly minted Ph.D.s, do not recognize(except for "Barbara," the former President's mum, of course); the 15 valid syllogisms of logic. If you homeschool, you can assure your children a chance at learning them. If you don't, well......
If you're curious; no, these terms won't be terribly helpful at analyzing politics today. Why so?
The ugly fact is that most political "arguments" can be defused simply by pointing out that the speaker is obfuscating his terms or employing ad hominem fallacies. That's how badly debate has devolved in our land, sad to say.
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4 comments:
I home schooled K-12 and didn't know any of those except Barbara.
whats a sylogism?
If that's important to you, there are classical schools that teach it as well. But in fairness, those are few and far between -- most people don't have financial and/or geographical access to them. And of course, there are other reasons to homeschool as well.
Gino, a syllogism is the most basic form of argument consisting of a major premiss, a minor premiss, and a conclusion. Example:
All dogs are stupid animals.
All beagles are dogs.
Therefore, all beagles are stupid animals.
(that's a "Barbara", if you're curious)
And Pentamom's right that there are classical schools today--thankfully more numerous than 10 years ago--but those of us who spent decades in the government's schools can do little better than to curl up with a basic logic textbook, and make sure our kids do the same.
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