Across
- 2. a syllogism when it is impossible to have a d\false conclusion if the premises are true
- 3. it is variety of categorical syllogism in which a proof is joined to one or both premises
- 6. also called in major term and minor term
- 8. another aim of a logical process in reasoning
- 10. syllogism becomes the major premise of the following syllogism
- 12. the reasoning process also involves the knowledge of a new truth
- 15. kind of illicit means that the subject is universal in the conclusion but not in the minor premise
- 16. a syllogism preliminary to another
- 18. minor term of the statement “a dog is a substance”
- 20. the external expression of an argument
- 21. sorites that is an abridged polysyllogism, has subject of the preceding premise becomes the predicate of the following
- 22. involves a number of previously known truths
- 24. a greek word means assumption or premise
- 25. fallacy when the major term and the minor term cannot have a greater extension in the conclusion than in the premise
- 27. is a series of syllogism connected together, in which the conclusion of the
- 30. epichereme that has both premise supported by a proof
- 33. soriates that is an abridged polysyllogism in which the predicate of the preceding premise becomes the subject of the following
- 37. a conclusion drawn from affirmative premises fallacy
- 39. fallacy commit when syllogism would contain more than three terms
- 41. a conclusion is drawn from two premises
- 43. aim of a logical process in reasoning
- 44. it is a form of argument whose major premises is a disjunctive proposition and whose minor premise shows that whichever alternative the opponent chooses, is conclusively against
- 46. is an abridged form of polysyllogism wherein the intermediate conclusions are left out
- 47. often use the syllogism major, minor and middle term
- 48. is the drawing of a conclusion from one or more premises
Down
- 1. kind of illicit means the predicate is universal in the conclusion not in the major premise
- 4. syllogism is an inferential thinking that draws the conclusion in an absolute manner
- 5. syllogism therefore understood as that which is both sound and valid
- 7. syllogism is an inferential thinking which concludes with certainty, affirming or denying a statement, from the affirmation or denial of another
- 9. dilemma that may be disjunction offering alternatives
- 11. which mean in the mind
- 13. words that helped in identifying premises and conclusions that provide clues that premises and conclusion are being put forward
- 14. if there are only two syllogism that are joined
- 15. refers to the different possible combinations of premises and conclusion according to quantity and quality
- 17. middle term fallacy violation that only repeat what has already been stated in the premises in which case nothing is inferred at all
- 19. middle term fallacy violation if the middle term is twice universal , then its extension and supposition in both premises are exactly the same
- 23. term which is common to and found in both premises
- 26. the link that joins the premises to the conclusion
- 28. dilemma that may be a categorical proposition
- 29. is a mental act whereby starting with several judgements which we relate to one another
- 31. a greek word means twice
- 32. a greek word which means on hand
- 33. the mental product of inferential thinking
- 34. major term of the statement “a dog is a substance”
- 35. is an abridged syllogism in which one of the premises or the conclusion is not expressed but is left in the mind
- 36. the syllogism is determined by the location of the middle term , the term that appears in both premises
- 38. is the middle term of the statement “a dog is a substance”
- 40. a conclusion is drawn from only one premise
- 42. premises can have either a true or false conclusion
- 45. refers to the propositions that comprise the reasoning process