Public Policy by Syllogism? Does Logic Hold the Answer to Better Policy Outcomes?
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| Názov: | Public Policy by Syllogism? Does Logic Hold the Answer to Better Policy Outcomes? |
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| Autori: | Drew J; College of Human and Social Futures, University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW, Australia., Villano R; UNE Business School, University of New England, Armidale, Australia., McQuestin D; College of Human and Social Futures, University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW, Australia., Miyazaki M; Department of Economics, Saitama University, Saitama, Japan. |
| Zdroj: | Evaluation review [Eval Rev] 2025 Dec; Vol. 49 (6), pp. 1021-1039. Date of Electronic Publication: 2025 May 17. |
| Spôsob vydávania: | Journal Article |
| Jazyk: | English |
| Informácie o časopise: | Publisher: Sage Publications Country of Publication: United States NLM ID: 8004942 Publication Model: Print-Electronic Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1552-3926 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 0193841X NLM ISO Abbreviation: Eval Rev Subsets: MEDLINE |
| Imprint Name(s): | Publication: Thousand Oaks, CA : Sage Publications Original Publication: [Beverly Hills, Calif.] Sage Publications. |
| Výrazy zo slovníka MeSH: | Logic* , Public Policy* , Policy Making*, Humans |
| Abstrakt: | Competing Interests: Declaration of Conflicting InterestsThe author(s) declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article. Sometimes, public policy outcomes disappoint when unintended consequences arise. In many such cases, the problems might be traced back to poor reasoning. For most of antiquity, logic was considered the core element for successful human endeavour. In this work, we argue that Aristotelian logic - specifically, the syllogism - remains highly relevant and could offer significant benefits for the development of sound public policy. To demonstrate the value of logic for contemporary public policymaking, we first provide an accessible explanation of the practical syllogism. Following this we set out our method for testing the value of syllogistic reasoning against an example of real-world public policymaking. Thereafter, we test both the validity and truth of the apparent syllogism. We conclude that the use of a practical syllogism would have prevented unintended harm from arising in the instance under consideration and also offer our thoughts around generalisability and future research directions. |
| Contributed Indexing: | Keywords: logic; policy success; practical syllogism; public policymaking |
| Entry Date(s): | Date Created: 20250517 Date Completed: 20251005 Latest Revision: 20251005 |
| Update Code: | 20251006 |
| PubMed Central ID: | PMC12476479 |
| DOI: | 10.1177/0193841X251344054 |
| PMID: | 40380986 |
| Databáza: | MEDLINE |
Nájsť tento článok vo Web of Science | Abstrakt: | Competing Interests: Declaration of Conflicting InterestsThe author(s) declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.<br />Sometimes, public policy outcomes disappoint when unintended consequences arise. In many such cases, the problems might be traced back to poor reasoning. For most of antiquity, logic was considered the core element for successful human endeavour. In this work, we argue that Aristotelian logic - specifically, the syllogism - remains highly relevant and could offer significant benefits for the development of sound public policy. To demonstrate the value of logic for contemporary public policymaking, we first provide an accessible explanation of the practical syllogism. Following this we set out our method for testing the value of syllogistic reasoning against an example of real-world public policymaking. Thereafter, we test both the validity and truth of the apparent syllogism. We conclude that the use of a practical syllogism would have prevented unintended harm from arising in the instance under consideration and also offer our thoughts around generalisability and future research directions. |
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| ISSN: | 1552-3926 |
| DOI: | 10.1177/0193841X251344054 |