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A syllogism (Ancient Greek: συλλογισμός, syllogismos, 'conclusion, inference') is a kind of logical argument that applies deductive reasoning to arrive...45 KB (5,123 words) - 16:05, 28 November 2024- syllogism (historically known as modus tollendo ponens (MTP), Latin for "mode that affirms by denying") is a valid argument form which is a syllogism...6 KB (662 words) - 03:28, 3 March 2024
- Legal syllogism is a legal concept concerning the law and its application, specifically a form of argument based on deductive reasoning and seeking to...3 KB (321 words) - 17:05, 24 December 2023
- In classical logic, a hypothetical syllogism is a valid argument form, a deductive syllogism with a conditional statement for one or both of its premises...9 KB (1,302 words) - 08:42, 29 November 2024
- The politician's syllogism, also known as the politician's logic or the politician's fallacy, is a logical fallacy of the form: We must do something....4 KB (479 words) - 04:07, 20 August 2024
- The practical syllogism is an instance of practical reasoning which takes the form of a syllogism, where the conclusion of the syllogism is an action....5 KB (713 words) - 09:19, 10 April 2021
- A statistical syllogism (or proportional syllogism or direct inference) is a non-deductive syllogism. It argues, using inductive reasoning, from a generalization...9 KB (1,214 words) - 17:05, 24 December 2023
- Quasi-syllogism is a categorical syllogism where one of the premises is singular, and thus not a categorical statement. For example: All men are mortal...1 KB (149 words) - 19:31, 12 August 2024
- Term logic (section Syllogism in the first figure)Aristotle identifies valid and invalid forms of arguments called syllogisms. A syllogism is an argument that consists of at least three sentences: at least...29 KB (3,906 words) - 20:21, 11 August 2024
- Numerically definite syllogism)De Morgan (1850) "On the syllogism, No. II". De Morgan (1858) "On the syllogism, No. III". De Morgan (1863) "On the syllogism, No. V". De Morgan 1860....58 KB (6,924 words) - 16:15, 20 October 2024
(category Syllogism)is taken to be common sense. However, where the general premise of a syllogism is supposed to be true, making the subsequent deduction necessary, the...10 KB (1,160 words) - 08:12, 24 October 2024 - Multi-premise syllogism)of propositions forming together a sequence of syllogisms such that the conclusion of each syllogism, together with the next proposition, is a premise...4 KB (565 words) - 01:37, 29 October 2024
- generally used before a logical consequence, such as the conclusion of a syllogism. The symbol consists of three dots placed in an upright triangle and is...6 KB (620 words) - 14:36, 7 November 2024
- A prosleptic syllogism (/prəˈslɛptɪk/; from Greek πρόσληψις proslepsis "taking in addition") is a class of syllogisms that use a prosleptic proposition...2 KB (223 words) - 17:05, 24 December 2023
- Law of Syllogism)There are no clouds in the sky. Thus, it is not raining. A hypothetical syllogism is an inference that takes two conditional statements and forms a conclusion...70 KB (8,484 words) - 07:13, 2 December 2024
- true, i.e., unicorns exist (this inference is known as the Disjunctive syllogism). The procedure may be repeated to prove that unicorns do not exist (hence...10 KB (1,258 words) - 19:40, 25 October 2024
- fallacies that occur in syllogisms. Affirmative conclusion from a negative premise (illicit negative) – a categorical syllogism has a positive conclusion...65 KB (6,866 words) - 05:28, 28 November 2024
- that occurs when a syllogism has four (or more) terms rather than the requisite three, rendering it invalid. Categorical syllogisms always have three terms:...5 KB (647 words) - 03:15, 29 October 2024
- Modus tollens (section Via disjunctive syllogism)argument form and a rule of inference. Modus tollens is a mixed hypothetical syllogism that takes the form of "If P, then Q. Not Q. Therefore, not P." It is...13 KB (1,838 words) - 11:31, 27 February 2024
- From Old French silogisme (“syllogism”), from Latin syllogismus, from Ancient Greek συλλογισμός (sullogismós, “inference, conclusion”). Doublet of syllogismus
- Encyclopædia Britannica, Volume 26 Syllogism 19413071911 Encyclopædia Britannica, Volume 26 — Syllogism SYLLOGISM (Gr. avWoyiaixos, from avv, and X670S
- A syllogism (Greek: συλλογισμός – syllogismos – "conclusion," "inference") is a kind of logical argument that applies deductive reasoning to arrive at
- differentiated between the two major kinds of syllogisms, namely categorical and conditional ones. In categorical syllogisms the statements of the premises begin