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premiss::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | premise |
| Type of | presuppose, suppose |
premiss::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | assumption, premise |
| Type of | postulate, posit |
| Has types | major premiss, minor premise, minor premiss, precondition, scenario, stipulation, subsumption, thesis, condition, major premise |
Examples of premiss
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The addition of this premiss would make the argument deductively valid.
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I'm sure Mike Nelson would have no problem with that premiss.
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In the context you are attributing this to Krauthammer, but it also seems to be a key premiss of your own case.
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The simple premiss behind this thinking is that gay people are not worthy, are lesser humans because of who they love.
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The analogy seems valid to me, as the argument is exactly the same, the only difference being the hidden premiss is not assumed.
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Thus, to abduce a hypothetical explanation a as a conclusion from a noticed curious circumstance b as a premiss, is to surmise that a may be true because then b would be a matter of course.
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- Premise: a statement that is assumed to be true and from which a conclusion can be drawn; "on the assumption that he has been injured we can infer that he will not to play"
- Premise: take something as preexisting and given
- It is evident that a tacitly understood claim is that Socrates is a man. The fully expressed reasoning is thus: In this example, the first two independent clauses preceding the comma (namely, "all men are mortal" and "Socrates is a man") are the premises, while "Socrates is mortal" is the ...
- Alternative spelling of premise
- In an argument, a proposition presented as evidence for the conclusion. "Premiss" is a technical term in logic, which is frequently spelled "premise". ...
