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syllogistic

  (sĭl'ə-jĭs'tĭk) pronunciation also syllogistical (-tĭ-kəl)
adj.

Of, relating to, resembling, or consisting of a syllogism or syllogisms.

syllogistically syl'lo·gis'ti·cal·ly adv.
 
 
Word Overheard: syllogistic

Verlyn Klinkenborg, the "editorial observer" of The New York Times, mused on the vastness of time, then launched a broadside at the theory of intelligent design, which, he wrote:

"is not a theory at all... but a well-financed political and religious campaign to muddy science... Its objections to evolution are based on syllogistic reasoning and a highly selective treatment of the physical evidence. "

Link: Grasping the Depth of Time as a First Step in Understanding Evolution

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Formal analysis of the syllogism. Developed in its original form by Aristotle in his Prior Analytics c. 350 BC, syllogistic represents the earliest branch of formal logic. Syllogistic comprises two domains of investigation. Categorical syllogistic confines itself to categorical propositions and their variation with respect to modalities. Noncategorical syllogistic is a form of logical inference using whole propositions as its units, an approach traceable to the Stoics but only fully developed by John Neville Keynes (1852 – 1949).

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WordNet: syllogistic
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The adjective has one meaning:

Meaning #1: of or relating to or consisting of syllogism
  Pertains to noun: syllogism (meaning #1)


 
 

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