"Bill loves everything about Kim, Kim loves apples, therefore Bill loves apples" What is this phrase called?

Question

I learned the proper name for this in High School, but I cannot remember what this type of phrase is called. Any help is appreciated!

Answer 1

Deductive Reasoning

Answer 2

You are probably looking for a word implication. It can be treated as axiom, but this depends on your decision: you can decide to place this thesis as an axiom in your system and build other on it. But, I'm not sure if the whole sentence is truth (logically): if it was the case than it should go like this: Bill loves everything Kim loves and Kim loves apples, therefore Bill loves apples. In this case it is a syllogism: construction always true from the logical point of view.

Answer 3

It's called an axiom.

An axiom is a sentence or proposition that is taken for granted as true, and serves as a starting point for deducing other truths. In many usages axiom and postulate are used as synonyms.

In certain epistemological theories, an axiom is a self-evident truth upon which other knowledge must rest, and from which other knowledge is built up. An axiom in this sense can be known before one knows any of these other propostions. Not all epistemologists agree that any axioms, understood in that sense, exist.

In logic and mathematics, an axiom is not necessarily a self-evident truth, but rather a formal logical expression used in a deduction to yield further results. To axiomatize a system of knowledge is to show that all of its claims can be derived from a small set of sentences that are independent of one another. This does not imply that they could have been known independently; and there are typically multiple ways to axiomatize a given system of knowledge (such as arithmetic). Mathematics distinguishes two types of axioms: logical axioms and non-logical axioms.

Answer 4

It is a mathimatical construct, but I don't remember the name for it.

It is a sort of A = B which implies C

A is Bill, B is Kim, C is the apple, so

A => B => C

As in Bill likes apples because Kim does.

OK, so if I remember what the heck it is called, I will let you know...

-Dio

Answer 5

A syllogism is also inherently true. The statement you have is not true, because Bill loving everything ABOUT Kim does not mean he loves everything Kim loves. It's neither a valid nor a true statement, so it's not a syllogism: axiom probably works.

Answer 6

It is called a fallacy. The fallacy of going from general to specific.

The commander commands the army (general). The commander's wife commands the commander (specific). So the commander's wife commands the army (fallacy).

Note: Bill might still be infatuated enough with Kim to love apples. But then any infatuation is illogical!!!!!!!!!!!!

Answer 7

A fallacy, The masked man fallacy perhaps. Named so for the following:

I know that this man is wearing a mask
I don't know whether my father is wearing a mask
therefore
This man is not my father

Answer 8

it's called a categorical syllogism: a deductive argument consisting of three categorical propositions that together contain exactly three terms, each of which occurs in exactly two of the constituent propositions.

Answer 9

A false statement

Answer 10

A transitive relation?