Examples of 'syllogism' in a sentence

Meaning of "syllogism"

syllogism (noun) - a form of reasoning where a conclusion is drawn from two given or assumed propositions (premises)
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  • An argument whose conclusion is supported by two premises, of which one contains the term that is the predicate of the conclusion, and the other contains the term that is the subject of the conclusion; common to both premises is a term that is excluded from the conclusion.
  • A trick, artifice; an extremely subtle, sophisticated, or deceptive argument; a sophism.

How to use "syllogism" in a sentence

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I have a syllogism that answers that problem.
That is what philosophers call a false syllogism.
Syllogism insurance agents do not eat right.
The invention of the syllogism is attributed to him.
No syllogism can have two negative propositions.
But not every such syllogism is a demonstration.
No syllogism can have two negative premises.
This government by syllogism makes no sense at all.
A syllogism is a logical deduction from two premises.
Having no concepts it is impossible to construct the syllogism.
Every syllogism is effected by means of three terms.
I leave it to the reader to complete the syllogism.
Identify the mood of a syllogism based on its propositions.
Enthymeme is more often known as rhetoric syllogism.
A valid categorical syllogism contains three categorical propositions.

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Because you are trying to refute the syllogism.
Any application of a syllogism is a rational act.
There are four possible figures of the syllogism.
A syllogism can be valid without being a factually true proposition.
The major premise of this syllogism is obvious.
A syllogism is a deductive argument that is composed of three propositions.
I found value in this syllogism for myself.
There is a form of deductive reasoning called a syllogism.
That simple syllogism is too simple.
We distinguish the major of the first syllogism.
The logic of this syllogism escapes me.
Wise blood is always superior to the syllogism.
I need to make a syllogism for an advertisement.
Next to be discussed is the figure of a categorical syllogism.
A categorical syllogism has three propositions.
Begging the question is a form of logical syllogism.
But your syllogism is not logical.
It calls for nothing but syllogism.
It will be the syllogism of love in psychoanalysis.
His approach to deduction centers on syllogism.
A syllogism is simply a set of three statements.
The major term of a syllogism must occur twice.
A syllogism is a set of premises with a conclusion.
He can only believe in the limited logical syllogism.
An expository syllogism differs from an ordinary.
Now let us consider this syllogism.
Of a syllogism in which different meanings of a key term are substituted.
Understand the distribution of terms in a syllogism.
A categorical syllogism is so called because it consists entirely of categorical propositions.
The typical expression of deductive inference is the syllogism.
This is an example of a deductive syllogism in an advertisement.
A criterion acts as the middle term in a logical syllogism.
This is a basic syllogism in logic.
You are assuming that it is a categorical syllogism.
A syllogism is a form of logical reasoning.

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