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Minor premise   /mˈaɪnər prˈɛmɪs/   Listen
Minor premise

noun
1.
The premise of a syllogism that contains the minor term (which is the subject of the conclusion).  Synonyms: minor premiss, subsumption.






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... between the transcendental belief of Christianity in the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost, and the natural triplicity of oxygen, hydrogen, and ozone, with many other analogous triplicities from absolute truth, goodness, and beauty, to the syllogism of the minor premise, the major premise, and the conclusion,—a quaint mixture of Hegel and Hoene-Wronski, and utterly useless. I am quite convinced that my father did not intend to have it published, if only for the reason that speculative philosophy had failed ...
— Without Dogma • Henryk Sienkiewicz



Words linked to "Minor premise" :   middle term, assumption, premise, premiss, syllogism, minor term



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