The basis of Aristotelian logic, and arguably of all Western philosophical thought, is the syllogism. It states, simply, that if A equals B and B equals C, then A equals C. And what was foundational ...

Following H. T. Colebrooke's 1824 'discovery' of the Hindu syllogism, his term for the five-step inference schema in the "Nyāya-sūtra," European logicians and historians of philosophy demonstrated ...

Syllogism is quite frequently seen in most competitive exams making it an integral part of the preparation strategy for candidates to score better. To attempt a question based on syllogism, one needs ...