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==Origin==

==Origin==

Anglo-Norman ''premisse'', ''premesse'' and Middle French ''premisse'' (French ''prémisse'' ) (in [[Logic]]) each of the two [[propositions]] from which the [[conclusion]] is drawn in a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syllogism syllogism], preamble, material already dealt with, proposition stated previously.

Anglo-Norman ''premisse'', ''premesse'' and Middle French ''premisse'' (French ''prémisse'' ) (in [[Logic]]) each of the two [[propositions]] from which the [[conclusion]] is drawn in a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syllogism syllogism], preamble, material already dealt with, proposition stated previously.

*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/14th_century 14th Century]

*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/14th_century 14th Century]

==Definitions==

==Definitions==

*1a : a [[proposition]] antecedently [[supposed]] or [[proved]] as a basis of [[argument]] or [[inference]]; specifically : either of the first two propositions of a syllogism from which the [[conclusion]] is drawn  

*1a : a [[proposition]] antecedently [[supposed]] or [[proved]] as a basis of [[argument]] or [[inference]]; specifically : either of the first two propositions of a syllogism from which the [[conclusion]] is drawn  

:b : a building or part of a building usually with its appurtenances (as grounds)  

:b : a building or part of a building usually with its appurtenances (as grounds)  

==Description==

==Description==

A '''premise''' is a [[statement]] that an [[argument]] claims will induce or justify a [[conclusion]]. In other [[words]]: a premise is an [[assumption]] that something is true. In [[logic]], an argument requires a set of [[two]] declarative sentences (or "[[propositions]]") known as the ''premises'' along with another declarative sentence (or "proposition") known as the [[conclusion]]. This [[structure]] of two premises and one conclusion forms the basic [[argumentative]] [[structure]]. More [[complex]] arguments can utilize a series of rules to connect several premises to one conclusion, or to derive a number of conclusions from the original premises which then [[act]] as premises for additional conclusions. An example of this is the use of the rules of [[inference]] found within [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symbolic_logic symbolic logic].

A '''premise''' is a [[statement]] that an [[argument]] claims will induce or justify a [[conclusion]]. In other [[words]]: a premise is an [[assumption]] that something is true. In [[logic]], an argument requires a set of [[two]] declarative sentences (or "[[propositions]]") known as the ''premises'' along with another declarative sentence (or "proposition") known as the [[conclusion]]. This [[structure]] of two premises and one conclusion forms the basic [[argumentative]] [[structure]]. More [[complex]] arguments can utilize a series of rules to connect several premises to one conclusion, or to derive a number of conclusions from the original premises which then [[act]] as premises for additional conclusions. An example of this is the use of the rules of [[inference]] found within [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symbolic_logic symbolic logic].

[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aristotle Aristotle] held that any logical [[argument]] could be reduced to [[two]] ''premises'' and a [[conclusion]]. Premises are sometimes left unstated in which case they are called missing premises, for example:

[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aristotle Aristotle] held that any logical [[argument]] could be reduced to [[two]] ''premises'' and a [[conclusion]]. Premises are sometimes left unstated in which case they are called missing premises, for example:

:[[Socrates]] is [[mortal]], since all men are mortal.

:[[Socrates]] is [[mortal]], since all men are mortal.