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 | Thus, a syllogism is an argument having two premises and a conclusion with the subject term of the conclusion in one of the premises, the conclusion's predicate term in the other premise, and a third term in both premises. |
| Recall that the premise with the major term (the same as the predicate term of the conclusion) is the major premise and is placed first; the minor premise, i.e., the premise with the minor term (the same as the subject term of the conclusion) is placed second. |
| Using the 2nd Conclusion as a premise in conjunction with the fourth proposition and rearranging the premises yields the third syllogism. |
| deductive.htm (2893 words) |
| Since both the major and the minor premises are related by this common term, the conclusion set forth in the third statement is therefore logically consistent. |
| In deductive reasoning, both the major premise and the minor premise are worded in such a way that the conclusion naturally and logically derives from combining a general statement with a more particular statement in reference to the same common terms. |
| Thus, any major or minor premises that we formulate from less than absolute legal principles are still potentially subject to challenge. |
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