We identify three classes of four-state paraconsistent logics according to their different approaches towards the disjunctive syllogism, and investigate three representatives of these approaches: Quasiclassical logic, which always accepts this principle, Belnap’s logic, that rejects the disjunctive syllogism altogether, and a logic of inconsistency minimization that restricts its application to...

Since a clear account of the fallacy false disjunctive syllogism is missing in literature, defined and its three types are differentiated after some preliminaries. Section 4 further elaborates differentia specifica for each by analyzing relevant argument criticism each, as well related profiles dialogue. After defining syllogisms, it becomes possible to distinguish between dilemma syllogism: se...

Review of Cioran, E. (2023). Syllogism the Bitterness. The Fall into Time. Kyiv: Duh i Litera.

We present a coherence-based probability semantics and propagation rules for (categorical) Aristotelian syllogisms. For framing the syllogisms as probabilistic inferences, we interpret basic syllogistic sentence types A, E, I, O by suitable precise imprecise conditional assessments. Then, define validity of inferences notions existential import which is required, Based on generalization de Fine...