Major Premiss (Noun)
Meaning
The premise of a syllogism that contains the major term (which is the predicate of the conclusion).
Classification
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents.
Examples
- In the given syllogism, "all animals are mortal" serves as the major premisse that determines the truth of the conclusion.
- A typical categorical syllogism always consists of three distinct categorical propositions: major premisse, minor premisse, and conclusion.
- One basic premise rule governing this form of argument is that the middle term must be the subject of the major premisse.
- In logic, the major premisse is linked to the other premisses by shared terms and is classified as universal affirmative or universal negative.
- It is essential to check the distribution of the major premisse when determining the validity of any categorical syllogism.