Syllogism vs Deduction - What's the difference?
syllogism | deduction |
(logic) An inference in which one proposition (the conclusion) follows necessarily from two other propositions, known as the premises.
* "All humans are mortal. You are a human. Therefore you will die" is a syllogism.
(obsolete) A trick, artifice.
That which is deducted; that which is subtracted or removed
A sum that can be removed from tax calculations; something that is written off
(logic) A process of reasoning that moves from the general to the specific, in which a conclusion follows necessarily from the premises presented, so that the conclusion cannot be false if the premises are true.
A conclusion; that which is deduced, concluded or figured out
The ability or skill to deduce or figure out; the power of reason
As nouns the difference between syllogism and deduction
is that syllogism is (logic) an inference in which one proposition (the conclusion) follows necessarily from two other propositions, known as the premises while deduction is deduction (all meanings).syllogism
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(wikipedia syllogism)Noun
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* (English Citations of "syllogism")Meronyms
* (inference) (l), (l)See also
* enthymeme * sorites ----deduction
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(en noun)- You might want to donate the old junk and just take the deduction .
- He arrived at the deduction that the butler didn't do it.
- Through his powers of deduction , he realized that the plan would never work.