Comparison Between The Method Of Venn Diagrams And A New Mnemonics To Determine The Validity Of Syllogisms

Abstract

The subject of logic and, in particular, the subject of Aristotelian logic is considered difficult to understand by students of humanities and, in particular, by those who follow the career of law. The objective of this work is to propose a new mnemonics that allows to learn the 15 valid Aristotelian syllogisms in a simpler way. To this end, under a qualitative approach, a list of questions was elaborated and an interview was applied to 10 students of the legal logic course of the Catholic University Sedes Sapientiae of Peru. As a result, it was obtained that, for the vast majority, the mnemonic method proposed in this article was more practical than the classical method of Venn diagrams proposed by nineteenth-century mathematicians. In conclusion, it can be said that teachers should offer their students, not only the method of Venn diagrams, but also the mnemonic method suggested in this work that is easier to assimilate.