syllogist
Formal argument builder
A syllogist is someone who reasons through syllogisms—formal logical arguments where a conclusion follows necessarily from two premises.
The term suggests methodical, deductive thinking: He approached every debate like a syllogist, building his case step by step.
It can carry a faint whiff of pedantry, implying someone overly devoted to rigid logical forms.
Foundation for logical argument
- conclusionEnd or deduction
- inferenceConclusion reached through reasoning
- validityQuality of being sound
- categoricalUnconditional and explicit
Barbara · figure · mood · contrapositive · hypothetical · disjunctive · universal · particular
One who contemplates
- analystOne who examines systematically
- reasonerOne who thinks logically
- philosopherStudent of fundamental questions
- scholarLearned, studious person
academic · theorist · dialectician · debater · rhetorician · sophist · intellectual · expert
Reasoned case or dispute
- logicScience of valid reasoning
- deductionConclusion from premises
- inferenceConclusion reached through reasoning
- propositionStatement expressing a judgment
assumption · axiom · theorem · proof · validity · soundness · fallacy · contradiction
Greek founder of formal logic
- OrganonSystematic method of inquiry
- LyceumAristotle's Athenian teaching grounds
- peripateticGiven to wandering about
- ancientVery old indeed
Greece · classics · philosopher · medieval · scholastic · trivium · founder · systematic
premise
Foundation for logical argument
- conclusionEnd or deduction
- inferenceConclusion reached through reasoning
- validityQuality of being sound
categorical · Barbara · figure · mood · contrapositive · hypothetical · disjunctive · universal · particular · affirmative
thinker
One who contemplates
- analystOne who examines systematically
- reasonerOne who thinks logically
- philosopherStudent of fundamental questions
scholar · academic · theorist · dialectician · debater · rhetorician · sophist · intellectual · expert · pedant
argument
Reasoned case or dispute
- logicScience of valid reasoning
- deductionConclusion from premises
- inferenceConclusion reached through reasoning
proposition · assumption · axiom · theorem · proof · validity · soundness · fallacy · contradiction · antecedent
Aristotle
Greek founder of formal logic
- OrganonSystematic method of inquiry
- LyceumAristotle's Athenian teaching grounds
- peripateticGiven to wandering about
ancient · Greece · classics · philosopher · medieval · scholastic · trivium · founder · systematic · historical
syllogistmystic
Seeker of sacred truth
dogmatist · believer · sentimentalist · irrationalist · obscurantist