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... syllogism , if different from his own , must be equivalent to them in meaning . Each of the individual sentences , or statements , that make up a syllogism has always two , and usually three , elements : a subject term , a predicate ...
... syllogism , if different from his own , must be equivalent to them in meaning . Each of the individual sentences , or statements , that make up a syllogism has always two , and usually three , elements : a subject term , a predicate ...
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... syllogism ( one whose conclusion is said to be true without exception - in which occur such absolute terms as all , always , no , never . ) is to be valid . A valid syllo- gism must have three terms , no more and no less , each being ...
... syllogism ( one whose conclusion is said to be true without exception - in which occur such absolute terms as all , always , no , never . ) is to be valid . A valid syllo- gism must have three terms , no more and no less , each being ...
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... syllogism . Otherwise , there is danger that there will be an unnoticed slippage in meaning between premises and conclusion , a slip- page which would automatically invalidate the argument . If the syllogism appears to have the ...
... syllogism . Otherwise , there is danger that there will be an unnoticed slippage in meaning between premises and conclusion , a slip- page which would automatically invalidate the argument . If the syllogism appears to have the ...
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