“A syllogism is a kind of logical argument that applies deductive reasoning to arrive at a conclusion based on two or more propositions that are asserted or assumed to be true.” Wikipedia contributors. "Syllogism." Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. 7 Jun. 2015. Web. 14 Jun. 2015

1. Logical ReasoningLogical Reasoning
SyllogismSyllogism
“A syllogism is a kind of logical argument that applies deductive reasoning to arrive at a
conclusion based on two or more propositions that are asserted or assumed to be true.”
Wikipedia contributors. "Syllogism."
Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia.
7 Jun. 2015. Web. 14 Jun. 2015.

2. Syllogism ???
● There will be 'statements' and 'conclusions' .
● The challenge is to check whether the given conclusions
are valid to the given statements.

3. Cases of statementsCases of statements
1.All
2.Some
3.All ... Some
4.Some ... All
5.No

4. Case 1: All
Statements:
● All papers are scissors
● All scissors are rocks
The possible conclusions for the above said statements can
be represented in a diagram as
Here the yellow cirlce represents
all papers, red all scissors and
green all rocks.

5. The possible conclusions are
From inner circle to the outer circle, we can say the following
conclusions
1.All papers are scissors
2.All papers are rocks
3.All scissors are rocks
Looking from outer circle to the inner circle, we can say
4.Some rocks are scissors
5.Some rocks are papers
6.Some scissors are papers.

6. Case 2: Some
Statements:
● Some rocks are papers
● Some papers are scissors
The possible conclusions can be pictorised in 2 possible
way
Note: As far as there is no statement like “No rocks are scissors” ,
the second diagram is also a possibility.

7. Case 3: All ... Some
Statements:
● All rocks are papers
● Some papers are lizard
The possible conclusions

8. Case 4: Some ... All
Statements:
● Some lizards are spock
● All spock are papers
From the diagram it can be also concluded as “Some lizards are papers”

9. Case 5: No
Statement:
● No paper is scissor

10. Case 5: No
Statement:
● No paper is scissor