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Definition of Syllogism

1. Noun. Deductive reasoning in which a conclusion is derived from two premises.

Definition of Syllogism

1. 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 amounts to demonstration

Definition of Syllogism

1. Noun. (context: logic) An inference in which one proposition (the conclusion) follows necessarily from two other propositions, known as the premises. ¹

2. Noun. (obsolete) A trick, artifice. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Syllogism

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Syllogism

Literary usage of Syllogism

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1891)
"Biform syllogism, a syllogism in which two minors are subsumed under ... Compound syllogism, a syllogism one or both of whose premises are compound ..."

2. Lectures on Metaphysics and Logic by William Hamilton (1860)
"B.) Figured syllogism — Two forms of syllogism by different orders of terms ... Here the two forms of syllogism are possible, each with its major and minor ..."

3. The English Works of Thomas Hobbes of Malmesbury by Thomas Hobbes (1839)
"By the due addition of another step I shall proceed to syllogism, ... The definition of syllogism.—2. In a syllogism there are but three terms.—3. ..."

4. Aristotle by George Grote (1872)
"In explaining generally what the syllogism is, and what Induction is, he informs us that the syllogism • Sir W. Hamilton (Lectures on Logic, ..."

5. An Introductory Logic by James Edwin Creighton (1909)
"It is quite possible that all the requirements of the syllogism may be met ... The syllogism accepts without criticism the ideas and judgments which it ..."

6. An Introductory Logic by James Edwin Creighton (1909)
"It is quite possible that all the requirements of the syllogism may be met ... The syllogism accepts without criticism the ideas and judgments which it ..."

7. The Organon, Or Logical Treatises, of Aristotle: With the Introduction of by Aristotle, Octavius Freire Owen, Porphyry (1853)
"If however the negative be pure but particular, there will not be a syllogism, whether the other premise be affirmative or negative. ..."

8. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1891)
"Biform syllogism, a syllogism in which two minors are subsumed under ... Compound syllogism, a syllogism one or both of whose premises are compound ..."

9. Lectures on Metaphysics and Logic by William Hamilton (1860)
"B.) Figured syllogism — Two forms of syllogism by different orders of terms ... Here the two forms of syllogism are possible, each with its major and minor ..."

10. The English Works of Thomas Hobbes of Malmesbury by Thomas Hobbes (1839)
"By the due addition of another step I shall proceed to syllogism, ... The definition of syllogism.—2. In a syllogism there are but three terms.—3. ..."

11. Aristotle by George Grote (1872)
"In explaining generally what the syllogism is, and what Induction is, he informs us that the syllogism • Sir W. Hamilton (Lectures on Logic, ..."

12. An Introductory Logic by James Edwin Creighton (1909)
"It is quite possible that all the requirements of the syllogism may be met ... The syllogism accepts without criticism the ideas and judgments which it ..."

13. An Introductory Logic by James Edwin Creighton (1909)
"It is quite possible that all the requirements of the syllogism may be met ... The syllogism accepts without criticism the ideas and judgments which it ..."

14. The Organon, Or Logical Treatises, of Aristotle: With the Introduction of by Aristotle, Octavius Freire Owen, Porphyry (1853)
"If however the negative be pure but particular, there will not be a syllogism, whether the other premise be affirmative or negative. ..."

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