British Encyclopedia: Or, Dictionary of Arts and Sciences, Comprising an Accurate and Popular View of the Present Improved State of Human Knowledge, Volume 12Mitchell, Ames, and White, 1821 - Natural history |
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... SYLLOGISM , in logic , an argument or term of reasoning , consisting of three pro- positions ; the two first of which are called premises , and the last the conclusion . Syl- logisms are nothing but the expressions of our reasonings ...
... SYLLOGISM , in logic , an argument or term of reasoning , consisting of three pro- positions ; the two first of which are called premises , and the last the conclusion . Syl- logisms are nothing but the expressions of our reasonings ...
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... syllogism , we are always to understand the two propositions , where the middle term is severally compared to the two extremes : for these constitute the previous judgments , whence the truth we are in quest of is , by reasoning , deduc ...
... syllogism , we are always to understand the two propositions , where the middle term is severally compared to the two extremes : for these constitute the previous judgments , whence the truth we are in quest of is , by reasoning , deduc ...
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... syllogisms ; so , where it is a dis- junctive proposition , the syllogism is also called disjunctive , as in the following ex- ample : The world is either self - existent , or the work of some finite , or some infinite being . But it is ...
... syllogisms ; so , where it is a dis- junctive proposition , the syllogism is also called disjunctive , as in the following ex- ample : The world is either self - existent , or the work of some finite , or some infinite being . But it is ...
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