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Episyllogism :: Episyllogism (n.) A syllogism which assumes as one of its premises a proposition which was the conclusion of a preceding syllogism, called, in relation to this, the prosyllogism..

Major :: Major (a.) That premise which contains the major term. It its the first proposition of a regular syllogism; as: No unholy person is qualified for happiness in heaven [the major]. Every man in his natural state is unholy [minor]. Therefore, no man in his natural state is qualified for happiness in heaven [conclusion or inference]..

Paralogism :: Paralogism (n.) A reasoning which is false in point of form, that is, which is contrary to logical rules or formulae; a formal fallacy, or pseudo-syllogism, in which the conclusion does not follow from the premises..

Sumptuary :: Sumption (n.) The major premise of a syllogism.

Bocardo :: Bocardo (n.) A form of syllogism of which the first and third propositions are particular negatives, and the middle term a universal affirmative..

Barbara :: Barbara (n.) The first word in certain mnemonic lines which represent the various forms of the syllogism. It indicates a syllogism whose three propositions are universal affirmatives.

Brandish :: Brandish (n.) To play with; to flourish; as, to brandish syllogisms..

Extreme :: Extreme (n.) Either of the extreme terms of a syllogism, the middle term being interposed between them..

Figure :: Figure (n.) The form of a syllogism with respect to the relative position of the middle term.

Mode :: Mode (n.) The form in which the proposition connects the predicate and subject, whether by simple, contingent, or necessary assertion; the form of the syllogism, as determined by the quantity and quality of the constituent proposition; mood..

Syllogistically :: Syllogistical (a.) Of or pertaining to a syllogism; consisting of a syllogism, or of the form of reasoning by syllogisms; as, syllogistic arguments or reasoning..

Premise :: Premise (n.) Either of the first two propositions of a syllogism, from which the conclusion is drawn..

Syllogistic :: Syllogism (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.

Medium :: Medium (n.) The mean or middle term of a syllogism; that by which the extremes are brought into connection.

Conclusion :: Conclusion (n.) The inferred proposition of a syllogism; the necessary consequence of the conditions asserted in two related propositions called premises. See Syllogism.

Subsumptive :: Subsumption (n.) That which is subsumed, as the minor clause or premise of a syllogism..

Term :: Term (n.) The subject or the predicate of a proposition; one of the three component parts of a syllogism, each one of which is used twice..

Sorites :: Sorites (n.) An abridged form of stating of syllogisms in a series of propositions so arranged that the predicate of each one that precedes forms the subject of each one that follows, and the conclusion unites the subject of the first proposition with the predicate of the last proposition.

Enthymeme :: Enthymeme (n.) An argument consisting of only two propositions, an antecedent and consequent deduced from it; a syllogism with one premise omitted; as, We are dependent; therefore we should be humble. Here the major proposition is suppressed. The complete syllogism would be, Dependent creatures should be humble; we are dependent creatures; therefore we should be humble..

Prosylogism :: Prosylogism (n.) A syllogism preliminary or logically essential to another syllogism; the conclusion of such a syllogism, which becomes a premise of the following syllogism..

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