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
The second is the minor premise, since it deals with a particular man.
From The Mind and Its Education by George Herbert Betts
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 Carveth Read
The conclusion was right, but the minor premise was disputable.
From The Cult of Incompetence by Beatrice Barstow
For, if not, the minor premise being affirmative, there will be illicit process of the minor term.
From Logic Deductive and Inductive by Carveth Read
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