syllogism
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is a type of: deduction, deductive reasoning, synthesis - reasoning from the general to the particular (or from cause to effect)has:
- conclusion, ratiocination - the proposition arrived at by logical reasoning (such as the proposition that must follow from the major and minor premises of a syllogism)
- major premise, major premiss - the premise of a syllogism that contains the major term (which is the predicate of the conclusion)
- minor premise, minor premiss, subsumption - the premise of a syllogism that contains the minor term (which is the subject of the conclusion)
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