- Major premise
- Minor premise
- Conclusion
The discussion of syllogism can go deep into complex graphical methods, but here we only do some general discussion. If traders are interested in the in-depth content of syllogism, they can study the relevant knowledge of logic.
In order to understand some of the ways in which syllogism is used everyday, we present a simple example here.
- Major premise: Cattle is herbivore.
- Minor premise:The water buffalo is the cattle.
- Conclusion:The water buffalo is herbivore.
Traders often think in a similar way also, for example (the following is an example of a virtual “Lido Machinery” company stock):
- Stocks with low P/E ratios are stocks with low risk.
- Lido Machinery is a stock with a low P/E ratio.
- Lido Machinery is a stock with low risk.
This kind of inference seems reasonable, but in practical applications, many traders feel that they always make frequent mistakes. why?
Readers delve into the above two examples, and they will find a very interesting but serious problem, that is, the "major premise" as a proposition indicates a certain situation, but whether this situation is realistic or not, people generally do not go think deeply.
[Thinking] In the usual way of thinking and judging, do you accept the conclusions of the "major premise" unconsciously?
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