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- 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
- Trilemma - n. - A syllogism with three conditional propositions, the major premises of which are disjunctively affirmed in the minor. See Dilemma.
- 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.
- Figure - n. - The form of a syllogism with respect to the relative position of the middle term.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Epichirema - n. - A syllogism in which the proof of the major or minor premise, or both, is introduced with the premises themselves, and the conclusion is derived in the ordinary manner.
- Baroko - n. - A form or mode of syllogism of which the first proposition is a universal affirmative, and the other two are particular negative.
- Bocardo - n. - A form of syllogism of which the first and third propositions are particular negatives, and the middle term a universal affirmative.
- Abduction - n. - A syllogism or form of argument in which the major is evident, but the minor is only probable.
- Reduction - v. t. - The bringing of a syllogism in one of the so-called imperfect modes into a mode in the first figure.