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Definition of Minor premiss

1. Noun. The premise of a syllogism that contains the minor term (which is the subject of the conclusion).

Lexicographical Neighbors of Minor Premiss

Literary usage of Minor premiss

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

1. The Nicomachean Ethics of Aristotle by Aristotle, Robert Williams (1869)
"For it is the particular or minor term, which is contained in the minor premiss, that in each case constitutes the matter of the action. ..."

2. The Nicomachean Ethics of Aristotle by Aristotle, Robert Williams (1869)
"We may, for example, have, as our major premiss, " all men ought to take dry food," and, as our minor premiss, " I am a man" ; or, again, we may have, ..."

3. Logic by William Stanley Jevons (1889)
"Middle term. Major term. All jewels are mineral substances (major premiss). Minor term. Middle term. All diamonds are jewels . . (minor premiss). .'. ..."

4. Psychology: Normal and Morbid by Charles Arthur Mercier (1901)
"In the first case, the minor premiss—the relation between original piece of ... 11 minor premiss having no constancy in experience, the whole burden the ..."

5. A Dictionary of Science, Literature, & Art: Comprising the Definitions and by George William Cox (1867)
"The letter M designates the •-'• the major or minor premiss. 5. ... This is a syllogism in Barbara, with the. minor premiss placed before the major. ..."

6. Studies and Exercises in Formal Logic: Including a Generalization of Logical by John Neville Keynes (1887)
"... the syllogism would be invalid by rule 4. (2) Tlu major premiss must be universal. For the middle term cannot be distributed in the minor premiss since ..."

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