Need help with a logic

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panta dokimazete

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Logicians help me!

Are these well formed syllogisms?

If not, can the premises be tuned to draw the conclusions I’m trying to illustrate?

P1: Reality has purpose

P2: Science explains reality

C1: Science has purpose

Vs

P1: Reality has no purpose

P2: Science explains reality

C1: Science has no purpose
 
No, they're not well-formed.
To start with, the main verb in every statement should be "is."
Secondly, once you write the statements with a copula ("is") you'll notice they all have four terms (which is invalid).

On the bright side, if you split each of these into two distinct syllogisms it could be valid (although not strictly syllogistic).
Something like this:
Science explains reality.
Reality has purpose.
Therefore, science explains something with purpose.

That which explains something with purpose, has purpose.
Science explains something with purpose.
Therefore, Science has purpose.
 
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