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polysyllogism
[ pol-ee-sil-uh-jiz-uhm ]
noun
- an argument made up of a chain of syllogisms, the conclusion of each being a premise of the one following, until the last one.
polysyllogism
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noun
- a chain of syllogisms in which the conclusion of one syllogism serves as a premise for the next
Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of polysyllogism1
Example Sentences
Polysyllogism, pol-i-sil′Å-jizm, n. a combination of syllogisms.—adj.
This petitio principii vitiates the entire polysyllogism.
The Sorites is a Polysyllogism in which the Conclusions, and even some of the Premises, are suppressed until the arguments end.
When the conclusion of one syllogism is used to prove another, we have a chain-argument which, stated at full length, is a Polysyllogism.
In any Polysyllogism, again, a syllogism whose conclusion is used as the premise of another, is called in relation to that other a Prosyllogism; whilst a syllogism one of whose premises is the conclusion of another syllogism, is in relation to that other an Episyllogism.
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