ASL/Deaf Syllogisms

Aristotle Tutoring Alexa

American Sign Language

Premise A:

God's gift is everything noble and natural.

Premise B:

American Sign Language is God's gift.

Conclusion:

American Sign Language is everything noble and natural.


Humanity

Premise A:
All languages are human.

Premise B:
American Sign Language is a language.

Conclusion:
American Sign Language is human.

 

Language Change

Premise A:

All languages change over time.

Premise B:

American Sign Language is a language.

Conclusion:

American Sign Language changes over time.

Deafness

Premise A:

God' creation is absolute.

Premise B:

Deafness is God's creation.

Conclusion:

Deafness is absolute.

 

Deafhood

Premise A:

Words are our primary responsibility.

Premise B:

Deafhood is the word.

Conclusion:

Deafhood is our primary responsibility.

 

Audism

Premise A:
Prejudice is a form of racism.
 

Premise B:
Audism is a prejudice.

Conclusion:
Audism is a form of racism.

Lipreading

Premise A:

Personal skills are individualistic.

Premise B:
Lipreading is a personal skill.

Conclusion:
Lipreading is individualistic.

Deaf Culture

Premise A:

Languages define cultures, and vice versa.

Premise B:

ASL is a language.
 

Conclusion:

ASL defines Deaf Culture, and vice versa.

Professor Carl's Note

 

I need to attribute these above syllogisms

to Aristotle, the Greek philosopher,

for metaphysical reasoning.