minor premise
English
Alternative forms
- minor
Noun
minor premise (plural minor premises)
- (logic) The second premise in a categorical syllogism, whose subject is the minor term and whose predicate is the middle term.
- The minor premise in John Stuart Mill's famous syllogism is 'Socrates is a man'.
Synonyms
- subsumption
Coordinate terms
- major premise
Translations
premise
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