different between syllogism vs analogy

English

Etymology

From Old French silogisme (“syllogism”), from Latin syllogismus, from Ancient Greek ??????????? (sullogismós, “inference, conclusion”). Doublet of syllogismus.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?s?l?d??z(?)m/

Noun

syllogism (plural syllogisms)

1. (logic) An argument whose conclusion is supported by two premises, of which one contains the term that is the predicate of the conclusion, and the other contains the term that is the subject of the conclusion; common to both premises is a term that is excluded from the conclusion.

   Meronyms: major premise, minor premise

   • 2006, Richard Dien Winfield, From Concept to Objectivity: Thinking Through Hegel's Subjective Logic, Ashgate Publishing, Ltd. (?ISBN), page 107:

     Ever since Aristotle, syllogism has occupied a central place in logic and cast a fateful shadow upon the power of reason. Recognized to be the great conveyor of rationality, allowing reason to reach conclusions of unparalleled universality and necessity, syllogism has equally been acknowledged to be beset by limits.

2. (obsolete) A trick, artifice; an extremely subtle, sophisticated, or deceptive argument; a sophism.

Related terms

• syllogismus

Translations

See also

• enthymeme
• sorites

Further reading

• syllogism on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Swedish

Noun

syllogism c

1. a syllogism

Declension

English

Etymology

From Latin analogia, from Ancient Greek ???????? (analogía), from ??? (aná) + ????? (lógos, “speech, reckoning”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??næl?d??i/

Noun

analogy (countable and uncountable, plural analogies)

1. A relationship of resemblance or equivalence between two situations, people, or objects, especially when used as a basis for explanation or extrapolation.
   • 1983, "How to Write Programs," Time, 3 Jan.:

     Perhaps the easiest way to think of it is in terms of a simple analogy: hardware is to software as a television set is to the shows that appear on it.
2. (geometry) The proportion or the equality of ratios.
3. (grammar) The correspondence of a word or phrase with the genius of a language, as learned from the manner in which its words and phrases are ordinarily formed; similarity of derivative or inflectional processes.

Derived terms

• disanalogy
• false analogy

Related terms

• analogue

Translations

See also

• metaphor
• simile
• example
• homology
• parable
• parallelism