LessonsKinds of Argument: Syllogism, Premises, Conclusion and Three TermsQuiz

Hujjah derives a new statement from accepted information. The source names qiyas, induction, and analogy. In a qiyas, the minor and major premises are linked by the middle term; the subject of the conclusion is the minor term and its predicate the major term. Mastery means identifying those roles and testing whether a proposed conclusion actually follows. The next source lesson divides qiyas further.

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Kinds of Argument: Syllogism, Premises, Conclusion and Three Terms

Hujjah derives a new statement from accepted information. The source names qiyas, induction, and analogy. In a qiyas, the minor and major premises are linked by the middle term; the subject of the conclusion is the minor term and its predicate the major term. Mastery means identifying those roles and testing whether a proposed conclusion actually follows. The next source lesson divides qiyas further.