Syllogism

Definition

syllogism /'sÇlǝdʒÇzǝm/ n ( techn ) တိယုတၱိဆင္ေျခ။ ႀတိယုတၱိ ဆင္ေျခ။ All men must die; I am a man; therefore I must die. ❏ syllogistic /sÇlǝ'dʒÇstÇk/ adj တိယုတၱိနည္းအရ။

Examples

1. ‘From a formal point of view
2. a conclusion follows necessarily from the premises in a well-formed syllogism.’
3. ‘Both syllogisms have the same conclusion and the same logical form
4. but the syllogism immediately above has false premisses.’
5. ‘Speak not to me of syllogisms
6. you literal-minded dolts.’
7. ‘Moreover
8. 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).’
9. ‘My Lords
10. I think that these are instinctual sentences
11. not logical propositions or syllogisms
12. none the worse for that because we are not in the field of pure logic.’
13. ‘Aristotle was charged with preferring flimsy theories and sterile syllogisms to the solid
14. fertile facts.’
15. ‘No sophistry and no syllogisms can conjure away this inevitable consequence of inflation.’
16. ‘Mill first worked out his theory of terms
17. propositions
18. and the syllogism; he then set the book aside for five years.’
19. ‘No belief - reasoning correlation was found for syllogisms that had a neutral content.’
20. ‘To understand the history of ideas
21. we need to look not at syllogisms but at who wields power or at the subconscious mind.’
22. ‘I wonder
23. has this censor never found in poetry a vision of truth more profound than can be told in syllogisms?’
24. ‘Aristotle is also credited with coming up with the structure of syllogisms
25. or the formal determination of what can be inferred necessarily from certain statements.’
26. ‘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.’
27. ‘In the latter
28. the syllogisms involved must have middle terms that are causes of the state of affairs which is to be demonstrated.’
29. ‘But all syllogisms require the premises to be true
30. and that is the fundamental failing of the brief.’
31. ‘Kant notoriously claimed that logic had no need to go much beyond the Aristotelian syllogisms.’
32. ‘But as with all syllogisms
33. the validity hinges on the major and minor premises.’
34. ‘In Hegel's syllogisms of the idea
35. objectivity attained rational form
36. while the concept acquired an explicit
37. material existence.’
38. ‘They give reasons
39. they use syllogisms
40. they argue by suggesting counterexamples
41. they engage in all the hallmarks of reasoned argument.’
42. ‘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.’