different between syllogismus vs syllogism

English

Etymology

From Latin syllogismus (“syllogism”), from Ancient Greek ??????????? (sullogismós). Doublet of syllogism.

Noun

syllogismus (usually uncountable, plural syllogismi)

1. (rhetoric) Omission of the conclusion of a syllogistic argument.

See also

• enthymeme

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ??????????? (sullogismós, “inference, conclusion”).

Noun

syllogismus m (genitive syllogism?); second declension

1. (logic) syllogism

Declension

Second-declension noun.

References

• syllogismus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• syllogismus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

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