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Definition of Premiss
1. Verb. Take something as preexisting and given.
2. Noun. A statement that is assumed to be true and from which a conclusion can be drawn. "On the assumption that he has been injured we can infer that he will not to play"
Generic synonyms: Posit, Postulate
Specialized synonyms: Major Premise, Major Premiss, Minor Premise, Minor Premiss, Subsumption, Thesis, Condition, Precondition, Stipulation, Scenario
Derivative terms: Assume, Premise
Definition of Premiss
1. n. Premise.
Definition of Premiss
1. Noun. (alternative spelling of premise) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Premiss
1. a proposition in logic [n -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Premiss
Literary usage of Premiss
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Penny Cyclopaedia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge by Charles Knight (1840)
"The truth of the suppressed premiss has nothing to do with the validity of the
... If the suppressed premiss were expressed, the question as to the ..."
2. A New Logic by Charles Arthur Mercier (1912)
"Then the first step in Mediate Induction is to find a premiss. ... Deduction cannot
stir a step unless a complete premiss is given. ..."
3. A New Logic by Charles Arthur Mercier (1912)
"Then the first step in Mediate Induction is to find a premiss. ... Deduction cannot
stir a step unless a complete premiss is given. ..."
4. The Elements of Deductive Logic: Designed Mainly for the Use of Junior by Thomas Fowler (1867)
"I. A false premiss, borrowed from some science which is not under investigation,
can only be detected by a special knowledge of the science from which it is ..."
5. 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 ..."
6. The Process of Argument: A Contribution to Logic by Alfred Sidgwick (1893)
"2) All Z are M All X are M All X are Z We get (conclusion) All X are ZS are
P (Minor premiss) " All X are M = S are M " but since the other given premiss ..."
7. Distinction and the Criticism of Beliefs by Alfred Sidgwick (1892)
"The fact that any so-called non-A contains the germ of A is proof that the name
non-A is there in strictness wrongly applied- Middle Term and Major premiss ..."
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