Syllogism

Noun

 * 1)  An inference in which one proposition (the conclusion) follows necessarily from two other propositions, known as the premises.

Related terms

 * syllogismus

Thesaurus
Aristotelian sorites, Baconian method, Goclenian sorites, a fortiori reasoning, a posteriori reasoning, a priori reasoning, analysis, categorical syllogism, deduction, deductive reasoning, dilemma, enthymeme, epagoge, figure, generalization, hypothesis and verification, induction, inductive reasoning, inference, mode, modus tollens, mood, paralogism, particularization, philosophical induction, prosyllogism, pseudosyllogism, rule, rule of deduction, sorites, syllogistic reasoning, synthesis

Etymology
From silogisme:, from  syllogismus:, from  συλλογισμός:.

Translations

 * Catalan: sil·logisme
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: syllogismi
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek: συλλογισμός
 * Hebrew: סילוגיזם (silogizm), היקש (hekésh)
 * Hungarian: szillogizmus


 * Icelandic: rökhenda
 * Ido:
 * Interlingua: syllogismo
 * Japanese: 三段論法 (さんだんろんぽう, sandanronpō)
 * Polish: sylogizm
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: силлогизм
 * Slovak: sylogizmus
 * Spanish:
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Noun

 * 1) a syllogism