Syllogism.

Syllogisms, which stem from deductive reasoning, are relatively simple forms of logical argument in which a conclusion is inferred by two premises. Aristotle, who established the foundation of formal logic, was the first to create a syllogism. Syllogisms are quite simple in structure. They consist of a major premise, a minor premise, and a conclusion. Each part of a syllogism contains 2 categorical terms and the conclusion has one term in common with each premise. Each premise, in turn, is in the form "some/all A belong to B," or "some/all A is/are [not] B," where A and B are both terms. Also, the premises and conclusion can be of four types.(it is way more easy when my lecturer taught me)

Aristotle concluded that there was 256 syllogisms, or as Aristotle called them moods. However, out of 256 only 24 are valid. Once all of the valid moods were determined Aristotle reasoned that we could obtain information about any discipline and eventually all human knowledge in the world. However, research in this area has proven that syllogisms require lots of cognitive effort. As many as 50% or more get the validity of syllogisms wrong. People have trouble with the negatives as well as with the particulars. Also, research indicates that spatial and verbal responders approach syllogisms very differently. Aristotle thought that this was the way humans logically processed information. Even though this might work for simple arguments it is far too difficult to apply to more difficult reasoning, which we perform every day.

While in the class with Mr. Mark, he gave us maybe I could say mini games in order for us to fully understand the topic, not to mention while we were wearing toga. The class turns out like we are being the actor who re-acts on the day Julius ceaser got killed. also for and interesting leaning you guys could also search for a cartoon julius ceaser where it is more interesting.