| 单词 | minor premise |
| 释义 | > as lemmasminor premise minor premise n. (also minor premiss) Logic that premise of a syllogism which contains the minor term. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > logic > logical syllogism > [noun] > premise(s) > minor premise minor?c1450 minor proposition1581 assumption1588 subsumption1600 suppositum1615 minor premise1728 reason1826 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at Syllogism They [sc. the two propositions of a syllogism] are both called..Premises..and..both are called Antecedents, only the first the Major, and the latter the Minor. 1827 R. Whately Elements Logic (ed. 2) iii. 96 The proper order is to place the Major premiss first, and the Minor second; but this does not constitute the Major and Minor premises; for that premiss (wherever placed) is the Major which contains the Major term, and the Minor, the Minor. 1843 J. S. Mill Syst. Logic I. ii. ii. §1 The premiss..which contains the middle term and the minor term is called the minor premiss of the syllogism. 1968 New Eng. Jrnl. Med. 18 Apr. 884/1 If one accepts the major premise..the minor premise and the conclusion follow automatically. 2002 M. Joseph Trivium 158 We find the Aristotelian sorites, which places the minor premise first, much more comfortable than the Goclenian sorites, which places the major premise first. < as lemmas |
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