syllogistic
- adjective
- /ˌsɪl.əˈdʒɪs.tɪk/
- Specialized
- In a typical syllogistic argument, the conclusion is drawn from two premises.
- syllogistic reasoning
- syllogistic argument
- syllogistic task
Examples
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Table 1 shows the number of correct responses on the syllogistic reasoning task out of 20 for all the control and dual-task conditions.
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Furthermore, Turner's argumentation style is frequently syllogistic.
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From these two premises comes the syllogistic conclusion, divided into two parts.
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A significant effect of memory load on the accuracy of syllogistic performance was obtained.
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Subjects were instructed in the nature of the syllogistic task.
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There were many law students at the time, and they were masters of rhetoric and syllogistic thinking and arguing.
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An experiment is reported concerning the role of working memory components in syllogistic reasoning.
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First, we will outline the nature of syllogistic reasoning tasks, and then we will introduce the present study.
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Part of the motivation for the present study was to help elucidate the exact roles played by working memory subsystems in syllogistic reasoning.
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The load on memory is heavy with subjects having to maintain randomness of numbers by remembering those already generated and at the same time having to keep the syllogistic statements and the subject of the argument in memory, in order to reach a conclusion.
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word syllogistic comes from the Greek syllogismos, meaning 'bringing together' or 'inference'. When we call reasoning syllogistic, we mean it uses a step-by-step bringing together of ideas to produce a clear conclusion.