Redefining misanthropy for a fresh generation. Standard posts begin with a definition from Ambrose Bierce's The Devil's Dictionary followed by a modern adjustment. Miscellany on Wednesday and storytelling on Saturday.
Thursday, March 22, 2007
Syllogism
SYLLOGISM, n. A logical formula consisting of a major and a minor assumption and an inconsequent. (See LOGIC.)
2007 Update: The shortest member of too long a lecture. An atom of babble.
SYLLOGISM, n. An attack of the giggles. No, wait ... Minka, this is your fault!
see LOGIC?!? Where? Where?? Do I have to travel? Is there an admission fee? (see COLLEGE TUITION) Can I squish it? Whaddaya mean, no. What's this Dubya guy got that I ain't got? Huh?
This is one of the words that inspires me to retorts like...
Great post Doug...love the blog...cool word, wow!
I will say this about that, (syllogism), however, the idea of being able to frame an argument with both a major and minor premise that also contains a middle term is, well, Greek to me.
"An atom of babble" is just TOO good, and cannot be topped. Well done!!
I'll just say this: Syllogism sounds like one of those names that uppity, overly-intellectual, upperclass couples name their daughters. "These are our girls Syllogism and Cacophony."
Minka, that was an excellent use of penguin logic.
Amoeba, I guess biologists have other things to learn.
QED, Diane.
Al, you're killing me. Well done. And you're right. It's a meticulous form of talking out of your backside.
Joel, I've long ago learned that "Great post, Doug!" is a tender-hearted rephrasing of "Two sentences is still too much."
Quilly, technically cacao, I believe, is a nut, not a bean since it comes from a tree, not a legume. Ergo, Quilly's nuts.
Brian, I think love has a disability is what follows from that.
G, that middle definition sounds right.
Mule, that's perfect mule reasoning.
Ariel, I don't think that's Aristotle, but I don't know he'd argue.
Jamie Dawn, that's a debutante ball no one would attend.
Yeah, Jenna, I'll try to find something lipsticky in Bierce for tomorrow.
Pia, you can do it. Regardez: If all people with Apsberger's syndrome have Attention-Deficit disorder and Attention-Deficit disorder makes it hard to follow a linear argument, then I'll take mine with extra lemon.
TLP, I really see no way around your reasoning. I'm going to Darfur. Wait, wouldn't you still be American there?
As they are very popular in the Netherworld, one might assume that Death Cheese is a good band. They are not. But due to their promotion by the FOGNL network, which is the most powerful entertainment provider in the galaxy, the illusion of their skill is strengthened. Their manager, The Cheesemeister, is usually treated as an inconsequent. Using my logic, Death Cheese, the FOGNL network and the Cheesemeister herself form a syllogism. Or maybe I'm just being silly and not very logical at all.
32 comments:
ha!
huh?
All bloggers not in first position are late!
I am not in first position
Therefore> I am a blogger who values invisible ink!
see? That wasn't difficult!
Self=centered deductive reasoning this early...that must be some kinda record!
SYLLOGISM, n. An attack of the giggles. No, wait ... Minka, this is your fault!
see LOGIC?!? Where? Where?? Do I have to travel? Is there an admission fee? (see COLLEGE TUITION) Can I squish it? Whaddaya mean, no. What's this Dubya guy got that I ain't got? Huh?
:)
I;m with Moinka's first response.
Huh??!!
Let's try this.
Spiders have 8 legs. Any creature with 8 legs is icky, creepy and scary. Therefore, spiders are icky, creepy and scary.
:P D
...and, therefore, so is doubles tennis.
Syllogism: A construction of more or less misunderstood words that makes something look and feel inevitable.
This is one of the words that inspires me to retorts like...
Great post Doug...love the blog...cool word, wow!
I will say this about that, (syllogism), however, the idea of being able to frame an argument with both a major and minor premise that also contains a middle term is, well, Greek to me.
Syllogism
Beans are a vegetable.
Chocolate comes from beans.
Chocolate is a vegatable.
Syllogism:
Love is blind
Being blind is a handicap
Love is a disability.
I don't think I'll understand it any better than by Quilly's definition, so I'll go home now.
And I shall go home a vegetarian.
Syllogism: Symphony of reason.
Did I say I'm going home? I lied.
All goats are men. Most men are goats. Therefore, Mule is a goat.
I am with those above me have already proven syllogism is one way to misunterstanding.
men love tits.
women have tits.
men love... tits.
see?
:-P
"An atom of babble" is just TOO good, and cannot be topped. Well done!!
I'll just say this:
Syllogism sounds like one of those names that uppity, overly-intellectual, upperclass couples name their daughters.
"These are our girls Syllogism and Cacophony."
Oh I like Quilly's thinking process.
This has to do with logic? Logic. Like...rational stuff?
Enh...whatever.
syllogism: something I'm not capable of comprehending
sĭl'ə-jĭz'əum: Sounds silly 'cause it is.
*bowing* to Ariel. Perfect. (Ariel, if men had tits they'd never leave the house. They'd stay home and play with'em all day.)
More Americans die in hospitals than die at home.
I am an American.
If I lived in a hut in Darfur, I'll live longer.
Ariel is funny!
TLP is funny!
Ariel and TLP are funny!
Good morning, Neva.
Minka, that was an excellent use of penguin logic.
Amoeba, I guess biologists have other things to learn.
QED, Diane.
Al, you're killing me. Well done. And you're right. It's a meticulous form of talking out of your backside.
Joel, I've long ago learned that "Great post, Doug!" is a tender-hearted rephrasing of "Two sentences is still too much."
Quilly, technically cacao, I believe, is a nut, not a bean since it comes from a tree, not a legume. Ergo, Quilly's nuts.
Brian, I think love has a disability is what follows from that.
G, that middle definition sounds right.
Mule, that's perfect mule reasoning.
Ariel, I don't think that's Aristotle, but I don't know he'd argue.
Jamie Dawn, that's a debutante ball no one would attend.
Yeah, Jenna, I'll try to find something lipsticky in Bierce for tomorrow.
Pia, you can do it. Regardez: If all people with Apsberger's syndrome have Attention-Deficit disorder and Attention-Deficit disorder makes it hard to follow a linear argument, then I'll take mine with extra lemon.
TLP, I really see no way around your reasoning. I'm going to Darfur. Wait, wouldn't you still be American there?
Therefore, Karma, Ariel is TLP is Karma!
What? My logic is flawed? I am so shocked! SHOCKED! I say!
Dios mio! Ariel said tits and TLP sounds like me! Has the world gone mad???? MAD I SAY!!!
Syllogism... a nonexistent concept in the land of much Olés and no porqués... ay!
Syllogism n. logic used against one's own host
A belief is not a fact. Doug believes he is correct. Doug's belief is not factual.
Cocoa seeds grow in pods and are called beans. My logic -- and my sanity -- stand vindicated.
Words conclude the end of dawn
It's Friday
Therefore this is haiku
Cooper loves hot peppers.
Hot peppers are hot.
Cooper is hot.
She craps in the morning too.
So cooper is also full of ....
Eh.... long week.
I have too much body fat.
I smell bacon frying.
I'm on fire!
(Does this make me hot Alice? Bueller? Anybody?)
TLP -- rotflol -- priceless!
TLP, can we be rational about this?
Miz B, the world's been mad awhile. You were just out of town.
Actonbell, I knew there had to be some.
Quilly, I still sez yer nuts.
Actonbell, I'm getting a real Jacob Marley vibe from you tonight.
If'n you say so
Karma, I'll
Buy that that's haiku, from you.
Alice, you were hottest with the syllogism. Still not bad, though.
TLP, you're one spicy meatball.
Quilly says beans.
Doug says nuts.
I says nonsense.
That's why you're the wisest of us, Nessa.
As they are very popular in the Netherworld, one might assume that Death Cheese is a good band. They are not. But due to their promotion by the FOGNL network, which is the most powerful entertainment provider in the galaxy, the illusion of their skill is strengthened. Their manager, The Cheesemeister, is usually treated as an inconsequent.
Using my logic, Death Cheese, the FOGNL network and the Cheesemeister herself form a syllogism. Or maybe I'm just being silly and not very logical at all.
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