واقتران الصغرى بالكبرى يسمى قرينة وضربا.
The pairing of minor and major premises is called a connection and a mood.
A mood (ḍarb) concerns the combination of affirmative/negative quality and universal/particular quantity in the premises. A figure (shakl), by contrast, concerns whether the middle term is the subject or predicate of each premise.
These answer distinct questions: Where does the middle occur?—figure. What are the quantity and quality of the premises?—the basis of mood.
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Proof: Syllogism, Induction, Analogy and the Four Figures
واقتران الصغرى بالكبرى يسمى قرينة وضربا.
The pairing of minor and major premises is called a connection and a mood.
A mood (ḍarb) concerns the combination of affirmative/negative quality and universal/particular quantity in the premises. A figure (shakl), by contrast, concerns whether the middle term is the subject or predicate of each premise.
These answer distinct questions: Where does the middle occur?—figure. What are the quantity and quality of the premises?—the basis of mood.