Look up: syllogism

1. syllogism
   [n] - deductive reasoning in which a conclusion is derived from two premises
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2. syllogism
   Set of philosophical statements devised by Aristotle in his work on logic. It establishes the conditions under which a valid conclusion follows or does not follow by deduction from given premises....
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3. Syllogism
   Syl'lo·gism noun [ Middle English silogisme , Old French silogime , sillogisme , French syllogisme , Latin syllogismus , Greek syllogismo`s a reckoning all together, a reasoning, syllogism, from syll...
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4. syllogism
   noun deductive reasoning in which a conclusion is derived from two premises
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5. Syllogism
   • (n.) 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. The conclusion necessarily follows from the premises; so that, if these are true, the conclusion must be true, and the argument amou...
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6. syllogism
   in logic, a valid deductive argument having two premises and a conclusion. The traditional type is the categorical syllogism in which both premises ... [12 related articles]
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7. syllogism
   syllogism 1. An argument or form of reasoning in which two statements or premises are made and a logical conclusion drawn from them. Example: All mammals are warm-blooded (major premise); whales are mammals (minor premise); therefore, whales are warm-blooded (conclusion). 2. Reasoning from the gener...
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8. Syllogism
   A syllogism is a typical form of deductive reasoning in which, certain propositions having been laid down, something different may be deduced from them. For example, given that 'all men are mortal' and that 'Socrates is a man' it may be deduced that 'Socrates is mortal'. Every syllogism contains two...
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9. syllogism
   syllogism, a mode of argument that forms the core of the body of Western logical thought. Aristotle defined syllogistic logic, and his formulations were thought to be the final word in logic; they underwent only minor revisions in the subsequent 2,200 years. Every syllogism is a sequence of three pr...
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10. Syllogism
    See Antilogism; Figure (syllogistic); and Logic, formal, §§ 2, 5.
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11. syllogism
    Set of philosophical statements devised by Aristotle in his work on logic. It establishes the conditions under which a valid conclusion follows or does not follow by deduction from given premises. The following is an example of a valid syllogism: `All men are mortal, Socrates is a man, therefore Socrates is mortal.`
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12. Syllogism
    A `syllogism` ( â€“ syllogismos – "conclusion," "inference") or `logical appeal` is a kind of logical argument in which one proposition (the conclusion) is inferred from two others (the premises) of a certain form, i.e. categorical proposition. In P...
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