Premises: alternatives and connections

To employ (a term) in its whole extent; to take as universal in one premise.

An argument consisting of only two propositions, an antecedent and consequent deduced from it; a syllogism with one premise omitted; a…

A syllogism in which the proof of the major or minor premise, or both, is introduced with the premises themselves, and the conclusion…

To result from, as an effect from a cause, or an inference from a premise.

To set forth as a known quantity or a known relation, or as a premise from which to reason; -- used principally in the passive form gi…

Granted; assumed; supposed to be known; set forth as a known quantity, relation, or premise.

The basis on which anything rests; foundation. Hence: The foundation of knowledge, belief, or conviction; a premise, reason, or datum;…

the logical fallacy of using as a true premise a proposition that is yet to be proved

That premise which contains the major term. It its the first proposition of a regular syllogism; as: No unholy person is qualified for…

The minor term, that is, the subject of the conclusion; also, the minor premise, that is, that premise which contains the minor term;…

To make a premise; to set forth something as a premise.

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A syllogism preliminary or logically essential to another syllogism; the conclusion of such a syllogism, which becomes a premise of th…

a fact that logically justifies some premise or conclusion; "there is reason to believe he is lying"

That which is subsumed, as the minor clause or premise of a syllogism.