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A syllogism (Ancient Gr****: συλλογισμός, syllogismos, 'conclusion, inference') is
a kind
of logical argument that
applies deductive reasoning to arrive...
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position of the
middle term,
Aristotle divides the
syllogism into
three kinds:
syllogism in the first, second, and
third figure. If the
Middle Term is subject...
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rendering it invalid.
Categorical syllogisms always have
three terms:
Major premise:
Weapons are dangerous.
Minor premise:
Knives are weapons. Conclusion:...
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fallacy of the
undistributed middle (Latin: non
distributio medii) is
a formal fallacy that is
committed when the
middle term in
a categorical syllogism is...
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Aristotelian logic,
baroco is
a mnemonic word used to
memorize a class of syllogism. Specifically, it has the
first proposition universal and affirmative...
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Illicit minor is
a formal fallacy committed in
a categorical syllogism that is
invalid because its
minor term is
undistributed in the
minor premise but...
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where the
general premise of a syllogism is
supposed to be true,
making the
subsequent deduction necessary, the
general premise of an
enthymeme is merely...
- Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Subsumption may
refer to:
A minor premise in
symbolic logic (see
syllogism) The
Liskov substitution principle in object-oriented...
- the conclusion.
Illicit minor –
a categorical syllogism that is
invalid because its
minor term is not
distributed in the
minor premise but distributed...
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construct categorical syllogisms using the
A, E, I, and O
statement forms in the
square of opposition.
Of the 256, only 24 are
valid forms.
Of the 24
valid forms...
