Q&A: Logic
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Logic
Question
1 If A, then B; if B, then C; therefore, if A, then C.
Every A is B; every B is C; therefore, every A is C.
Are these deductions as well, even though they are not from the general to the particular?
2 Why is an enthymeme part of the conclusion and not part of the premise, in which case it would be a deduction from the particular to the general? And what connection, if any, is there between an enthymeme and abduction?
Answer
1. These are, of course, necessary arguments. It is customary to call them deductions as well for that reason, even though they are not from the general to the particular. But that is really just a semantic question.
2. An enthymeme is a premise. So I do not understand your question.