major premise

The premise in a syllogism containing the major term, which will form the predicate of the conclusion.

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major premise

(Logic) logic the premise of a syllogism containing the predicate of its conclusion

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ma′jor prem′ise

the premise of a syllogism that contains the major term.

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Noun

major premise - the premise of a syllogism that contains the major term (which is the predicate of the conclusion)

major premiss

syllogism - deductive reasoning in which a conclusion is derived from two premises

assumption, premise, premiss - a statement that is assumed to be true and from which a conclusion can be drawn; "on the assumption that he has been injured we can infer that he will not to play"

major term - the term in a syllogism that is the predicate of the conclusion

middle term - the term in a syllogism that is common to both premises and excluded from the conclusion

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References in classic literature

Major Premise : Sixty men can do a piece of work sixty times as quickly as one man.

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Woolley's major premise, (that Britain's economy would be destroyed), is false, as is his conclusion that; 'another referendum would be the fairest thing,' since fairness has nothing to do with the contradictory position of trying to leave the EU while remaining.

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Learning by Design

The major premise of the author was to assess by reviewing literature relevant to student-centered approach implemented in the classroom in some educational institutes in the Sudan and to explain how this approach is informed by the constructivist views.

Editor's note

Hence, the major premise of this first inference would state a primary-universal demonstrandum ("deciduousness holds of all broad-leaved plants") and only then ([phrase omitted], 99a27) the "primary middle term" ([phrase omitted], 99a25)--the [phrase omitted] of deciduousness--becomes part of the demonstration:

Explanation and Essence in Posterior Analytics II 16-17

"At least for Arkansas--I can't speak for everywhere--his major premise is wrong.

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Major Premise: Source a is in position to know about things in a certain subject domain S containing proposition A.

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Charges of censorship formed a major premise of defense counselor Abou Kasm's opening statement, in which he argued that a free and unbridled press was an essential component of Lebanese democracy.

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This formula reduces decision-making to an Aristotelian syllogism with the law (L) as the major premise, the facts (F) as the minor premise, and the decision (D) as the conclusion of the syllogism.

Judicial greatness

In the past 25 years - the two nations have become strategic partners and have achieved fruitful results of cooperation in various fields." "Mutual respect is a major premise of Sino-Saudi relations.

14,000 Chinese Muslims performed Haj this year

All four arguments have three parts: major premise, minor premise and conclusion.

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