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Syllogism

The regular logical form of every argument, consisting of three propositions, of which the first two are called the premises, and the last, the conclusion. The conclusion necessarily follows from the premises; so that, if these are true, the conclusion must be true, and the argument amounts to demonstration

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Deduction 76% connected

Act or process of deducing or inferring.

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Synthesis 76% connected

Composition, or the putting of two or more things together, as in compounding medicines.

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Syllogize 74% connected

To reason by means of syllogisms.

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Syllogize 74% connected

To reason by means of syllogisms.

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Conclusion 70% connected

The last part of anything; close; termination; end.

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Ratiocination 70% connected

The process of reasoning, or deducing conclusions from premises; deductive reasoning.

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Subsumption 70% connected

The act of subsuming, or of including under another.

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Argument noun · 86% connection

a discussion in which reasons are advanced for and against some proposition or proposal; "the argument over foreign aid goes on and on"

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Argumentation noun · 86% connection

a discussion in which reasons are advanced for and against some proposition or proposal; "the argument over foreign aid goes on and on"

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Debate noun · 86% connection

a discussion in which reasons are advanced for and against some proposition or proposal; "the argument over foreign aid goes on and on"

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Deductive reasoning noun · 86% connection

reasoning from the general to the particular (or from cause to effect)

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Assumption noun · 85% connection

a statement that is assumed to be true and from which a conclusion can be drawn; "on the assumption that he has been injured, we can i…

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Cogency noun · 85% connection

the quality of being valid and rigorous

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Contradiction noun · 85% connection

(logic) a statement that is necessarily false; "the statement ‘he is brave and he is not brave’ is a contradiction"

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Contradiction in terms noun · 85% connection

(logic) a statement that is necessarily false; "the statement ‘he is brave and he is not brave’ is a contradiction"

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Evaluation noun · 85% connection

act of ascertaining or fixing the value or worth of

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Examine verb · 85% connection

put to the test, as for its quality, or give experimental use to; "This approach has been tried with good results"; "Test this recipe"

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Fallacy noun · 85% connection

a misconception resulting from incorrect reasoning

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False belief noun · 85% connection

a misconception resulting from incorrect reasoning

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Implication noun · 85% connection

something that is inferred (deduced or entailed or implied); "his resignation had political implications"

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Inference noun · 85% connection

the reasoning involved in drawing a conclusion or making a logical judgment on the basis of circumstantial evidence and prior conclusi…

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Logic noun · 85% connection

reasoned and reasonable judgment; "it made a certain kind of logic"

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Method acting noun · 85% connection

an acting technique introduced by Stanislavsky in which the actor recalls emotions or reactions from his or her own life and uses them…

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Methodological analysis noun · 85% connection

the branch of philosophy that analyzes the principles and procedures of inquiry in a particular discipline

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Methodology noun · 85% connection

the branch of philosophy that analyzes the principles and procedures of inquiry in a particular discipline

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Boolean adjective · 78% connection

of or relating to a combinatorial system devised by George Boole that combines propositions with the logical operators AND and OR and…

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Complin noun · 78% connection

The last division of the Roman Catholic breviary; the seventh and last of the canonical hours of the Western church; the last prayer o…

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Consequence noun · 78% connection

A proposition collected from the agreement of other previous propositions; any conclusion which results from reason or argument; infer…

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Consistency noun · 78% connection

(logic) an attribute of a logical system that is so constituted that none of the propositions deducible from the axioms contradict one…

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Converse noun · 78% connection

A proposition in which, after a conclusion from something supposed has been drawn, the order is inverted, making the conclusion the su…

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Deduce verb · 78% connection

To derive or draw; to derive by logical process; to obtain or arrive at as the result of reasoning; to gather, as a truth or opinion,…

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Demonstration noun · 78% connection

A course of reasoning showing that a certain result is a necessary consequence of assumed premises; -- these premises being definition…

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Dialectics noun · 78% connection

That branch of logic which teaches the rules and modes of reasoning; the application of logical principles to discursive reasoning; th…

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Enthymeme noun · 78% connection

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

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Episyllogism noun · 78% connection

A syllogism which assumes as one of its premises a proposition which was the conclusion of a preceding syllogism, called, in relation…

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Eviction noun · 78% connection

action by a landlord that compels a tenant to leave the premises (as by rendering the premises unfit for occupancy); no physical expul…

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Handsel noun · 78% connection

A sale, gift, or delivery into the hand of another; especially, a sale, gift, delivery, or using which is the first of a series, and r…

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Hysteron proteron unknown · 78% connection

An inversion of logical order, in which the conclusion is put before the premises, or the thing proved before the evidence.

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Inconsequent adjective · 78% connection

Not following from the premises; not regularly inferred; invalid; not characterized by logical method; illogical; arbitrary; inconsist…

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Indicate verb · 78% connection

To suggest that something is likely or present.

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