Syllogism full with reasoning !

Our life full with reasoning, there should be a reason in any action that we take. Sometimes we do not notice everything around us might have the reason for all they do. During my Critical Literacy class, we were given a task to try making our own syllogism.

What is Syllogism? For your information, Syllogism was a process of reasoning founded by the great philosopher, Aristotle.  Few centuries ago, this reasoning method was applied by the philosopher to come out with their conclusion in premises.

Syllogism stands from three parts which the first one is Major Premise; the second is Minor premise and lastly is conclusion. The major premise of a syllogism makes a general statement that the writer believes to be true. The minor premise presents a specific example of the belief that is stated in the major premise. The conclusion should follow from the two premises.

Example of the Syllogism:

Major Premise: All living human being have to face death.

Minor Premise: Doctors decide on the question of life and death.

Conclusion: The life of human beings are decided by the doctors.

"A syllogism is valid (or logical) when its conclusion follows from its premises. A syllogism is true when it makes accurate claims--that is, when the information it contains is consistent with the facts. To be sound, a syllogism must be both valid and true. However, a syllogism may be valid without being true or true without being valid." 

by (Laurie J. Kirszner and Stephen R. Mandell, 2008)

There are another few example of Syllogism:

 

 

Anything around us can be the reason for us to find the conclusion. We always questioned all the living things or somehow the powers of nature also have it own reason. We as the thinker, need to come out with brilliant syllogism and state the reason. It can be logic if we see from the premise but it will be perfect if we can solve it with conclusion. I also come out with my own syllogism regarding the speech from Mark Antony about Julius Caesar :

Caesar is ambitious

Ambitious man wants to be a king

Caesar had refused to be a king for three times

Therefore, Caesar was not ambitious