Sentence examples for universal premises from inspiring English sources

The major premise can be deduced from other universal premises about animals, and the minor premise, unlike the conclusion which must be inferred, can be known by observation.

The 'setting forth' stood outside the formal structure of the syllogistic, and it allowed the establishment of universal premises with complex terms, for instance, a premise to the effect that "every triangle-with-its-base-extended-so-as-to-form-an-external-angle is a triangle-with-its-external-angle-equal-to-the-sum-of-the-two-angles-opposite-it-in-the-triangle".

They include such theorems as: (i) no deduction contains two negative premises; (ii) a deduction with a negative conclusion must have a negative premise; (iii) a deduction with a universal conclusion requires two universal premises; and (iv) a deduction with a negative conclusion requires exactly one negative premise.

"Deduction" is defined as "inference in which the conclusion about particulars follows necessarily from general or universal premises" [ 29].

No amount of finite observations could possibly yield the required universal premise.

While KnowRe customizes itself for each student, Mathalicious operates under a simpler, more universal premise: make math more interesting.

who discovers (to his great annoyance) that he has the gift of healing touch, hangs on a universal premise: you can't always get what you want.

It's got a simple, universal premise and a very human draw.

It is also deemed unsound due to the failure of one of the premises the universal premise.

The second principle captures the idea that a universal premise can licence replacement of 'S' with 'P' in a premise about a specific individual.

In contrast, logic as ampliative involves a passage from the knowledge of particulars summarized in the major, or universal premise, to an application of the same rule to a new case.