minor premise
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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“And all teenage boys are human beings. That is my minor premise, controversial though it may be. And if my major and minor premises are so, sir, what is your conclusion?”
From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam
A.” The minor premise is a statement of the grievances of the colonies.
From English: Composition and Literature by Webster, W. F. (William Franklin)
As A-ya showed no inclination whatever to dissent from this statement, he presently went on to his conclusion, leaving her to infer his minor premise.
From In the Morning of Time by Roberts, Charles George Douglas, Sir
In extending ascertained laws to fresh cases, the minor premise may be an hypothesis, as in testing the chemical constitution of any doubtful substance, such as a piece of ore.
From Logic Deductive and Inductive by Read, Carveth
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.
From Logic Deductive and Inductive by Read, Carveth
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