SYLLOGISM

Syllogism

A syllogism is a kind of logical argument in which one proposition is inferred from two or more others of a specific form. In antiquity, two rival theories of the syllogism existed: Aristotelian syllogistic and Stoic syllogistic.

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syllogism

Noun

  1. An inference in which one proposition (the conclusion) follows necessarily from two other propositions, known as the premises.
  1. A trick, artifice.


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