Teaching syllogistic logic via a retooled Venn diagrammatical technique

• Main Authors: Joaquin, Jeremiah Joven B., Boyles, Robert James M.
• Format: text
• Published: Animo Repository 2017
• Subjects: Venn diagrams; Logic and Foundations of Mathematics
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/faculty_research/456
• Institution: De La Salle University

© Teaching Philosophy, 2017. In elementary logic textbooks, Venn diagrams are used to analyze and evaluate the validity of syllogistic arguments. Although the method of Venn diagrams is shown to be a powerful analytical tool in these textbooks, it still has limitations. On the one hand, such method...