syllogism
Set 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.’
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