An argument consisting of only two propositions, an antecedent and consequent deduced from it; a syllogism with one premise omitted; as, We are dependent; therefore we should be humble. Here the major proposition is suppressed. The complete syllogism would be, Dependent creatures should be humble; we are dependent creatures; therefore we should be humble.
An abridged syllogism, in which one of the premises or the conclusion is omitted.
A syllogism that is missing one of its premises.
a kind of abbreviated syllogism that does not have all the claims of the syllogism explicitly stated
a kind of syllogism deduced from a few premises
an argument in which one of the premises or the conclusion is not stated
an argument missing a premise or conclusion, but usually the missing element is implied
an argument where one of the premises is supplied by the audience--an assumption that the speaker makes when making an argument
an argument with missing propositions or claims
an assertion that is expressible as a syllogism
an informal syllogism (see our earlier entry on logic ) in which one of the premises or the conclusion is missing
a rhetorical demonstration, also the most powerful of proofs
a simple type of argument, in contrast to a syllogism which is a more complex form of argument
a syllogism with but one premise expressed
a thesis statement that shows a direct relationship between reasons and conclusion
a truncated argument in which either one of the premises,
An argument with an implicit premise or conclusion. For the purposes of clarifying and evaluating, the implicit statements should be considered just as much a part of an enthymematic argument as the explicit ones.
A rhetorical syllogism where the speaker leaves one of the premises unstated, allowing the audience to draw desired conclusion.
is an argument in which one or more of the propositions is suppressed or taken for granted. ( Study 3)
An enthymeme is a syllogism (a three-part deductive argument) with an unstated assumption which must be true for the premises to lead to the conclusion. In an enthymeme, part of the argument is missing because it is assumed.
