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Words related to syllogism

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  • undistributed middle

    Logic. a middle term of a syllogism that does not refer to its entire class in the major premise or minor premise, with the result that the syllogism is not valid.

  • abduction

    the act of taking someone away by force or cunning; kidnapping

  • antilogism

    a group of three inconsistent propositions, two of which are premises of a syllogism that contradict the third.

  • dilemma

    a situation requiring a choice between equally undesirable alternatives.

  • enthymeme

    An argument in which one premise is not explicitly stated.

  • major premise

    Logic. an argument the conclusion of which is supported by two premises, of which one (major premise) contains the term (major term) that is the predicate of the conclusion, and the other (minor premise) contains the term (minor term) that is the subject of the conclusion; common to both premises is a term (middle term) that is excluded from the conclusion. A typical form is “All A is C; all B is A; therefore all B is C.”.
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