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Definition of Syllogisms

1. syllogism [n] - See also: syllogism

Lexicographical Neighbors of Syllogisms

Literary usage of Syllogisms

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Sketches of the History of Man by Henry Home Kames (1813)
"Aristotle gives some observations upon imperfect syllogisms : such as, ... But to compensate the modal syllogisms, which they have laid aside, ..."

2. Lectures on Metaphysics and Logic by William Hamilton (1860)
"IN our treatment of syllogisms, we have hitherto taken note only ... syllogisms, in respect of their External Form, admit of a threefold modification. ..."

3. Aristotle by George Grote (1872)
"We must presume syllogisms without a middle term, •when we read :—" The Syllogism through a middle term is by nature prior, and of greater cognitive ..."

4. A Manual of Logic by James Welton (1896)
"Kinds of syllogisms. As there are different kinds of propositions—Categorical, Hypothetical, and Disjunctive (see § 67)—all of which can be used in ..."

5. Logic by William Stanley Jevons (1889)
"All syllogisms are either simple or compound, categorical or hypothetical. ... We must now proceed to treat of Compound or complex syllogisms, ..."

6. An Outline of the Necessary Laws of Thought: A Treatise on Pure and Applied by William Thomson (1863)
"Equivalent syllogisms. Though the Reduction of syllogisms, from a so- called imperfect, to the perfect, figure, is no longer requisite now that the power of ..."

7. Elements of Logic as a Science of Propositions by Emily Elizabeth Constance Jones (1890)
"(C.) ALTERNATIVE syllogisms. AN Alternative Syllogism may be defined as— A syllogism of which one premiss is an Alternative Proposition or a combination of ..."

8. Sketches of the History of Man by Henry Home Kames (1813)
"Aristotle gives some observations upon imperfect syllogisms : such as, ... But to compensate the modal syllogisms, which they have laid aside, ..."

9. Lectures on Metaphysics and Logic by William Hamilton (1860)
"IN our treatment of syllogisms, we have hitherto taken note only ... syllogisms, in respect of their External Form, admit of a threefold modification. ..."

10. Aristotle by George Grote (1872)
"We must presume syllogisms without a middle term, •when we read :—" The Syllogism through a middle term is by nature prior, and of greater cognitive ..."

11. A Manual of Logic by James Welton (1896)
"Kinds of syllogisms. As there are different kinds of propositions—Categorical, Hypothetical, and Disjunctive (see § 67)—all of which can be used in ..."

12. Logic by William Stanley Jevons (1889)
"All syllogisms are either simple or compound, categorical or hypothetical. ... We must now proceed to treat of Compound or complex syllogisms, ..."

13. An Outline of the Necessary Laws of Thought: A Treatise on Pure and Applied by William Thomson (1863)
"Equivalent syllogisms. Though the Reduction of syllogisms, from a so- called imperfect, to the perfect, figure, is no longer requisite now that the power of ..."

14. Elements of Logic as a Science of Propositions by Emily Elizabeth Constance Jones (1890)
"(C.) ALTERNATIVE syllogisms. AN Alternative Syllogism may be defined as— A syllogism of which one premiss is an Alternative Proposition or a combination of ..."

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