Chapter 6 Objectives

Statements and Classes

You will be able to

• define subject term, predicate term, copula, quantifier, quantity, and quality.
• memorize the four standard-form categorical statements.

Translations and Standard Form

You will be able to

• translate ordinary statements into standard categorical form.
• translate singular statements into standard form.

Diagramming Categorical Statements

You will be able to

• construct a Venn diagram for any categorical statement.
• memorize the Venn diagrams for the four standard-form categorical statements.
• use Venn diagrams to tell if two statements are, or are not, equivalent.

Assessing Categorical Syllogisms

You will be able to

• understand the structure of categorical syllogisms.
• check the validity of a categorical argument by drawing Venn diagrams.