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  2. Premise - Wikipedia

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    A premise or premiss [a] is a proposition—a true or false declarative statement—used in an argument to prove the truth of another proposition called the conclusion. [1] Arguments consist of a set of premises and a conclusion. An argument is meaningful for its conclusion only when all of its premises are true. If one or more premises are ...

  3. Propositional calculus - Wikipedia

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    Premise 1: If it's raining, then it's cloudy. Premise 2: It's raining. Conclusion: It's cloudy. The logical form of this argument is known as modus ponens, [39] which is a classically valid form. [40] So, in classical logic, the argument is valid, although it may or may not be sound, depending on the meteorological facts in a given context.

  4. Term logic - Wikipedia

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    The syllogism is an inference in which one proposition (the "conclusion") follows of necessity from two other propositions (the "premises"). A proposition may be universal or particular, and it may be affirmative or negative. Traditionally, the four kinds of propositions are: A-type: Universal and affirmative ("All philosophers are mortal")

  5. Argument - Wikipedia

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    Given premises that A=B and B=C, then the conclusion follows necessarily that A=C. Deductive arguments are sometimes referred to as "truth-preserving" arguments. For example, consider the argument that because bats can fly (premise=true), and all flying creatures are birds (premise=false), therefore bats are birds (conclusion=false).

  6. Logic - Wikipedia

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    Logic studies arguments, which consist of a set of premises that leads to a conclusion. An example is the argument from the premises "it's Sunday" and "if it's Sunday then I don't have to work" leading to the conclusion "I don't have to work". [1] Premises and conclusions express propositions or claims that can be true or false. An important ...

  7. Syllogism - Wikipedia

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    Each of the premises has one term in common with the conclusion: in a major premise, this is the major term (i.e., the predicate of the conclusion); in a minor premise, this is the minor term (i.e., the subject of the conclusion). For example: Major premise: All humans are mortal. Minor premise: All Greeks are humans.

  8. What exactly is Prop. 47? And how could California voters ...

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    Proposition 36 on California's November ballot asks voters to change parts of Proposition 47, an initiative passed in 2014 that turned some felonies to misdemeanors. What exactly is Prop. 47?

  9. Argument map - Wikipedia

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    Dependent premises or co-premises, where at least one of the joined premises requires another premise before it can give support to the conclusion: An argument with this structure has been called a linked argument. [9] Statements 1 and 2 are dependent premises or co-premises.