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noundeductive reasoning in which a conclusion is derived from two premisestype of:
Definition that contains syllogism
- conclusion the proposition arrived at by logical reasoning (such as the proposition that must follow from the major and minor premises of a syllogism)
- ratiocination the proposition arrived at by logical reasoning (such as the proposition that must follow from the major and minor premises of a syllogism)
- syllogize reason by syllogisms
- minor premise the premise of a syllogism that contains the minor term (which is the subject of the conclusion)
- subsumption the premise of a syllogism that contains the minor term (which is the subject of the conclusion)
- major premiss the premise of a syllogism that contains the major term (which is the predicate of the conclusion)
- minor premiss the premise of a syllogism that contains the minor term (which is the subject of the conclusion)
- syllogistic of or relating to or consisting of syllogism
- major term the term in a syllogism that is the predicate of the conclusion
- minor term the term in a syllogism that is the subject of the conclusion