syllogism

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三段论,辩证法,三段论式,三言两语

Definitions

n.名词 noun

1
- : Logic. an argument the conclusion of which is supported by two premises, of which one contains the term that is the predicate of the conclusion, and the other contains the term that is the subject of the conclusion; common to both premises is a term that is excluded from the conclusion. A typical form is “All A is C; all B is A; therefore all B is C.”
- : deductive reasoning.
- : an extremely subtle, sophisticated, or deceptive argument.

noundeductive reasoning

Synonyms

Of course, “No means Yes” is a novel logical syllogism, but anything is possible.
This seems like an example of my favorite policy syllogism: 1.
There's a terrible syllogism that tends to follow on tragedies like this: 1.
I thought I would be protected by historical precision, reputation, syllogism and sincerity.
It is rarely the case in literature that the syllogism is fully stated: generally one of the premises is omitted.
If the major premise of this syllogism be granted, the conclusion is unquestionable.
However, if this were put into a syllogism, it would read as follows: All persons who do wrong pay the penalty soon.
Whatever can be proved at all can be reduced to a syllogism but agreement upon premises is in this case impossible.
But Aquinas, with his Aristotelian method of syllogism and definitions, could not go beyond Augustine.

Definitions

n.名词 noun

1
- : Logic. an argument the conclusion of which is supported by two premises, of which one contains the term that is the predicate of the conclusion, and the other contains the term that is the subject of the conclusion; common to both premises is a term that is excluded from the conclusion. A typical form is “All A is C; all B is A; therefore all B is C.”
- : deductive reasoning.
- : an extremely subtle, sophisticated, or deceptive argument.

Examples

Of course, “No means Yes” is a novel logical syllogism, but anything is possible.

This seems like an example of my favorite policy syllogism: 1.

There's a terrible syllogism that tends to follow on tragedies like this: 1.

I thought I would be protected by historical precision, reputation, syllogism and sincerity.

It is rarely the case in literature that the syllogism is fully stated: generally one of the premises is omitted.

If the major premise of this syllogism be granted, the conclusion is unquestionable.

However, if this were put into a syllogism, it would read as follows: All persons who do wrong pay the penalty soon.

Whatever can be proved at all can be reduced to a syllogism but agreement upon premises is in this case impossible.

But Aquinas, with his Aristotelian method of syllogism and definitions, could not go beyond Augustine.