Definition of syllogism in English:

syllogism

noun ˈsɪlədʒɪz(ə)mˈsɪləˌdʒɪzəm

1An instance of a form of reasoning in which a conclusion is drawn from two given or assumed propositions (premises); a common or middle term is present in the two premises but not in the conclusion, which may be invalid (e.g. all dogs are animals; all animals have four legs; therefore all dogs have four legs).
Example sentencesExamples
- Mill first worked out his theory of terms, propositions, and the syllogism; he then set the book aside for five years.
- I wonder, has this censor never found in poetry a vision of truth more profound than can be told in syllogisms?
- Speak not to me of syllogisms, you literal-minded dolts.
- They give reasons, they use syllogisms, they argue by suggesting counterexamples, they engage in all the hallmarks of reasoned argument.
- But all syllogisms require the premises to be true, and that is the fundamental failing of the brief.
- Aristotle was charged with preferring flimsy theories and sterile syllogisms to the solid, fertile facts.
- In the latter, the syllogisms involved must have middle terms that are causes of the state of affairs which is to be demonstrated.
- No belief - reasoning correlation was found for syllogisms that had a neutral content.
- Aristotle is also credited with coming up with the structure of syllogisms, or the formal determination of what can be inferred necessarily from certain statements.
- Kant notoriously claimed that logic had no need to go much beyond the Aristotelian syllogisms.
- But as with all syllogisms, the validity hinges on the major and minor premises.
- Moreover, modern usage distinguishes between valid syllogisms (the conclusions of which follow from their premises) and invalid syllogisms (the conclusions of which do not follow from their premises).
- Both syllogisms have the same conclusion and the same logical form, but the syllogism immediately above has false premisses.
- To understand the history of ideas, we need to look not at syllogisms but at who wields power or at the subconscious mind.
- In Hegel's syllogisms of the idea, objectivity attained rational form, while the concept acquired an explicit, material existence.
- From this developed a formal system of logic based on syllogisms which was acceptable to all parties in order to decide the outcome of such debates.
- Based on these three elementary laws there were a number of syllogisms which were rules about correct inferences that could be made from given premises.
- From a formal point of view, a conclusion follows necessarily from the premises in a well-formed syllogism.
- My Lords, I think that these are instinctual sentences, not logical propositions or syllogisms, none the worse for that because we are not in the field of pure logic.
- No sophistry and no syllogisms can conjure away this inevitable consequence of inflation.
1. 1.1mass noun Deductive reasoning as distinct from induction.
  this schoool of epistemology is highly advanced in syllogism and logical reasoning
  Example sentencesExamples
  This was, I felt, an argument that strained to yoke syllogism to its cause from love rather than good sense.
  His ability to combine syllogism with sentiment is remarkable.
  This is grand strategy by vacant syllogism and cliche.
  It was first formalized in Western philosophy by Aristotle, who described a simple variety of it known as syllogism.
  Dixwell throughout the review questions the validity of George's logic and his penchant for ‘droll syllogism.’
  Others think in terms of logical syllogism; for them the Cartesian system, when it can be applied, offers certainty.
  I don't rightly know, but I'll propose a possible counterexample - a 20 th-c. poet who often proceeded by syllogism at least as much as by coherence of feeling: Philip Larkin.
  Legal reasoning by analogy and syllogism was one aspect of the effort needed to fathom the law as revealed by God and his Prophet.
  In my article in Prospect I recalled a breathtaking thought experiment dreamed up by the master of tendentious syllogism.

Derivatives

syllogistic

adjective sɪləˈdʒɪstɪkˌsɪləˈdʒɪstɪk

What process of syllogistic reasoning can lead us to conclude that Hamlet is a greater work of art than The Long Goodbye, or that Goodbye is nonetheless a terrific book?
Example sentencesExamples
- He sometimes produces syllogistic arrangements of these arguments.
- This argument can be put in standard syllogistic form as follows.
- Thus, contrary to Piaget's predictions, not only were adults not able to separate form from content, they had difficulty with syllogistic reasoning itself.
- Another example of the artificial logic of standard languages can be taken from syllogistic reasoning, which is often assessed on IQ tests.
- Some of these commentators build up dialectics into an alternative to all previous forms of logic, something that supersedes such ordinary reasoning as the simple syllogistic form of argument set out on the first page of this chapter.

syllogistically

adverb sɪləˌˈdʒɪstɪk(ə)li

These presentations, when confirmed by repeated experience, are syllogistically developed by the understanding into concepts.
Example sentencesExamples
- You are taking an arrogant liberty in syllogistically assuming that those who support refugees do not ‘give a damn’ about the laws of this country.
- Both Communism and anti-Communism derive tests of faith syllogistically from shaky first principles.
- Syllogistically these two premises led (for Aquinas) to one conclusion.
- Here's the question: Many of your beliefs might flow logically (perhaps not syllogistically, but using logical argument) from other beliefs.

Origin

Late Middle English: via Old French or Latin from Greek sullogismos, from sullogizesthai, from sun- 'with' + logizesthai 'to reason' (from logos 'reasoning').

Definition of syllogism in US English:

syllogism

nounˈsiləˌjizəmˈsɪləˌdʒɪzəm

1An instance of a form of reasoning in which a conclusion is drawn (whether validly or not) from two given or assumed propositions (premises), each of which shares a term with the conclusion, and shares a common or middle term not present in the conclusion (e.g., all dogs are animals; all animals have four legs; therefore all dogs have four legs).
Example sentencesExamples
- Aristotle is also credited with coming up with the structure of syllogisms, or the formal determination of what can be inferred necessarily from certain statements.
- Moreover, modern usage distinguishes between valid syllogisms (the conclusions of which follow from their premises) and invalid syllogisms (the conclusions of which do not follow from their premises).
- From a formal point of view, a conclusion follows necessarily from the premises in a well-formed syllogism.
- I wonder, has this censor never found in poetry a vision of truth more profound than can be told in syllogisms?
- Based on these three elementary laws there were a number of syllogisms which were rules about correct inferences that could be made from given premises.
- But all syllogisms require the premises to be true, and that is the fundamental failing of the brief.
- To understand the history of ideas, we need to look not at syllogisms but at who wields power or at the subconscious mind.
- In Hegel's syllogisms of the idea, objectivity attained rational form, while the concept acquired an explicit, material existence.
- Mill first worked out his theory of terms, propositions, and the syllogism; he then set the book aside for five years.
- In the latter, the syllogisms involved must have middle terms that are causes of the state of affairs which is to be demonstrated.
- Aristotle was charged with preferring flimsy theories and sterile syllogisms to the solid, fertile facts.
- No belief - reasoning correlation was found for syllogisms that had a neutral content.
- From this developed a formal system of logic based on syllogisms which was acceptable to all parties in order to decide the outcome of such debates.
- Speak not to me of syllogisms, you literal-minded dolts.
- Kant notoriously claimed that logic had no need to go much beyond the Aristotelian syllogisms.
- Both syllogisms have the same conclusion and the same logical form, but the syllogism immediately above has false premisses.
- No sophistry and no syllogisms can conjure away this inevitable consequence of inflation.
- But as with all syllogisms, the validity hinges on the major and minor premises.
- They give reasons, they use syllogisms, they argue by suggesting counterexamples, they engage in all the hallmarks of reasoned argument.
- My Lords, I think that these are instinctual sentences, not logical propositions or syllogisms, none the worse for that because we are not in the field of pure logic.
1. 1.1 Deductive reasoning as distinct from induction.
  this schoool of epistemology is highly advanced in syllogism and logical reasoning
  Example sentencesExamples
  This is grand strategy by vacant syllogism and cliche.
  Others think in terms of logical syllogism; for them the Cartesian system, when it can be applied, offers certainty.
  This was, I felt, an argument that strained to yoke syllogism to its cause from love rather than good sense.
  Dixwell throughout the review questions the validity of George's logic and his penchant for ‘droll syllogism.’
  In my article in Prospect I recalled a breathtaking thought experiment dreamed up by the master of tendentious syllogism.
  It was first formalized in Western philosophy by Aristotle, who described a simple variety of it known as syllogism.
  Legal reasoning by analogy and syllogism was one aspect of the effort needed to fathom the law as revealed by God and his Prophet.
  His ability to combine syllogism with sentiment is remarkable.
  I don't rightly know, but I'll propose a possible counterexample - a 20 th-c. poet who often proceeded by syllogism at least as much as by coherence of feeling: Philip Larkin.

Origin

Late Middle English: via Old French or Latin from Greek sullogismos, from sullogizesthai, from sun- ‘with’ + logizesthai ‘to reason’ (from logos ‘reasoning’).

单词	syllogism
释义	Definition of syllogism in English: syllogism noun ˈsɪlədʒɪz(ə)mˈsɪləˌdʒɪzəm 1An instance of a form of reasoning in which a conclusion is drawn from two given or assumed propositions (premises); a common or middle term is present in the two premises but not in the conclusion, which may be invalid (e.g. all dogs are animals; all animals have four legs; therefore all dogs have four legs). Example sentencesExamples Mill first worked out his theory of terms, propositions, and the syllogism; he then set the book aside for five years. I wonder, has this censor never found in poetry a vision of truth more profound than can be told in syllogisms? Speak not to me of syllogisms, you literal-minded dolts. They give reasons, they use syllogisms, they argue by suggesting counterexamples, they engage in all the hallmarks of reasoned argument. But all syllogisms require the premises to be true, and that is the fundamental failing of the brief. Aristotle was charged with preferring flimsy theories and sterile syllogisms to the solid, fertile facts. In the latter, the syllogisms involved must have middle terms that are causes of the state of affairs which is to be demonstrated. No belief - reasoning correlation was found for syllogisms that had a neutral content. Aristotle is also credited with coming up with the structure of syllogisms, or the formal determination of what can be inferred necessarily from certain statements. Kant notoriously claimed that logic had no need to go much beyond the Aristotelian syllogisms. But as with all syllogisms, the validity hinges on the major and minor premises. Moreover, modern usage distinguishes between valid syllogisms (the conclusions of which follow from their premises) and invalid syllogisms (the conclusions of which do not follow from their premises). Both syllogisms have the same conclusion and the same logical form, but the syllogism immediately above has false premisses. To understand the history of ideas, we need to look not at syllogisms but at who wields power or at the subconscious mind. In Hegel's syllogisms of the idea, objectivity attained rational form, while the concept acquired an explicit, material existence. From this developed a formal system of logic based on syllogisms which was acceptable to all parties in order to decide the outcome of such debates. Based on these three elementary laws there were a number of syllogisms which were rules about correct inferences that could be made from given premises. From a formal point of view, a conclusion follows necessarily from the premises in a well-formed syllogism. My Lords, I think that these are instinctual sentences, not logical propositions or syllogisms, none the worse for that because we are not in the field of pure logic. No sophistry and no syllogisms can conjure away this inevitable consequence of inflation. 1.1mass noun Deductive reasoning as distinct from induction. this schoool of epistemology is highly advanced in syllogism and logical reasoning Example sentencesExamples This was, I felt, an argument that strained to yoke syllogism to its cause from love rather than good sense. His ability to combine syllogism with sentiment is remarkable. This is grand strategy by vacant syllogism and cliche. It was first formalized in Western philosophy by Aristotle, who described a simple variety of it known as syllogism. Dixwell throughout the review questions the validity of George's logic and his penchant for ‘droll syllogism.’ Others think in terms of logical syllogism; for them the Cartesian system, when it can be applied, offers certainty. I don't rightly know, but I'll propose a possible counterexample - a 20 th-c. poet who often proceeded by syllogism at least as much as by coherence of feeling: Philip Larkin. Legal reasoning by analogy and syllogism was one aspect of the effort needed to fathom the law as revealed by God and his Prophet. In my article in Prospect I recalled a breathtaking thought experiment dreamed up by the master of tendentious syllogism. Derivatives syllogistic adjective sɪləˈdʒɪstɪkˌsɪləˈdʒɪstɪk What process of syllogistic reasoning can lead us to conclude that Hamlet is a greater work of art than The Long Goodbye, or that Goodbye is nonetheless a terrific book? Example sentencesExamples He sometimes produces syllogistic arrangements of these arguments. This argument can be put in standard syllogistic form as follows. Thus, contrary to Piaget's predictions, not only were adults not able to separate form from content, they had difficulty with syllogistic reasoning itself. Another example of the artificial logic of standard languages can be taken from syllogistic reasoning, which is often assessed on IQ tests. Some of these commentators build up dialectics into an alternative to all previous forms of logic, something that supersedes such ordinary reasoning as the simple syllogistic form of argument set out on the first page of this chapter. syllogistically adverb sɪləˌˈdʒɪstɪk(ə)li These presentations, when confirmed by repeated experience, are syllogistically developed by the understanding into concepts. Example sentencesExamples You are taking an arrogant liberty in syllogistically assuming that those who support refugees do not ‘give a damn’ about the laws of this country. Both Communism and anti-Communism derive tests of faith syllogistically from shaky first principles. Syllogistically these two premises led (for Aquinas) to one conclusion. Here's the question: Many of your beliefs might flow logically (perhaps not syllogistically, but using logical argument) from other beliefs. Origin Late Middle English: via Old French or Latin from Greek sullogismos, from sullogizesthai, from sun- 'with' + logizesthai 'to reason' (from logos 'reasoning'). Definition of syllogism in US English: syllogism nounˈsiləˌjizəmˈsɪləˌdʒɪzəm 1An instance of a form of reasoning in which a conclusion is drawn (whether validly or not) from two given or assumed propositions (premises), each of which shares a term with the conclusion, and shares a common or middle term not present in the conclusion (e.g., all dogs are animals; all animals have four legs; therefore all dogs have four legs). Example sentencesExamples Aristotle is also credited with coming up with the structure of syllogisms, or the formal determination of what can be inferred necessarily from certain statements. Moreover, modern usage distinguishes between valid syllogisms (the conclusions of which follow from their premises) and invalid syllogisms (the conclusions of which do not follow from their premises). From a formal point of view, a conclusion follows necessarily from the premises in a well-formed syllogism. I wonder, has this censor never found in poetry a vision of truth more profound than can be told in syllogisms? Based on these three elementary laws there were a number of syllogisms which were rules about correct inferences that could be made from given premises. But all syllogisms require the premises to be true, and that is the fundamental failing of the brief. To understand the history of ideas, we need to look not at syllogisms but at who wields power or at the subconscious mind. In Hegel's syllogisms of the idea, objectivity attained rational form, while the concept acquired an explicit, material existence. Mill first worked out his theory of terms, propositions, and the syllogism; he then set the book aside for five years. In the latter, the syllogisms involved must have middle terms that are causes of the state of affairs which is to be demonstrated. Aristotle was charged with preferring flimsy theories and sterile syllogisms to the solid, fertile facts. No belief - reasoning correlation was found for syllogisms that had a neutral content. From this developed a formal system of logic based on syllogisms which was acceptable to all parties in order to decide the outcome of such debates. Speak not to me of syllogisms, you literal-minded dolts. Kant notoriously claimed that logic had no need to go much beyond the Aristotelian syllogisms. Both syllogisms have the same conclusion and the same logical form, but the syllogism immediately above has false premisses. No sophistry and no syllogisms can conjure away this inevitable consequence of inflation. But as with all syllogisms, the validity hinges on the major and minor premises. They give reasons, they use syllogisms, they argue by suggesting counterexamples, they engage in all the hallmarks of reasoned argument. My Lords, I think that these are instinctual sentences, not logical propositions or syllogisms, none the worse for that because we are not in the field of pure logic. 1.1 Deductive reasoning as distinct from induction. this schoool of epistemology is highly advanced in syllogism and logical reasoning Example sentencesExamples This is grand strategy by vacant syllogism and cliche. Others think in terms of logical syllogism; for them the Cartesian system, when it can be applied, offers certainty. This was, I felt, an argument that strained to yoke syllogism to its cause from love rather than good sense. Dixwell throughout the review questions the validity of George's logic and his penchant for ‘droll syllogism.’ In my article in Prospect I recalled a breathtaking thought experiment dreamed up by the master of tendentious syllogism. It was first formalized in Western philosophy by Aristotle, who described a simple variety of it known as syllogism. Legal reasoning by analogy and syllogism was one aspect of the effort needed to fathom the law as revealed by God and his Prophet. His ability to combine syllogism with sentiment is remarkable. I don't rightly know, but I'll propose a possible counterexample - a 20 th-c. poet who often proceeded by syllogism at least as much as by coherence of feeling: Philip Larkin. Origin Late Middle English: via Old French or Latin from Greek sullogismos, from sullogizesthai, from sun- ‘with’ + logizesthai ‘to reason’ (from logos ‘reasoning’).
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