minor term

British  

noun

1. logic the subject of the conclusion of a syllogism, also occurring as the subject or predicate in the minor premise

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minor term

In other words, if both the major term and the minor term lie outside the middle term, the syllogism gives us no means of knowing what their relation is to each other.

From The Making of Arguments by J. H. Gardiner

In the Fourth Figure, A.A.A. and E.A.E. involve illicit process of the minor term; A.I.I.,

From Logic Deductive and Inductive by Carveth Read

Illicit process of the major or minor term, as— Every rational agent is accountable; Brutes are not rational agents: ∴ Brutes are not accountable.

From Logic Deductive and Inductive by Carveth Read

Otherwise there will be illicit process of the minor term.

From Logic Deductive and Inductive by Carveth Read

Prove that wherever the minor term is distributed, the major premiss must be universal.

From Deductive Logic by St. George William Joseph Stock

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