英语词汇“major premise”造句的方法、技巧、例句及翻译-英语例句辞典

“All human beings have brains, that’s my major premise. Do you not agree?” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

A major premise of the book is that religion can’t really be replaced with nothing. The age of atheism: “If God exists, why is anybody unhappy?” 2014-02-15T15:45:00Z

A major premise of the report is that polarization is driven by groups on the extremes, leaving groups in the middle “exhausted,” when they could otherwise bring us together. Do Americans really hate “political correctness”? Another misguided attempt at balance falls... 2018-10-14T04:00:00Z

Acceptance of its major premise — that no one be denied health care — is more widespread than ever. Opinion | The road to single-payer health care 2017-03-30T04:00:00Z

But we must reply to it by making a distinction against the major premise of the syllogism which they employ. A Source Book of Medi?val History Documents Illustrative of European Life and Institutions from the German Invasions to the Renaissance 2012-03-23T02:00:40.930Z

It may take, for instance, as its major premise, Love is the divine secret of blessedness. The Five Great Philosophies of Life 2012-03-09T03:00:19.413Z

Success, real success, comes to the jack of all trades, a major premise handed down from pioneer days. Behind the Mirrors The Psychology of Disintegration at Washington 2012-02-11T03:03:55.693Z

The taking of life was the important thing, the major premise. Hooded Detective, Volume III No. 2, January, 1942 2012-01-04T03:00:28.750Z

The major premise contains the description of a concept, the minor makes the assertion that a certain thing belongs under this concept. International Congress of Arts and Science, Volume I Philosophy and Metaphysics 2011-12-12T03:00:31.160Z

So the argument was at fault in form, because the predicate of the conclusion is not a term of the major premise, as is evident. A Source Book of Medi?val History Documents Illustrative of European Life and Institutions from the German Invasions to the Renaissance 2012-03-23T02:00:40.930Z

This "assumes" the truth of a major premise all things are substantially alike. Know the Truth; A critique of the Hamiltonian Theory of Limitation 2011-10-29T02:00:13.723Z

For the American Constitution was but the grand conclusion of that lingering bloody syllogism of freedom, of which the Treaty of Munster was the major premise. Vondel's Lucifer 2011-10-09T02:00:28.557Z

No biologist would agree to this major premise. The pragmatic theory of truth as developed by Peirce, James, and Dewey 2011-09-29T02:00:12.190Z

The logical basis of Professor Bell’s scheme is clear, and its details quite beautiful in their simplicity, when you admit his major premise. McClure's Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 1 2011-07-17T02:00:36.813Z

The major premise of this demonstration is intelligible from its terms; the minor is confirmed by Christ and the Church. A Source Book of Medi?val History Documents Illustrative of European Life and Institutions from the German Invasions to the Renaissance 2012-03-23T02:00:40.930Z

If for our major premise we say all normal men are rational, we rest our belief on observation. What and Where is God? A Human Answer to the Deep Religious Cry of the Modern Soul 2011-07-03T02:00:08.347Z

It wasn't what I had intended the major premise to be. I Walked in Arden 2011-04-10T02:00:06.137Z

The reviewer says, that if the major premise included the conclusion, "we should be able to affirm the conclusion without the intervention of the minor premise; but every one sees that that is impossible." A System of Logic: Ratiocinative and Inductive 7th Edition, Vol. I 2011-03-01T03:00:43.470Z

Let, then, the major premise be, "All Christian gentlemen are to be admitted to social equality;" and add, if you will, any desired degree of refinement or education or intellectual prowess as a condition. The Color Line A Brief in Behalf of the Unborn 2011-01-30T03:00:15.907Z

And as Art utters her conclusions in her own form, so she supplies the substance of her own major premise. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 6 "Armour Plates" to "Arundel, Earls of"

With regard to the major premise that when men believe in miracles they will not successfully pursue investigations in the medical science, there are two answers. The Popes and Science The History of the Papal Relations to Science During the Middle Ages and Down to Our Own Time

Nevertheless we always had in our minds, as a major premise, sufficient funds for our purposes. I Walked in Arden 2011-04-10T02:00:06.137Z

The premise which contains the middleterm and the major term is called the major premise; that which contains the middleterm and the minor term is called the minor premise. A System of Logic: Ratiocinative and Inductive 7th Edition, Vol. I 2011-03-01T03:00:43.470Z

He assumes it in his major premise, implies it in his minor premise, and reaches it in his conclusion. The Arena Volume 18, No. 93, August, 1897

Every art has one first principle, or general major premise, not borrowed from science, that which enunciates the object aimed at, and affirms it to be a desirable object. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 6 "Armour Plates" to "Arundel, Earls of"

The major premise, though it isn't expressed of course, when you start off, is that they are right and you are wrong. Thirty

The former part of this paragraph contains the major premise, the remainder the minor down to the last sentence, which brings out the conclusion in emphatic terms. Junius Unmasked or, Thomas Paine the author of the Letters of Junius and the Declaration of Independence

The major premise is often hidden, but it is as firm as Fate. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 81, July, 1864

You argue your major premises, which no one questions, and assume the correctness of your minor premises, which every one questions, and then you draw the conclusion to suit yourself. Works of Martin Luther With Introductions and Notes (Volume I)

If we find an S which is not P, then our final conclusion is that the major premise is false. Psychology A Study Of Mental Life

To state the three parts of a syllogism is not in his way; and by implication he challenged half the major premises in vogue. Pot-Boilers

His major premise was accepted on faith rather than determined by his reason. History of Human Society

A belief in a State where even this will be realized is deeply implanted in human nature, and Socialism itself might easily get a major premise from it. Social Justice Without Socialism

Admitting the son is breaking the law, the fact is that the major premise is not always true, and the conclusion holds the weakness of the weak premise. English: Composition and Literature

In problem solution, you have to find both of your premises, and often the minor premise is the first to be found and in turn recalls the appropriate major premise. Psychology A Study Of Mental Life

The enfranchisement of woman was not the corollary to that proposition, but the major premise. History of Woman Suffrage, Volume II

It now adhered to its major premise, but declared that such regulation as affected an interstate rate is exclusively a federal function. The New Nation

The premise which contains the middle term and the major term is called the major premise; that which contains the middle term and the minor term is called the minor premise. A System Of Logic, Ratiocinative And Inductive

The major term is usually the predicate of the major premise and the predicate of the conclusion. English: Composition and Literature

In application, doubt or verification, we start with the major premise, M is P, and explore our memories for an S which, being M, should therefore be P according to our hypothesis. Psychology A Study Of Mental Life

The first and second are not conclusive; the one because it is based upon the eternity of motion, which no Jew accepts; the other because the major premise is not true. A History of Mediaeval Jewish Philosophy

The major premise of this syllogism is a fact of observation. Christianity and Greek Philosophy or, the relation between spontaneous and reflective thought in Greece and the positive teaching of Christ and His Apostles

The reviewer says, that if the major premise included the conclusion, “we should be able to affirm the conclusion without the intervention of the minor premise; but every one sees that that is impossible.” A System Of Logic, Ratiocinative And Inductive

If the major premise of this syllogism be granted, the conclusion is unquestionable. English: Composition and Literature

The missing link in his chain of evidence would be the major premise in the syllogism necessary to the establishment of his political status—a definition of "Democrat" or "Republican." The Shadow On The Dial, and Other Essays 1909

The only trouble is the universal trouble: that the major premise is not real, or is intermediate somewhere between realness and unrealness. The Book of the Damned

The odd point is that so few of those who talk in this way realize that they and the spiritists are using the same major premise and differing only in the minor. Memories and Studies

The first judgment is in the form of a proposition which is called the major premise, because it is general in its nature, including all men. The Mind and Its Education

The major premise predicates life of all animals. English: Composition and Literature

Religions are conclusions for which the facts of nature supply no major premises. The Shadow On The Dial, and Other Essays 1909

In that circle the ratio is 3 1/5; therefore, by the major premise, that is the ratio for all circles. The Reminiscences of an Astronomer

Its major premise of an "economic man," all greed and calculation, is obviously false, or rather, only half true. The Age of the Reformation

The Necessity for Broad Induction.—Thus it is seen that our generalizations, or major premises, are of all degrees of validity. The Mind and Its Education

“Socrates is mortal because he is a man” is also an enthymeme, because the major premise which states that “all men are mortal” has been omitted. English: Composition and Literature

The question whether our social state is becoming mechanical, losing personal thought and volition, is of great and vital importance, on account of the terrible major premise that lies beneath. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 5, No. 3, March, 1864 Devoted to Literature and National Policy

In a dissenting opinion in which Justices Murphy and Rutledge concurred, Justice Frankfurter challenged the major premises announced by the Court. The Constitution of the United States of America: Analysis and Interpretation Annotations of Cases Decided by the Supreme Court of the United States to June 30, 1952

And, further, the ground of Induction is causation; the law of causation is the ultimate major premise of every sound induction. Logic Deductive and Inductive

Of course it is easy to see that if we have a wrong generalization, if our major premise is invalid, all that follows in our chain of reasoning will be worthless. The Mind and Its Education

We are often guided by what Mr. Justice Wendell Holmes has called "the intuition more subtle than any particular major premise." Before the War

As usual they were right in their major premise but wrong in their conclusion, owing to the egoism of their implicit minor premise. Creative Chemistry Descriptive of Recent Achievements in the Chemical Industries

And Lincoln again scored on his opponent, when he pointed out that his political doctrine rested upon the major premise, that there was no wrong in slavery. Stephen A. Douglas A Study in American Politics

Or, finally, the middle term may be predicate of the major premise, and subject of the minor, as in the fourth example given above; and this is the Fourth Figure. Logic Deductive and Inductive

The ultimate major premise in every argument being assumed, it could of course be fashioned according to the particular conclusion it was called in to prove. John Stuart Mill; His Life and Works Twelve Sketches by Herbert Spencer, Henry Fawcett, Frederic Harrison, and Other Distinguished Authors

Since the force of the conclusion is largely lost unless the major premise is an absolute truth recognized by everybody, there is danger of confusion, and no possibility of convincing the prospect by such methods. Certain Success

If people would start from the major premise that misrepresentations, if such exist, are unconscious errors, much trouble would be spared. Modern Mythology

Douglas and Black were wide apart upon their major premises, and diverged inevitably in their conclusions. Stephen A. Douglas A Study in American Politics

Using, then, only affirmative hypothetical propositions in the major premise, there are four Moods: 1. Logic Deductive and Inductive

The city casuist might have smiled at the major premise—and laughed at the ingenuous conclusion. McClure's Magazine, Vol. 6, No. 2, January, 1896

Avoid the use of the "major premise, minor premise, argument, and logical conclusion." Certain Success

Why savages adopt the major premise, ‘Human life is on a level with the life of all nature,’ philosophers explain in various ways. Modern Mythology

The first two propositions are the premises, that which contains the major term being known as the major premise, and the other as the minor premise. The Making of Arguments

Here the major premise is true, but the minor is false, and the conclusion is false. Logic Deductive and Inductive

In this case the middle term is birds, and the major premise, All hawks are birds, does not make a statement which applies to all birds. Composition-Rhetoric

Why Reasoning is Futile A major premise is but an assumption unless it is already known. Certain Success

"A disjunctive syllogism is one whose major premise is disjunctive." The Grammar of English Grammars

In the syllogism the judgment asserted in the conclusion is derived from a general rule, the major premise. History of Modern Philosophy From Nicolas of Cusa to the Present Time

The memoranda of our major premises, or reasons for believing anything, may be referred to by others, and either confirmed or refuted. Logic Deductive and Inductive

A major premise that makes an affirmation about all the members of a class. b. Composition-Rhetoric

I have quoted thus at some length from one of his many polemics to show the absolute and fearless sincerity of the man, mistaken though he may have been in his major premise. Samuel F. B. Morse, His Letters and Journals In Two Volumes, Volume II

The major premise stands: even the casual tourist has no real reason for fear, however scared he may become. The Mountains

When I assert the major premise the inference proper is already made, and in the conclusion the comprehensive formula for a number of particular truths which was given in the premise is merely explicated, interpreted. History of Modern Philosophy From Nicolas of Cusa to the Present Time

The Single Epicheirema is said to be of the First Order, if the adscititious proposition attach to the major premise; if to the minor, of the Second Order. Logic Deductive and Inductive

If the major premise does not make a statement about every member of the class denoted by the middle term. c. Composition-Rhetoric

This division is just; it is in conformity with the nature of things; it is universally admitted; it serves as the major premise of that grand argument which establishes the inequality of capacities. What is Property?

All his conjectures as to how Sidney would take the knowledge of his entanglement with Carlotta had been founded on one major premise—that she loved him. K

The principle, "I think, therefore I am," is not to be considered a deduction from the major premise, "Whatever thinks exists." History of Modern Philosophy From Nicolas of Cusa to the Present Time

Rule of the Modus ponens: The antecedent of the major premise being affirmed in the minor premise, the consequent is also affirmed in the conclusion. Logic Deductive and Inductive

But if only one hundred had chosen the easy subjects, he would reject the major premise and likewise the conclusion. Composition-Rhetoric

Assume the vital major premise and the rest follows inevitably, provided her citizens are both docile and have a natural fund of brutality. The World Decision

"Our major premises we find still to be correct," announced Eldridge in the coldly didactic manner characteristic of the man. The Sign at Six

Therefore he was not allowed to escape, and the conclusion of my argument hit its major premise clean in the teeth. The Yeoman Adventurer

It is obvious that, given the hypothetical major premise— If A is B, C is D— we cannot, by denying the antecedent, infer a denial of the consequent. Logic Deductive and Inductive

If the major premise does not make a statement about every member of the class denoted by the middle term, the conclusion may not be valid even though the premises are true. Composition-Rhetoric

Aristotle reasoned without sufficient certainty of the major premise of his syllogisms. Beacon Lights of History, Volume 01 The Old Pagan Civilizations

Many an unwary opponent realized after he had published what he had considered a clever answer that the same reasoning which scored a point against Rizal incontrovertibly established the Kalamban’s major premise. Lineage, Life and Labors of José Rizal, Philippine Patriot

The major premise of his proposition was perfectly correct. Average Jones

But in such an investigation there is no need of logical method to find the major premise; it is mere counting: and to carry out the syllogism is a hollow formality. Logic Deductive and Inductive

We arrive at no new knowledge by the syllogism, since the major premise is more evident than the conclusion, and anterior to it. The Old Roman World, : the Grandeur and Failure of Its Civilization.

The major premise, "All incompetent men fail in business," is understood, but is not expressed. Practical Argumentation

It was the same science for democrat and aristocrat, royalist and republican, in that its major premise assumed the art of government to be a natural endowment. Public Opinion

You watch it readily enough shut in its little cage whose walls are the major premise, the minor premise, and the conclusion. The Mirrors of Washington

If we argue from an hypothesis and express ourselves formally, it will usually appear as the major premise; but this is not always the case. Logic Deductive and Inductive

The defect of the syllogism is not in the reasoning, but in the truth of the major premise, since all black birds are not crows. The Old Roman World, : the Grandeur and Failure of Its Civilization.

B. Is the fact stated in the minor premise an instance of the general law expressed in the major premise? Practical Argumentation

But, as soon as the major premise had been admitted, the minor would be without difficulty established; and it would be impossible to avoid coming to the conclusion that Somers had violated his trust. The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 5

But however absurd Maggie's logic might be, she was firm in her major premise. The Confession

How common is such an argument as this: 'Lying is wrong, because it is vicious'—the implied major premise being that 'what is vicious is wrong.' Logic Deductive and Inductive

Aristotle reasoned without sufficient examination of the major premise of his syllogisms. The Old Roman World, : the Grandeur and Failure of Its Civilization.

The vowels A, E, I, O, occurring in the several names, give the quantity and quality of major premise, minor premise, and conclusion in the usual order. Logic Deductive and Inductive

II. the Middle Term is predicate of both premises; so that the minor premise may need no alteration, and to convert the major premise may suffice. Logic Deductive and Inductive

I began with a major premise—to regard the confession as a real one, until it was proved otherwise. The Confession

Upon what grounds has it been asserted that the conclusion of a syllogism is drawn, not from, but according to, the major premise? Logic Deductive and Inductive

I., namely, that the conclusion will be negative, and that therefore only a negative major premise can prevent illicit process of the major term. Logic Deductive and Inductive

Rule of the Modus tollens: The consequent of the major premise being denied in the minor premise, the antecedent is denied in the conclusion. Logic Deductive and Inductive

By using negative major premises two other forms are obtainable: then, either by affirming the antecedent or by denying the consequent, we draw a negative conclusion. Logic Deductive and Inductive

单词	major premise
例句	major premise “All human beings have brains, that’s my major premise. Do you not agree?” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z A major premise of the book is that religion can’t really be replaced with nothing. The age of atheism: “If God exists, why is anybody unhappy?” 2014-02-15T15:45:00Z A major premise of the report is that polarization is driven by groups on the extremes, leaving groups in the middle “exhausted,” when they could otherwise bring us together. Do Americans really hate “political correctness”? Another misguided attempt at balance falls... 2018-10-14T04:00:00Z Acceptance of its major premise — that no one be denied health care — is more widespread than ever. Opinion \| The road to single-payer health care 2017-03-30T04:00:00Z But we must reply to it by making a distinction against the major premise of the syllogism which they employ. A Source Book of Medi?val History Documents Illustrative of European Life and Institutions from the German Invasions to the Renaissance 2012-03-23T02:00:40.930Z It may take, for instance, as its major premise, Love is the divine secret of blessedness. The Five Great Philosophies of Life 2012-03-09T03:00:19.413Z Success, real success, comes to the jack of all trades, a major premise handed down from pioneer days. Behind the Mirrors The Psychology of Disintegration at Washington 2012-02-11T03:03:55.693Z The taking of life was the important thing, the major premise. Hooded Detective, Volume III No. 2, January, 1942 2012-01-04T03:00:28.750Z The major premise contains the description of a concept, the minor makes the assertion that a certain thing belongs under this concept. International Congress of Arts and Science, Volume I Philosophy and Metaphysics 2011-12-12T03:00:31.160Z So the argument was at fault in form, because the predicate of the conclusion is not a term of the major premise, as is evident. A Source Book of Medi?val History Documents Illustrative of European Life and Institutions from the German Invasions to the Renaissance 2012-03-23T02:00:40.930Z This "assumes" the truth of a major premise all things are substantially alike. Know the Truth; A critique of the Hamiltonian Theory of Limitation 2011-10-29T02:00:13.723Z For the American Constitution was but the grand conclusion of that lingering bloody syllogism of freedom, of which the Treaty of Munster was the major premise. Vondel's Lucifer 2011-10-09T02:00:28.557Z No biologist would agree to this major premise. The pragmatic theory of truth as developed by Peirce, James, and Dewey 2011-09-29T02:00:12.190Z The logical basis of Professor Bell’s scheme is clear, and its details quite beautiful in their simplicity, when you admit his major premise. McClure's Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 1 2011-07-17T02:00:36.813Z The major premise of this demonstration is intelligible from its terms; the minor is confirmed by Christ and the Church. A Source Book of Medi?val History Documents Illustrative of European Life and Institutions from the German Invasions to the Renaissance 2012-03-23T02:00:40.930Z If for our major premise we say all normal men are rational, we rest our belief on observation. What and Where is God? A Human Answer to the Deep Religious Cry of the Modern Soul 2011-07-03T02:00:08.347Z It wasn't what I had intended the major premise to be. I Walked in Arden 2011-04-10T02:00:06.137Z The reviewer says, that if the major premise included the conclusion, "we should be able to affirm the conclusion without the intervention of the minor premise; but every one sees that that is impossible." A System of Logic: Ratiocinative and Inductive 7th Edition, Vol. I 2011-03-01T03:00:43.470Z Let, then, the major premise be, "All Christian gentlemen are to be admitted to social equality;" and add, if you will, any desired degree of refinement or education or intellectual prowess as a condition. The Color Line A Brief in Behalf of the Unborn 2011-01-30T03:00:15.907Z And as Art utters her conclusions in her own form, so she supplies the substance of her own major premise. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 6 "Armour Plates" to "Arundel, Earls of" With regard to the major premise that when men believe in miracles they will not successfully pursue investigations in the medical science, there are two answers. The Popes and Science The History of the Papal Relations to Science During the Middle Ages and Down to Our Own Time Nevertheless we always had in our minds, as a major premise, sufficient funds for our purposes. I Walked in Arden 2011-04-10T02:00:06.137Z The premise which contains the middleterm and the major term is called the major premise; that which contains the middleterm and the minor term is called the minor premise. A System of Logic: Ratiocinative and Inductive 7th Edition, Vol. I 2011-03-01T03:00:43.470Z He assumes it in his major premise, implies it in his minor premise, and reaches it in his conclusion. The Arena Volume 18, No. 93, August, 1897 Every art has one first principle, or general major premise, not borrowed from science, that which enunciates the object aimed at, and affirms it to be a desirable object. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 6 "Armour Plates" to "Arundel, Earls of" The major premise, though it isn't expressed of course, when you start off, is that they are right and you are wrong. Thirty The former part of this paragraph contains the major premise, the remainder the minor down to the last sentence, which brings out the conclusion in emphatic terms. Junius Unmasked or, Thomas Paine the author of the Letters of Junius and the Declaration of Independence The major premise is often hidden, but it is as firm as Fate. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 81, July, 1864 You argue your major premises, which no one questions, and assume the correctness of your minor premises, which every one questions, and then you draw the conclusion to suit yourself. Works of Martin Luther With Introductions and Notes (Volume I) If we find an S which is not P, then our final conclusion is that the major premise is false. Psychology A Study Of Mental Life To state the three parts of a syllogism is not in his way; and by implication he challenged half the major premises in vogue. Pot-Boilers His major premise was accepted on faith rather than determined by his reason. History of Human Society A belief in a State where even this will be realized is deeply implanted in human nature, and Socialism itself might easily get a major premise from it. Social Justice Without Socialism Admitting the son is breaking the law, the fact is that the major premise is not always true, and the conclusion holds the weakness of the weak premise. English: Composition and Literature In problem solution, you have to find both of your premises, and often the minor premise is the first to be found and in turn recalls the appropriate major premise. Psychology A Study Of Mental Life The enfranchisement of woman was not the corollary to that proposition, but the major premise. History of Woman Suffrage, Volume II It now adhered to its major premise, but declared that such regulation as affected an interstate rate is exclusively a federal function. The New Nation The premise which contains the middle term and the major term is called the major premise; that which contains the middle term and the minor term is called the minor premise. A System Of Logic, Ratiocinative And Inductive The major term is usually the predicate of the major premise and the predicate of the conclusion. English: Composition and Literature In application, doubt or verification, we start with the major premise, M is P, and explore our memories for an S which, being M, should therefore be P according to our hypothesis. Psychology A Study Of Mental Life The first and second are not conclusive; the one because it is based upon the eternity of motion, which no Jew accepts; the other because the major premise is not true. A History of Mediaeval Jewish Philosophy The major premise of this syllogism is a fact of observation. Christianity and Greek Philosophy or, the relation between spontaneous and reflective thought in Greece and the positive teaching of Christ and His Apostles The reviewer says, that if the major premise included the conclusion, “we should be able to affirm the conclusion without the intervention of the minor premise; but every one sees that that is impossible.” A System Of Logic, Ratiocinative And Inductive If the major premise of this syllogism be granted, the conclusion is unquestionable. English: Composition and Literature The missing link in his chain of evidence would be the major premise in the syllogism necessary to the establishment of his political status—a definition of "Democrat" or "Republican." The Shadow On The Dial, and Other Essays 1909 The only trouble is the universal trouble: that the major premise is not real, or is intermediate somewhere between realness and unrealness. The Book of the Damned The odd point is that so few of those who talk in this way realize that they and the spiritists are using the same major premise and differing only in the minor. Memories and Studies The first judgment is in the form of a proposition which is called the major premise, because it is general in its nature, including all men. The Mind and Its Education The major premise predicates life of all animals. English: Composition and Literature Religions are conclusions for which the facts of nature supply no major premises. The Shadow On The Dial, and Other Essays 1909 In that circle the ratio is 3 1/5; therefore, by the major premise, that is the ratio for all circles. The Reminiscences of an Astronomer Its major premise of an "economic man," all greed and calculation, is obviously false, or rather, only half true. The Age of the Reformation The Necessity for Broad Induction.—Thus it is seen that our generalizations, or major premises, are of all degrees of validity. The Mind and Its Education “Socrates is mortal because he is a man” is also an enthymeme, because the major premise which states that “all men are mortal” has been omitted. English: Composition and Literature The question whether our social state is becoming mechanical, losing personal thought and volition, is of great and vital importance, on account of the terrible major premise that lies beneath. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 5, No. 3, March, 1864 Devoted to Literature and National Policy In a dissenting opinion in which Justices Murphy and Rutledge concurred, Justice Frankfurter challenged the major premises announced by the Court. The Constitution of the United States of America: Analysis and Interpretation Annotations of Cases Decided by the Supreme Court of the United States to June 30, 1952 And, further, the ground of Induction is causation; the law of causation is the ultimate major premise of every sound induction. Logic Deductive and Inductive Of course it is easy to see that if we have a wrong generalization, if our major premise is invalid, all that follows in our chain of reasoning will be worthless. The Mind and Its Education We are often guided by what Mr. Justice Wendell Holmes has called "the intuition more subtle than any particular major premise." Before the War As usual they were right in their major premise but wrong in their conclusion, owing to the egoism of their implicit minor premise. Creative Chemistry Descriptive of Recent Achievements in the Chemical Industries And Lincoln again scored on his opponent, when he pointed out that his political doctrine rested upon the major premise, that there was no wrong in slavery. Stephen A. Douglas A Study in American Politics Or, finally, the middle term may be predicate of the major premise, and subject of the minor, as in the fourth example given above; and this is the Fourth Figure. Logic Deductive and Inductive The ultimate major premise in every argument being assumed, it could of course be fashioned according to the particular conclusion it was called in to prove. John Stuart Mill; His Life and Works Twelve Sketches by Herbert Spencer, Henry Fawcett, Frederic Harrison, and Other Distinguished Authors Since the force of the conclusion is largely lost unless the major premise is an absolute truth recognized by everybody, there is danger of confusion, and no possibility of convincing the prospect by such methods. Certain Success If people would start from the major premise that misrepresentations, if such exist, are unconscious errors, much trouble would be spared. Modern Mythology Douglas and Black were wide apart upon their major premises, and diverged inevitably in their conclusions. Stephen A. Douglas A Study in American Politics Using, then, only affirmative hypothetical propositions in the major premise, there are four Moods: 1. Logic Deductive and Inductive The city casuist might have smiled at the major premise—and laughed at the ingenuous conclusion. McClure's Magazine, Vol. 6, No. 2, January, 1896 Avoid the use of the "major premise, minor premise, argument, and logical conclusion." Certain Success Why savages adopt the major premise, ‘Human life is on a level with the life of all nature,’ philosophers explain in various ways. Modern Mythology The first two propositions are the premises, that which contains the major term being known as the major premise, and the other as the minor premise. The Making of Arguments Here the major premise is true, but the minor is false, and the conclusion is false. Logic Deductive and Inductive In this case the middle term is birds, and the major premise, All hawks are birds, does not make a statement which applies to all birds. Composition-Rhetoric Why Reasoning is Futile A major premise is but an assumption unless it is already known. Certain Success "A disjunctive syllogism is one whose major premise is disjunctive." The Grammar of English Grammars In the syllogism the judgment asserted in the conclusion is derived from a general rule, the major premise. History of Modern Philosophy From Nicolas of Cusa to the Present Time The memoranda of our major premises, or reasons for believing anything, may be referred to by others, and either confirmed or refuted. Logic Deductive and Inductive A major premise that makes an affirmation about all the members of a class. b. Composition-Rhetoric I have quoted thus at some length from one of his many polemics to show the absolute and fearless sincerity of the man, mistaken though he may have been in his major premise. Samuel F. B. Morse, His Letters and Journals In Two Volumes, Volume II The major premise stands: even the casual tourist has no real reason for fear, however scared he may become. The Mountains When I assert the major premise the inference proper is already made, and in the conclusion the comprehensive formula for a number of particular truths which was given in the premise is merely explicated, interpreted. History of Modern Philosophy From Nicolas of Cusa to the Present Time The Single Epicheirema is said to be of the First Order, if the adscititious proposition attach to the major premise; if to the minor, of the Second Order. Logic Deductive and Inductive If the major premise does not make a statement about every member of the class denoted by the middle term. c. Composition-Rhetoric This division is just; it is in conformity with the nature of things; it is universally admitted; it serves as the major premise of that grand argument which establishes the inequality of capacities. What is Property? All his conjectures as to how Sidney would take the knowledge of his entanglement with Carlotta had been founded on one major premise—that she loved him. K The principle, "I think, therefore I am," is not to be considered a deduction from the major premise, "Whatever thinks exists." History of Modern Philosophy From Nicolas of Cusa to the Present Time Rule of the Modus ponens: The antecedent of the major premise being affirmed in the minor premise, the consequent is also affirmed in the conclusion. Logic Deductive and Inductive But if only one hundred had chosen the easy subjects, he would reject the major premise and likewise the conclusion. Composition-Rhetoric Assume the vital major premise and the rest follows inevitably, provided her citizens are both docile and have a natural fund of brutality. The World Decision "Our major premises we find still to be correct," announced Eldridge in the coldly didactic manner characteristic of the man. The Sign at Six Therefore he was not allowed to escape, and the conclusion of my argument hit its major premise clean in the teeth. The Yeoman Adventurer It is obvious that, given the hypothetical major premise— If A is B, C is D— we cannot, by denying the antecedent, infer a denial of the consequent. Logic Deductive and Inductive If the major premise does not make a statement about every member of the class denoted by the middle term, the conclusion may not be valid even though the premises are true. Composition-Rhetoric Aristotle reasoned without sufficient certainty of the major premise of his syllogisms. Beacon Lights of History, Volume 01 The Old Pagan Civilizations Many an unwary opponent realized after he had published what he had considered a clever answer that the same reasoning which scored a point against Rizal incontrovertibly established the Kalamban’s major premise. Lineage, Life and Labors of José Rizal, Philippine Patriot The major premise of his proposition was perfectly correct. Average Jones But in such an investigation there is no need of logical method to find the major premise; it is mere counting: and to carry out the syllogism is a hollow formality. Logic Deductive and Inductive We arrive at no new knowledge by the syllogism, since the major premise is more evident than the conclusion, and anterior to it. The Old Roman World, : the Grandeur and Failure of Its Civilization. The major premise, "All incompetent men fail in business," is understood, but is not expressed. Practical Argumentation It was the same science for democrat and aristocrat, royalist and republican, in that its major premise assumed the art of government to be a natural endowment. Public Opinion You watch it readily enough shut in its little cage whose walls are the major premise, the minor premise, and the conclusion. The Mirrors of Washington If we argue from an hypothesis and express ourselves formally, it will usually appear as the major premise; but this is not always the case. Logic Deductive and Inductive The defect of the syllogism is not in the reasoning, but in the truth of the major premise, since all black birds are not crows. The Old Roman World, : the Grandeur and Failure of Its Civilization. B. Is the fact stated in the minor premise an instance of the general law expressed in the major premise? Practical Argumentation But, as soon as the major premise had been admitted, the minor would be without difficulty established; and it would be impossible to avoid coming to the conclusion that Somers had violated his trust. The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 5 But however absurd Maggie's logic might be, she was firm in her major premise. The Confession How common is such an argument as this: 'Lying is wrong, because it is vicious'—the implied major premise being that 'what is vicious is wrong.' Logic Deductive and Inductive Aristotle reasoned without sufficient examination of the major premise of his syllogisms. The Old Roman World, : the Grandeur and Failure of Its Civilization. The vowels A, E, I, O, occurring in the several names, give the quantity and quality of major premise, minor premise, and conclusion in the usual order. Logic Deductive and Inductive II. the Middle Term is predicate of both premises; so that the minor premise may need no alteration, and to convert the major premise may suffice. Logic Deductive and Inductive I began with a major premise—to regard the confession as a real one, until it was proved otherwise. The Confession Upon what grounds has it been asserted that the conclusion of a syllogism is drawn, not from, but according to, the major premise? Logic Deductive and Inductive I., namely, that the conclusion will be negative, and that therefore only a negative major premise can prevent illicit process of the major term. Logic Deductive and Inductive Rule of the Modus tollens: The consequent of the major premise being denied in the minor premise, the antecedent is denied in the conclusion. Logic Deductive and Inductive By using negative major premises two other forms are obtainable: then, either by affirming the antecedent or by denying the consequent, we draw a negative conclusion. 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