10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «POLYSYLLOGISM»
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An Intro. to Syllogistic Logic
Bairan, B.P.. C. POLYSYLLOGISM Polysyllogism is a systematic series of
syllogisms leading to a single conclusion. The polysyllogism is also known as a
chain of argument. In a series of syllogism connected together in which the
conclusion of ...
2
A Short Introduction to the Study of Logic
May be thrown into a polysyllogism thus : Major. An infinitely perfect being is
infinitely just ; Minor. But God is an infinitely perfect Being ; Conclu. of I, and Minor
of 2. Therefore God is infinitely just. Major. He who is infinitely just punishes evil ...
3
Elements of logic: comprising the doctrine of the laws and ...
When the antecedent of a mediate reasoning consists of more than two
judgments related to each other The p0iySyi- as wholes and parts, or as parts
and complemen- 1°glsm- tary parts, the reasoning is called a Polysyllogism, also,
a Chain of ...
4
Elements of Logic ... and the Doctrine of Method ...
When the antecedent of a mediate reasoning consists of more than two
judgments related to each other ^e poiysyi- as wholes and parts, or as parts and
complemen- logfan. tary parts, the reasoning is called a Polysyllogism, also, a
Chain of ...
5
Studies and Exercises in Formal Logic: Including a ...
That is, one or more of the syllogisms of which the polysyllogism is composed are
enthyme- matic. The following is an example : All B is D. because it is C, All AisB,
therefore, All A is D2. 1 The distinction which follows is ordinarily applied to ...
John Neville Keynes, 1906
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Logical Praxis: Comprising a Summary of the Principles of ...
The Polysyllogism may contain Number of -single f ' □ , " TU •yiiogisms m a two
or more single syllogisms. 1 here chain. , . will be as many single syllogisms
always in every chain of reasoning as there are middle terms if the polysyllogism
is ...
Types of Polysyllogism Trains of reasoning of the type just described fall into two
main classes, progressive and regressive. We shall describe each of these briefly
, and merely for the purpose of showing their logical structure. A progressive ...
Arthur Ernest Davies, 1915
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An Elementary Handbook of Logic
The polysyllogism is a series of syllogisms so connected that the conclusion of
one is a premise of another. A prosyllogism is a syllogism the conclusion of which
is a premise of another syllogism. An episyllogism is a syllogism a premise of ...
THE POLYSYLLOGISM This is a set of several syllogisms connected together in
such a manner, that the Conclusion of the preceding one serves as premise for
the following one (from the Greek word poly meaning many). The Polysyllogism
is ...
Observe that the second premise of Example b) is a Conditional Enthymeme. We
shall discuss about the Conditional Syllogism in a subsequent Chapter. 174. THE
POLYSYLLOGISM This is a series of several syllogisms connected together, ...
