syllogism 
syllogism
Definition
syl·lo·gism (sil′ə jiz′əm)
noun
- an argument or form of reasoning in which two statements or premises are made and a logical conclusion is drawn from themEx.: All mammals are warmblooded (major premise); whales are mammals (minor premise); therefore, whales are warmblooded (conclusion)
- reasoning from the general to the particular; deductive logic
- an instance of subtle, tricky, or specious reasoning
Etymology: ME silogisme < MFr < L syllogismus < Gr syllogismos, a reckoning together < syllogizesthai, to reckon together, sum up < syn-, together + logizesthai, to reason < logos, word: see logic
syl′·lo·gis′·tic adjective or syl′·lo·gis′·ti·cal
syl′·lo·gis′·ti·cally adverb
syllogism
Synonyms
syllogism
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- follow: Note the following syllogism: Hubal was the chief deity of the Quraysh.
- use: Let me explain why, in simple terms using a classical syllogism ( or formal argument ).
- create: Comparing this finding to a legal standard creates a syllogism.
- consider: Chapter Two considers the normative syllogism, a formalization of the process of ( deductively ) applying law to facts.
- call: This type of argument is called syllogism and dates back to ancient Greece.
Adjective modifier
- false: Tonight's homework: please look up " false syllogism.
- normative: Chapter Two considers the normative syllogism, a formalization of the process of ( deductively ) applying law to facts.
- demonstrative: Demonstrative syllogism gives us the most certain knowledge, and is the part of logic toward which the other parts are directed.
- disjunctive: Hence it does not follow, by disjunctive syllogism, that H1 is true.
- inverted: That this process has a valid logical structure can be seen when we notice that it takes the form of an inverted syllogism.
- Aristotelian: Aristotelian syllogisms constituted the deductive schemas for logical inference and were relatively uncontroversial.
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