Syllogism

I’ve learned about Syllogism in my Critical Literacy Class, and I found out that it is really interesting.

It is like poetry, and it is kind of a logical argument with two premises, major and minor with a conclusion.

"A syllogism is valid (or logical) when its conclusion follows from its premises. A syllogism is true when it makes accurate claims--that is, when the information it contains is consistent with the facts. To be sound, a syllogism must be both valid and true. However, a syllogism may be valid without being true or true without being valid."
(Laurie J. Kirszner and Stephen R. Mandell, The Concise Wadsworth Handbook, 2nd ed. Wadsworth, 2008)

Syllogisms are particularly interesting in persuasion as they include assumptions that many people accept which allow false statements or conclusions to appear to be true. There is a difference between truth and validity in syllogisms. A syllogism can be true, but not valid. It can also be valid but not true.

Example of  syllogism is :-

                Premise 1 : Animal Farm is full of pigs

                Premise 2 : Pigs are forbidden for Muslims

                Conclusion : Animal Farm is forbidden for Muslims

This seems legit, but it is not valid since I just twisted the words around. We don’t even touch the pigs directly. So this syllogism is not valid.