Consider the following ENTHYMEME (i.e., syllogism with one proposition unstated): "We know that some expensive things are totally ineffective because every Superbowl halftime commercial is expensive."
Minor term (S)
Major term (P)
Middle term (M)
1. Superbowl halftime commercials
2. Ineffective
3. Superbowls
4. Cheap things
5. Expensive things
6. Commercials
7. Totally ineffective things
Answer. (Hint: To solve this question, we shall apply the following rule of categorical syllogisms: 1.The Subject of a conclusion will be the Minor Term of the syllogism. 2. The Predicate of a conclusion will be the Major Term of the syllogism.)
Thus, from Our Conclusion: ‘some expensive things are totally ineffective’ , we find that
5. Expensive things is the minor term(S)
7. Totally ineffective things is the major term (P)
1. Super Bowl halftime commercials is the middle term(M)
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