A syllogism (Greek: συλλογισμός, syllogismos, 'conclusion, inference') is a kind of logical argument that applies deductive reasoning to arrive at a conclusion...
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The politician's syllogism, also known as the politician's logic or the politician's fallacy, is a logical fallacy of the form: We must do something....
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syllogism (historically known as modus tollendo ponens (MTP), Latin for "mode that affirms by denying") is a valid argument form which is a syllogism...
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Legal syllogism is a legal concept concerning the law and its application, specifically a form of argument based on deductive reasoning and seeking to...
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In classical logic, a hypothetical syllogism is a valid argument form, a deductive syllogism with a conditional statement for one or both of its premises...
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A statistical syllogism (or proportional syllogism or direct inference) is a non-deductive syllogism. It argues, using inductive reasoning, from a generalization...
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Quasi-syllogism is a categorical syllogism where one of the premises is singular, and thus not a categorical statement. For example: All men are mortal...
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Term logic (section Syllogism in the first figure)
Aristotle identifies valid and invalid forms of arguments called syllogisms. A syllogism is an argument that consists of at least three sentences: at least...
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The practical syllogism is an instance of practical reasoning which takes the form of a syllogism, where the conclusion of the syllogism is an action....
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A prosleptic syllogism (/prəˈslɛptɪk/; from Greek πρόσληψις proslepsis "taking in addition") is a class of syllogisms that use a prosleptic proposition...
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