Definitionn. a statement that is assumed to be true and from which a conclusion can be drawn
Last update: October 1, 2015
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It will suffice to mention here that Peano's fourth premiss of arithmetic does not hold for infinite cardinals or for infinite ordinals. [Please select]
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_ on the suggestions of [Greek: epithymia], a man comes really to hold the Major Premiss. [Please select]
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In this way we find out what must be taken as premiss and what can be demonstrated or defined. [Please select]
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"Cogito, ergo sum" would be regarded by most people as having a true premiss. [Please select]
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In the former premiss we speak of things which cannot be cogitated otherwise than as subjects. [Please select]
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But if this be the case, it is a result to be demonstrated, not a premiss from which to start in defining truth and falsehood. [Please select]
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The inductive principle has less self-evidence than some of the other principles of logic, such as 'what follows from a true premiss must be true'. [Please select]
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