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Syllogism

A syllogism (Ancient Greek: συλλογισμός, syllogismos, 'conclusion, inference') is a kind of logical argument that applies deductive reasoning to arrive at a conclusion based on two propositions that are asserted or assumed to be true. In its earliest form (defined by Aristotle in his 350 BC book Prior Analytics), a deductive syllogism arises when two…

History, Modern history & Syllogistic fallacies

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Subtypes of categorical syllogisms

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Syllogism

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related to Sources · 81
Syllogism → Alexander, Ancient Philosophy, Aristotle, Aristotle's, Aristotle's Modal Syllogistic, Aristotle's Syllogistic, BCE, Bern, Book, Broadie, Cambridge, Cf, Charles Leonard, Completeness, Copi, Corcoran, Distribution, Dordrecht, Englebretsen, Existential Import Today
related to External links · 33
Syllogism → Angeliki, Applications Distributed Reasoning ApproachesComparison, Archive, Aristotelian Syllogism, Aristotle's, Aristotle's Assertoric Syllogistic, Aristotle's Logic, Aristotle's Prior Analytics, Categorical Syllogism, Chapter XXIII, Edward, Formal, Formal Proofs, Fuzzy Syllogistic Algorithms, Henrik, In Zalta, Indian/Tibetan SyllogismThe Buddhist Philosophy, Isabelle/HOL, ISSN, Koutsoukou-Argyraki
related to history · 11
Syllogism → Aristotelian, Aristotle's, Bacon, Francis Bacon, However, In, Posterior Analytics, Stoic, The Aristotelian, Western, Yet
related to Syllogistic fallacies · 8
Syllogism → Because, Determining, For, However, III-1, In, People, This
related to Table of all syllogisms · 5
Syllogism → Borders, Columns, This, Those, Venn
related to Polysyllogism · 4
Syllogism → For, In, The, To
related to Aristotle · 3
Syllogism → Aristotle, Despite, Prior Analytics Aristotle
related to Subtypes of categorical syllogisms · 3
Syllogism → Middle, The, There
related to Categorical · 2
Syllogism → Major, The
is a · 1
Syllogism → categorical syllogism

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Syllogismrelated to External linksAristotle's Logic0.60section
Syllogismrelated to External linksIn Zalta0.60section
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