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Abduction :: Abduction (n.) A syllogism or form of argument in which the major is evident, but the minor is only probable..

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..

Baroko :: Baroko (n.) A form or mode of syllogism of which the first proposition is a universal affirmative, and the other two are particular negative..

Syllogizer :: Syllogize (v. i.) To reason by means of syllogisms.

Assumption :: Assumption (n.) The minor or second proposition in a categorical syllogism.

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

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.

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..

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..

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..

Reduction :: Reduction (v. t.) The bringing of a syllogism in one of the so-called imperfect modes into a mode in the first figure.

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.

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..

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

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..

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..

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.

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

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

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

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