SYLLOGISM
\sˈɪləd͡ʒˌɪzəm], \sˈɪlədʒˌɪzəm], \s_ˈɪ_l_ə_dʒ_ˌɪ_z_ə_m]\
Definitions of SYLLOGISM
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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An argument stated in a logical form, consisting of three propositions, the first two being called the premises, and the last the conclusion, which contains the matter to be proved.
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Syllogistic.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Logical form of every argument, consisting of three propositions, of which the first two are called the premises, and the last, which follows from them, the conclusion.
By Daniel Lyons
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Form of argument consisting of two propositions called the premisses, and the third which follows from them, called the conclusion.
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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A form of reasoning or argument, consisting of three propositions, of which the first two are called the premises, and the last, which necessarily follows from them, the conclusion.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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n. [Latin] An argument or formal expression of reasoning consisting of three propositions, of which the first two are called the premises, and the last the conclusion. The subject of the conclusion is called the minor term, its predicate is the predicate of the major term or first premise, and the middle term shows the connection between the major and the minor, or is that term in which the predicate of the major and the subject of the minor are compared.
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