minor premise

• Na lógica e na argumentação, a premissa menor é a segunda premissa de um silogismo, que contém o sujeito da conclusão e é usada junto com a premissa maior para inferir a conclusão lógica.

In logic and argumentation, the minor premise is the second premise in a syllogism that contains the subject of the conclusion and is used together with the major premise to derive a logical conclusion.

1. Logical propositionC1formal

   In a syllogism, the premise that contains the minor term (the subject of the conclusion).

   premissa menor

   • In the syllogism 'All men are mortal; Socrates is a man; therefore, Socrates is mortal,' the minor premise is 'Socrates is a man.'
   • The minor premise must be true for the conclusion to be valid.
   • He analyzed the minor premise to check the argument's logic.