Category:Definitions/Categorical Syllogisms
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A categorical syllogism is a logical argument which is structured as follows:
$(1): \quad$ It has exactly two premises and one conclusion.
- The first premise is usually referred to as the major premise.
- The second premise is usually referred to as the minor premise.
$(2): \quad$ It concerns exactly three terms, which are usually denoted:
\(\ds P:\) | the primary term | ||||||||
\(\ds M:\) | the middle term | ||||||||
\(\ds S:\) | the secondary term |
$(3): \quad$ Each of the premises and conclusion is a categorical statement.
Pages in category "Definitions/Categorical Syllogisms"
The following 51 pages are in this category, out of 51 total.
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- Definition:Categorical Syllogism
- Definition:Categorical Syllogism/Conclusion
- Definition:Categorical Syllogism/Historical Note
- Definition:Categorical Syllogism/Middle Term
- Definition:Categorical Syllogism/Premises
- Definition:Categorical Syllogism/Premises/Major Premise
- Definition:Categorical Syllogism/Premises/Minor Premise
- Definition:Categorical Syllogism/Primary Term
- Definition:Categorical Syllogism/Secondary Term
- Definition:Categorical Syllogism/Shorthand
- Definition:Categorical Syllogism/Terms
- Definition:Conclusion of Syllogism
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- Definition:Direct Reduction to First Figure
- Definition:Distributed Predicate of Categorical Syllogism
- Definition:Distributed Subject of Categorical Syllogism
- Definition:Distributed Term of Categorical Syllogism
- Definition:Distributed Term of Categorical Syllogism/Examples
- Definition:Distributed Term of Categorical Syllogism/Examples/Particular Affirmative
- Definition:Distributed Term of Categorical Syllogism/Examples/Particular Negative
- Definition:Distributed Term of Categorical Syllogism/Examples/Universal Affirmative
- Definition:Distributed Term of Categorical Syllogism/Examples/Universal Negative
- Definition:Distributed Term of Categorical Syllogism/Predicate
- Definition:Distributed Term of Categorical Syllogism/Subject
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- Definition:Figure of Categorical Syllogism
- Definition:Figure of Categorical Syllogism/I
- Definition:Figure of Categorical Syllogism/II
- Definition:Figure of Categorical Syllogism/III
- Definition:Figure of Categorical Syllogism/IV
- Definition:First Figure of Categorical Syllogism
- Definition:Fourth Figure of Categorical Syllogism
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- Definition:Undistributed Predicate of Categorical Syllogism
- Definition:Undistributed Subject of Categorical Syllogism
- Definition:Undistributed Term of Categorical Syllogism
- Definition:Undistributed Term of Categorical Syllogism/Predicate
- Definition:Undistributed Term of Categorical Syllogism/Subject