Identify the features of the Aristotelian syllogism from the following.

1.It is both deductive-inductive and formal-material

2.It is only deductive and formal

3.The major and minor terms stand apart in the premises

4.It is verbalistic

5.Verbal form is not the essence of inference

A1, 2 and 3 only

B2, 3 and 5 only

C2, 3 and 4 only ✓ Correct

D1, 4 and 5 only

Correct answer: (C) 2, 3 and 4 only

Explanation

The Aristotelian syllogism is only deductive and formal, keeps the major and minor terms apart in the premises, and is verbalistic.

It draws a necessary conclusion from given premises, so it is purely deductive.

Its validity turns on form, not on the material truth of the terms.

The major term sits in one premise and the minor term in the other, joined only through the middle.

It operates on the verbal form of propositions, hence its verbalistic character.

The view that verbal form is not the essence, and that inference is deductive-inductive, belongs to Indian logic, not to it.

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