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syllogism

[sil-uh-jiz-uhm] / ˈsɪl əˌdʒɪz əm /
NOUN
deductive reasoning
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Syllogism In Chicago, dismissing the complaint of Fruiterer Allen Brill that Customer A. E. Banks had hit him on the head with twelve melons.

From Time Magazine Archive

Syllogism One night last week there was a rosy sunset in Manhattan.

From Time Magazine Archive

The great charm of Aristotle's Syllogism is its simplicity.

From Logic, Inductive and Deductive by Minto, William

These regulative principles are known as The Canons of the Syllogism.

From Logic, Inductive and Deductive by Minto, William

It was much used in Mediæval Disputation, and is still more popular than the Categorical Syllogism.

From Logic, Inductive and Deductive by Minto, William




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