| 单词 | major premise |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmajor premise major premise n. (also major premiss) Logic the premise that contains the major term of a syllogism. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > logic > logical syllogism > [noun] > premise(s) > major or first premise major1530 proposition1532 major proposition1533 sumption1656 major premise1728 propositum1858 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at Syllogism They [sc. the two propositions of a syllogism] are both called..Premises..and..both are called Antecedents, only the first the Major, and the latter the Minor. 1821 J. Walker Familiar Comm. Compend. Logic Dublin (ed. 4) 92 If they be both affirmative, the middle term must be universal in the major premiss, and its subject. 1871 J. Morley Carlyle in Crit. Misc. (1878) 168 A man of genius is at liberty to assume all his major premisses. 1909 W. James Mem. & Stud. (1911) viii. 186 The major premise is: ‘Any spirit-revelation must be romantic.’ The minor of the spiritist is: ‘This is romantic.’ 1954 A. Huxley Doors of Perception 48 If one began with fear and hate as the major premiss, one would have to go on to the conclusion. 2002 M. Joseph Trivium 158 We find the Aristotelian sorites, which places the minor premise first, much more comfortable than the Goclenian sorites, which places the major premise first. < as lemmas |
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