sān
duàn
lùn

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Meaning of 三段论

三段论 means syllogism; a form of deductive reasoning in formal logic consisting of a major premise, a minor premise, and a conclusion. Pronounced sān duàn lùn.

  • syllogism; a form of deductive reasoning in formal logic consisting of a major premise, a minor premise, and a conclusion

Definitions & Examples

Fán
jīn
shǔ
dōu
néng
dǎo
diàn
 
tóng
shì
jīn
shǔ
 
suǒ
tóng
néng
dǎo
diàn
 
 
zhè
shì
diǎn
xíng
de
sān
duàn
lùn
 

All metals conduct electricity, copper is a metal, therefore copper conducts electricity—this is a typical syllogism.

shì
duō
shì
sān
duàn
lùn
luó
ji
de
diàn
rén
 
zài
 
qián
fēn
piān
 
zhōng
tǒng
yán
jiū
le
tuī
xíng
shì
 

Aristotle is the founder of syllogistic logic; he systematically studied forms of reasoning in the Prior Analytics.

Zhè
tuī
fàn
le
 '
gài
niàn
 '
de
cuò
 
shì
yǒu
xiào
de
sān
duàn
lùn
 

This reasoning commits the fallacy of 'four terms' and is not a valid syllogism.

Measure Words

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