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syllogismSet of philosophical statements devised by Aristotle in his work on logic. It establishes the conditions under which a valid conclusion follows or does not follow by deduction from given premises. The following is an example of a valid syllogism: ‘All men are mortal, Socrates is a man, therefore Socrates is mortal.’ How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| At the furthest extreme of this principle are mnemonics that are perfectly, wholly meaningless, like the lengthy one used for centuries by students of classical logic to remember the 19 valid forms of the syllogism: "Barbara, Celarent, Darii, Ferioque, . |
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