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Enthymeme

An enthymeme (Greek: ἐνθύμημα, enthýmēma) is an argument with a hidden premise. Enthymemes are usually developed from premises that accord with the audience's view of the world and what is taken to be common sense. However, where the general premise of a syllogism is supposed to be true, making the subsequent deduction necessary, the general premise of…

Syllogism where the audience supplies a premise, Syllogism with an unstated premise & Criticism

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Syllogism where the audience supplies a premise

William BenoitCandideLogical fallacies
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Syllogism with an unstated premise

SocratesMinor premise
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Criticism

Richard Whately
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GreekArgumentPremiseSyllogismAristotle
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Syllogism with an unstated premise

Syllogism where the audience supplies a premise

Criticism

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Enthymeme

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Edges17
Triples30
Avg. degree1.89
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related to Criticism · 6
Enthymeme → Aristotle, British, Carol Poster, Richard Whately, Some, This
related to Syllogism based on signs · 6
Enthymeme → Aristotle, Examples, He, In, Rhetoric, Since
related to External links · 5
Enthymeme → Aristotle's The Art, Extensive, RhetoricFull, Rhys Roberts, The Internet Classics Archive's
related to Syllogism where the audience supplies a premise · 4
Enthymeme → In, Some, The, William Benoit
related to Visual enthymemes · 4
Enthymeme → Another, Modern-day, Pictures, Scholars
is a · 2
Enthymeme → truncated syllogism, visual enthymeme
related to Syllogism with an unstated premise · 2
Enthymeme → Here, The

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enthymemes rhetoric aristotle syllogism premise ii conclusion signs two refutative unstated argument true kind audience also premises sense one case

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Enthymemeis atruncated syllogism0.90text
Enthymemeis avisual enthymeme0.90text
Richard Whately in the eighteenth centuryinstance ofCarol Poster argues that this later interpretation of the enthymeme was invented by British rhetoricians0.80text
Enthymemerelated to CriticismSome0.60section
Enthymemerelated to CriticismAristotle0.60section
Enthymemerelated to CriticismThis0.60section
Enthymemerelated to CriticismCarol Poster0.60section
Enthymemerelated to CriticismBritish0.60section
Enthymemerelated to CriticismRichard Whately0.60section
Enthymemerelated to External linksExtensive0.60section
Enthymemerelated to External linksAristotle's The Art0.60section
Enthymemerelated to External linksRhetoricFull0.60section

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