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Definition of syllogisms in English English dictionary
- plural of syllogism
- syllogism
- An inference in which one proposition (the conclusion) follows necessarily from two other propositions, known as the premises
- syllogism
- Aristotle's theory of reasoning where two true statements are followed by a single logical conclusion
- syllogism
- {n} an argument of three proposition
- syllogism
- deductive reasoning in which a conclusion is derived from two premises
- syllogism
- The regular logical form of every argument, consisting of three propositions, of which the first two are called the premises, and the last, the conclusion
- syllogism
- An argument with two premisses
- syllogism
- {i} type of deductive reasoning containing two premises and a conclusion, logical argument in the form "if A=C and A=B then B=C" (Logic); deductive reasoning
- syllogism
- An important variety of deductive argument in which a conclusion follows from two or more premises; especially the categorical syllogism Recommended Reading: Aristotle, Categories, On Interpretation, Prior Analytics, tr by Hugh Tredennick (Harvard, 1938) {at Amazon com}; Jan Lukasiewicz, Aristotle's Syllogistic from the Standpoint of Modern Formal Logic (Clarendon, 1957) {at Amazon com}; The New Syllogistic, ed by George Englebretsen (Peter Lang, 1987) {at Amazon com}; and Bruce E R Thompson, An Introduction to the Syllogism and the Logic of Proportional Quantifiers (Peter Lang, 1993) {at Amazon com} Also see OCP, ColE, noesis, and MacE
- syllogism
- a deductive scheme of formal argument consisting a of a three-part statement? major premise, minor premise, and the conclusion
- syllogism
- a statement with three parts, the first two of which prove that the third part is true, for example 'all men will die, Socrates is a man, therefore Socrates will die' (silogisme, from , from syllogismos, from syllogizesthai , from syn- ( SYN-) + logizesthai ). Form of argument that, in its most commonly discussed instances, has two categorical propositions as premises and one categorical proposition as conclusion. An example of a syllogism is the following argument: Every human is mortal (every M is P); every philosopher is human (every S is M); therefore, every philosopher is mortal (every S is P). Such arguments have exactly three terms (human, philosopher, mortal). Here, the argument is composed of three categorical (as opposed to hypothetical) propositions, it is therefore a categorical syllogism. In a categorical syllogism, the term that occurs in both premises but not in the conclusion (human) is the middle term; the predicate term in the conclusion is called the major term, the subject the minor term. The pattern in which the terms S, M, and P (minor, middle, major) are arranged is called the figure of the syllogism. In this example, the syllogism is in the first figure, since the major term appears as predicate in the first premise and the minor term as subject of the second
- syllogism
- deductive reasoning in which a conclusion is derived from two premises "All human beings are mortal I am a human being Therefore, I am mortal "
- syllogism
- an argument according to Aristotle's logical theory involving a major premise, a minor premise, and a conclusion
- syllogism
- Reasoning in which a logical conclusion is drawn from two premises and a logical conclusion is drawn from them
- syllogism
- A method for argument validation involving three steps: a major premise, a minor premise, and a conclusion The conclusion is considered valid if the form is correct and the premises are true (Solso)
- syllogism
- A doctrine of inference, historically the first logical system of deduction, formulated by Aristotle Every syllogism consists of a triad of propositions: two premises and a conclusion
- syllogism
- A form of argumentation in which a conclusion is drawn from a major premise by the use of a minor premise: all men are mortal/Socrates is a man/ therefore Socrates is mortal
- syllogism
- The conclusion necessarily follows from the premises; so that, if these are true, the conclusion must be true, and the argument amounts to demonstration deductive reasoning in which a conclusion is derived from two premises
- syllogism
- A deductive argument with two premises
- syllogism
- A deductive system of formal logic that presents two premises - the first one "major" the second one "minor" that inevitably lead to a sound conclusion Example: Major Premise: All men are mortal Minor Premise: Socrates is a man Conclusion: Therefore, Socrates is mortal A syllogism's conclusion is valid only if each of the two premises is valid
- syllogism
- 1 Argument involving three propositions: a formal deductive argument made up of a major premise, a minor premise, and a conclusion An example is 'all birds have feathers, penguins are birds, therefore penguins have feathers' 2 Deductive reasoning: reasoning from the general to the specific, or an example of this