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==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]. Neuter plural of the past participle of classical [[Latin]] ''praemittere'' to put before.
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/14th_century 14th Century]
==Definitions==
*1.a: 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 : something [[assumed]] or taken for granted : [[presupposition]]
*2: plural : matters previously stated; specifically : the preliminary and [[explanatory]] part of a deed or of a bill in equity
*3: plural [from its being identified in the premises of the deed] a : a tract of [[land]] with the buildings thereon :b : a building or part of a building usually with its appurtenances (as grounds)
==Description==
A '''premise''' is a [[statement]] that an [[argument]] claims will induce or justify a [[conclusion]] (or an address). 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].
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aristotle Aristotle] held that any [[logical]] argument could be reduced to three 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.
It is [[evident]] that a tacitly [[understood]] claim is that Socrates is a man. The fully [[expressed]] reasoning is thus:
::Since all men are [[mortal]] and [[Socrates]] is a man, Socrates is mortal.
In this [[example]], the first two [[independent]] clauses preceding the comma (namely, "all men are [[mortal]]" and "Socrates is a man") are the ''premises'', while "Socrates is mortal" is the [[conclusion]].
The [[proof]] of a conclusion depends on both the [[truth]] of the premises and the [[validity]] of the [[argument]].
[[Category: Logic]]
[[Category: Languages and Literature]]
==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]. Neuter plural of the past participle of classical [[Latin]] ''praemittere'' to put before.
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/14th_century 14th Century]
==Definitions==
*1.a: 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 : something [[assumed]] or taken for granted : [[presupposition]]
*2: plural : matters previously stated; specifically : the preliminary and [[explanatory]] part of a deed or of a bill in equity
*3: plural [from its being identified in the premises of the deed] a : a tract of [[land]] with the buildings thereon :b : a building or part of a building usually with its appurtenances (as grounds)
==Description==
A '''premise''' is a [[statement]] that an [[argument]] claims will induce or justify a [[conclusion]] (or an address). 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].
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aristotle Aristotle] held that any [[logical]] argument could be reduced to three 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.
It is [[evident]] that a tacitly [[understood]] claim is that Socrates is a man. The fully [[expressed]] reasoning is thus:
::Since all men are [[mortal]] and [[Socrates]] is a man, Socrates is mortal.
In this [[example]], the first two [[independent]] clauses preceding the comma (namely, "all men are [[mortal]]" and "Socrates is a man") are the ''premises'', while "Socrates is mortal" is the [[conclusion]].
The [[proof]] of a conclusion depends on both the [[truth]] of the premises and the [[validity]] of the [[argument]].
[[Category: Logic]]
[[Category: Languages and Literature]]
