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syllogism
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syllogism an instance of a form of reasoning in which a conclusion is drawn (whether validly or not) from two given or assumed propositions (premises) that each share a term with the conclusion, and that share 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).
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The Islamic roots of the poetic syllogism.
Magazine article from: College Literature; 2/1/1996; ; 700+ words
; ...Poetics, Aristotle scarcely mentions the syllogism. Yet centuries later, during the classical...elaborated complex theories of the poetic syllogism based on Aristotle's Poetics.(1...my paper, I will look at the poetic syllogism from the perspective of Arab literary...
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Stretching the syllogism. (Soviet reforms seen as effort to stop Strategic Defense Initiative)
Magazine article from: National Review; 3/13/1987; ; 700+ words
; STRETCHING THE SYLLOGISM THE TOURING VIPs are back from theSoviet...long stretch they are giving to the syllogism that begins: The Soviet Union has...SDI is, really, a reliance on that syllogism-on-the-rack, namely, that we...
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Shades of mystery at Orlane. (Cosmetics).(Syllogisms cosmetics line)(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: Cosmetics International Cosmetic Products Report; 8/1/2002; 700+ words
; ...the game with Orlane this autumn/winter, as it presents 'Syllogisms'--its latest collection of colours with delicate, yet...Lacquer' ([euro]17) in N[degrees]26 (eggshell). 'Syllogisms' is available in France from this month and will roll internationally...
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Orlane blends elegance with current trends. (Product News).(Syllogisms colour cosmetics collection)(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: Cosmetics International; 9/10/2002; 700+ words
; ...dominant theme for Orlane this Autumn/Winter, as it presents `Syllogisms', its latest collection of colours with subtle and mysterious...Lacquer' (17 [euro]) in an eggshell shade (No 26). `Syllogisms' was launched in France in August 2002 and is available internationally...
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Syllogism.(Poem)
Magazine article from: Northwest Review; 1/1/2007; ; 354 words
; SYLLOGISM They've overlooked your sadness, those singers, twanging you down to Georgia, into the saloons with a bottle of whiskey and...
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The effect of explicit negatives and of different contrast classes on conditional syllogisms.
Magazine article from: British Journal of Psychology; 11/1/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...which element or elements does the expression 'not A' refer). Our focus will be on the four principal sorts of conditional syllogisms: 1. Modus Ponens (MP), which is any inference of the form: if p then q p therefore, q 2. Modus Tollens (MT), which...
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 "Irish Independent (Dublin, Republic of Ireland)")
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I take issue with the Kevin Myers opinion piece published in your paper on Wednesday, August 12. I concede that journalists have the right to express their opinion, but find the sneering and inflammatory tone of the piece, coupled with the histrionic application of false syllogism, offensive.
Newspaper article from: Irish Independent (Dublin, Republic of Ireland); 8/14/2009; 700+ words
; ...the piece, coupled with the histrionic application of false syllogism, offensive. First, he states that "tolerance is not enough...poor journalism? He then launches into a ridiculous false syllogism: "But of course, the rights lobby would soon be calling...
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Syllogism or paradox: Aquinas and Luther on theological method. (St. Thomas Aquinas, Martin Luther)
Magazine article from: Theological Studies; 3/1/1998; ; 700+ words
; A HALF CENTURY AGO It was scarcely conceivable that Thomas Aquinas and Martin Luther could be mentioned in the same breath, let alone with the conjunction "and" between their names. Four hundred and fifty years of interconfessional rancor and bitterness had been built largely on their respective
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The Hindu syllogism: nineteenth-century perceptions of Indian logical thought.
Magazine article from: Philosophy East and West; 1/1/1996; ; 700+ words
; The great ages of renaissance in history were those when men suddenly discovered the seeds of thought in the granary of the past. - Rabindranath Tagore I In 1955, H. H. Price, who was then the Wykeham Professor of Logic in Oxford, wrote an article titled "The Present Relations between Eastern and
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 "The Economist (US)")
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A subtle syllogism: marijuana as a medicine.
Magazine article from: The Economist (US); 8/16/1997; 700+ words
; Cannabis is a drug. Drugs are supposed to make you better. Therefore cannabis can make you better. Discuss "THERE is not a shred of scientific evidence . . . that smoked marijuana is useful or needed." Thus spake Barry McCaffrey, a retired army general and Gulf-war hero, in his new role as
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syllogism
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...therefore q. The disjunctive syllogism, modus tollens, has as its...therefore p. The categorical syllogism comprises three categorical...x is not y. A categorical syllogism contains precisely three terms...the validity of categorical syllogisms: The middle term must be...
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Causality
Dictionary entry from: New Dictionary of the History of Ideas
...two instances of deductive syllogism: Planets do not twinkle...planets do not twinkle. Syllogism A demonstrates the fact that...causes. On the contrary, syllogism B is explanatory because it...they are near. Explanatory syllogisms like B are formally similar...
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Argumentation
Book article from: -Ologies and -Isms
...conclusion of a preceding syllogism. ergotism the practice or...especially the use of a faulty syllogism (the formal fallacy...polysyllogism a series of syllogisms set up systematically. prolepsis...pseudosyllogism a false syllogism whose conclusion does not...
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Logic
Dictionary entry from: New Dictionary of the History of Ideas
...merely accepted, but true. Syllogisms (in the narrow sense considered...The two premises of a syllogism share a common ("middle...arguments. First-figure syllogisms were held by Aristotle to...second-and third-figure syllogisms can be reduced to first...
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Baroque
Encyclopedia entry from: Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World
...Italian, a baroco was a false scholastic syllogism, a caricature of logic and hence a form...signifiers. Like the baroque pearl, baroque syllogism was not always viewed negatively in the...Whereas Croce and others regarded baroque syllogism as a "gnostic confusion" and an "empty...
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