syllogism

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• Syllogism — Syl lo*gism, n. [OE. silogisme, OF. silogime, sillogisme, F. syllogisme, L. syllogismus, Gr. syllogismo s a reckoning all together, a reasoning, syllogism, fr. syllogi zesqai to reckon all together, to bring at once before the mind, to infer,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• syllogism — noun 1) logic силлогизм 2) тонкий, хитрый ход для подтвержденияили доказательства (чего л.) …   Англо-русский словарь Мюллера

• syllogism — 1> лог. силлогизм 2> дедуктивное доказательство 3> тонкий, хитрый ход …   Новый большой англо-русский словарь

• syllogism — index corollary Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

• Syllogism — A syllogism (Greek: συλλογισμός – syllogismos – conclusion, inference ) is a kind of logical argument in which one proposition (the conclusion) is inferred from two or more others (the premises) of a certain form. In antiquity, there were… …   Wikipedia

• syllogism — A syllogism (properly, a categorical syllogism) is the inference of one proposition from two premises. An example is: all horses have tails; all things with tails are four legged; so all horses are four legged. Each premise has one term in common …   Philosophy dictionary

• syllogism — /sil euh jiz euhm/, n. 1. Logic. an argument the conclusion of which is supported by two premises, of which one (major premise) contains the term (major term) that is the predicate of the conclusion, and the other (minor premise) contains the… …   Universalium

• syllogism — ˈsɪlədʒɪzm сущ. 1) лог. силлогизм 2) тонкий, хитрый ход для подтверждения или доказательства (чего л.) (логика) силлогизм дедуктивное доказательство тонкий, хитрый ход syllogism силлогизм лог. силлогизм тонкий, хитрый ход для подтверждения или… …   Большой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь

• syllogism — noun Etymology: Middle English silogisme, from Anglo French sillogisme, from Latin syllogismus, from Greek syllogismos, from syllogizesthai to syllogize, from syn + logizesthai to calculate, from logos reckoning, word more at legend Date: 14th… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• syllogism — силлогизм …   Англо-русский технический словарь