Syllogistic Terms: Major, Minor, and Middle
A syllogism features three key terms: the major term (conclusion's predicate), the…
Syllogistic Mood
A syllogistic mood defines a syllogism's type based on the categorical propositions…
Sophism: The Art of Deceptive Reasoning
A sophism is a deceptive or misleading argument, historically linked to ancient…
Skolem Normal Form in First-Order Logic
Skolem Normal Form (SNF) simplifies first-order logic by eliminating existential quantifiers. It…
Reductio Ad Absurdum: Arguing to Absurdity
Reductio ad absurdum is a logical argument proving a statement false by…
Prenex Normal Form
A standardized structure for first-order logic where all quantifiers (universal and existential)…
Negation Normal Form (NNF)
Negation Normal Form (NNF) is a standard way to represent logical formulas.…
Monadic Predicate Logic
Monadic predicate logic, a subset of first-order logic, focuses on predicates with…
Monadic First-Order Logic
Monadic first-order logic simplifies first-order logic by using only predicates with a…