syllogistic
adjective
of or relating to a syllogism.
syllogistically
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a word derived from
syllogistic.
Example Sentences
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The official theory is that each new decision follows syllogistically from existing precedents.
From The Common Law by Oliver Wendell Holmes
Find, without reference to the mnemonic verses, in what different ways it is possible to prove syllogistically the conclusion No S is P; and show the equivalence between these different ways.
From Logic Deductive and Inductive by Carveth Read
Lautner has one flat, dead-level, unprofitable soul that neither soars high nor dives deep; and his mind reasons unobjectionable things out syllogistically, in a manner perfectly inconsequential.
From Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 06 Little Journeys to the Homes of Eminent Artists by Elbert Hubbard
What Lord Bacon blames in the schoolmen of his time is this,—that they reasoned syllogistically on words which had not been defined with precision; such as moist, dry, generation, corruption, and so forth.
From Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches — Volume 2 by Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron Macaulay
A proposition not believed on its own evidence, but inferred from another, is said to be proved; and this process of inferring, whether syllogistically or not, is reasoning.
From Analysis of Mr. Mill's System of Logic by W. (William) Stebbing
