Major Premise - Law Dictionary Search Results
major premise
That premise of a syllogism that contains the major term which is the predicate of the conclusion Contrasted to
Epichirema
A syllogism in which the proof of the major or minor premise or both is introduced with the premises
Enthymeme
We are dependent therefore we should be humble Here the major proposition is suppressed The complete syllogism would be Dependent creatures … antecedent and consequent deduced from it a syllogism with one premise omitted as We are dependent therefore we should be humble
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