Which premise is which?
Exercise and reference answers
- Items
- Item
- Contains the major term
- Category
- Major premise
- Item
- Links the middle to the conclusion's predicate
- Category
- Major premise
- Item
- Contains the minor term
- Category
- Minor premise
- Item
- Links the middle to the conclusion's subject
- Category
- Minor premise
- Categories
- Item
- Major premise
- Item
- Minor premise
Explanation
Named after the peculiar term each contains. Source: Logic: Deductive and Inductive, Carveth Read (1898), public domain.