If a dog has four legs and a table has four legs, then are dogs tables?

Question

what is this form of logic called. Does it form the basis for western thought?

Freedomhammer - Thanks, I cant believe you are the only person who even remotely had clue what I was referring to. I couldn't remember what it was called.

lil snipe - way over .... pathetic.

Answer 1

This is not conditional logic, nor inductive logic, nor anything specifically "western." It is a faulty attempt at a syllogism, a three-statement argument of the form:

1. All A are B
2. All B are C
3. Therefore, all A are C

Here, the attempted syllogism is:

1. All dogs have four legs (i.e., are members of the group of objects with four legs)
2. All tables have four legs
3. Therefore, all dogs are tables.

or schematically, with D=dogs, F="has four legs", and T=tables,

1. All D are F
2. All T are F
3. Therefore, all D are T

Syllogisms are a formalized part of the system of logical thought, period, having nothing to do with east or west. People will tell you eastern thought is so much different, but that's a bunch of hooey. Either logic is something real, or it's a lie. You can't say something that makes absolutely no sense and then try to beg out of it by saying "well, it's wrong to your western way of thinking."

That's ridiculous. I mean, think about some place it really matters. Let's say somebody sold you their almost-new car. They take your money, and then give you some old clunker instead of actually giving you their car. When you complain, they say "oh sure, to your western way of thinking it's wrong, but to my eastern mindset it's perfectly fine."

Some people may do this, I'll grant you, but I guarantee no matter how "non-western" you want to be, you'll complain, and rather loudly!

Answer 2

I don't know but I think it is stupid logic. Just because a table has four legs and a dog has four legs doesn't make a dog a table and a table a dog. Good grief. It doesn't form the basis for western thought, if it does, it probably comes from the liberal Democrates.

Answer 3

So, from your alias, is this your two cents worth? I agree with the first answerer. This is definitely faulty reasoning, and the basis for nothing.

Edit: Strange, someone who is trying to infer that a dog is a table because they both have four legs is calling us pathetic? LOL. So, what would my brother-in-law's three-legged dog be called?

Answer 4

Nope - given assertion X, purely version of the three different variations which could be authentic is named the 'contrapositive' inverse and talk do no longer could be authentic (yet would properly be authentic). equivalent to if my vehicle is on fire then each and every little thing this is on fire is a vehicle contrapositive of 'all canines have 4 legs' is to opposite the order and negate the two clauses - e.g., 'issues that have not got 4 legs are no longer canines'

Answer 5

This is called conditional logic. It is a compound statement formed by connecting two sentences, facts, or assumptions using "if...then".

Answer 6

I'll answer the legs question... no dogs are not tables.

Answer 7

That's interesting.. but try this:

what stays in the corner but travels the world?

good luck.=D

Besides didn't answering his question get you guys 2 points? you should thank him.
= )

Answer 8

LOLZ!!!! It's like sayin all four legged animals are tables.

Answer 9

No dogs didn't evolve into tables.
people aren't apes or monkeys.

Answer 10

That is a very intelligent question, boy--are you smart. You fooled me because, boy--am I dumb.