minor term

Related to minor term: major term, minor premise

minor term

The term in a syllogism that is stated in the minor premise and forms the subject of the conclusion.

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minor term

(Logic) logic the subject of the conclusion of a syllogism, also occurring as the subject or predicate in the minor premise

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mi′nor term′

the term of a syllogism that is the subject of the conclusion.

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minor term - the term in a syllogism that is the subject of the conclusion

term - one of the substantive phrases in a logical proposition; "the major term of a syllogism must occur twice"

ratiocination, conclusion - the proposition arrived at by logical reasoning (such as the proposition that must follow from the major and minor premises of a syllogism)

minor premise, minor premiss, subsumption - the premise of a syllogism that contains the minor term (which is the subject of the conclusion)

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We may conclude that the middle must be consequentially connected with the minor, and the major with the middle." On the other hand, Apostle renders this passage much more neutrally: "But to know the reason is to know through the cause; hence the middle term should belong to the minor term through it [that is, the minor term], and the major term should belong to the middle term through it [that is, the middle term].

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This article investigates the nature of Aristotelian syllogistics and shows that the categorical syllogism is fundamentally about showing the connection, in the premises of the syllogism, between the major and minor terms as stated in the conclusion.