Premise

A premise is a formal statement in the role of making a logic argument.

• Context
  • It can be an Axiom.
  • It can be a Major Premise or a Minor Premise.
  • It can be a Stated Premise or an Unstated Premise in a Logic Argument.
  • It can support a Conclusion.
  • It can be a Logic Formula??
  • It can be a Ground Fact??
  • It can be a true premise or a false premise.
• Example(s):
  • R(x) =>false.
  • All men are mortal.
  • Socrates is a man.
• Counter-Example(s):
  • a True Belief.
  • an Informal Statement.
  • a Conclusion.
• See: Logical Reasoning, Inference, Syllogism, Minor Term, Major Term, Logical Consequence.

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References

2009

• WordNet.
  • set forth beforehand, often as an explanation; "He premised these remarks so that his readers might understand"
  • precede: furnish with a preface or introduction; "She always precedes her lectures with a joke"; "He prefaced his lecture with a critical remark about the institution"
  • take something as preexisting and given
  • a statement that is assumed to be true and from which a conclusion can be drawn; "on the assumption that he has been injured we can infer that he will not to play"
• (Wikipedia, 2009) ⇒ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Premise
  • In discourse and logic, a premise is a claim that is a reason (or element of a set of reasons) for, or objection against, some other claim. In other words, it is a statement presumed true within the context of an argument toward a conclusion. ...
• http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/premise
  • A proposition antecedently supposed or proved; something previously stated or assumed as the basis of further argument; a condition; a supposition ...
• http://www.uky.edu/~rosdatte/phi120/glossary.htm
  • premise: A Premise is a statement in an argument that provides reason or support for the conclusion. There can be one or many premises in a single argument.
• http://www.logic-classroom.info/glossary.htm
  • premise is the proposition of an argument from which a conclusion is drawn; reason intended to support a conclusion. (Intro)
• http://www.philosophy.uncc.edu/mleldrid/logic/logiglos.html
  • Premise: Statement offered as reason to support a conclusion are premises. Logicians generally pay more attention to the reasoning, that is, the relationship between premises and conclusion. They rely on scientists to determine the accuracy of the premises.

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