The following syllogism was presented. White bears exist only where it is very cold and there is snow. Silk cocoons exist only where it is very hot. Are there places that have both white bears and cocoons?

Subject: Kul, age twenty-six, peasant, almost illiterate.

'There is a country where there are white bears and white snow. Can there be such a thing? Can white silk grow there?' ...

'Where there is white snow, white bears live. Where it is hot, there are cocoons. Is this right?' ...

'Where there is white snow there are white bears. Where it is hot there are white silkworms. Can there be such a thing on earch?'

(Luria, 1976; p. 105)