Paper 1 · Logical Reasoning
The proposition which is affirmed on the basis of the premises is called the
AMajor term
BConcept
CConclusion ✓ Correct
DSyllogism
Correct answer: (C) Conclusion — The conclusion is affirmed on the basis of the premises, so that is the answer.
Explanation
★The conclusion is affirmed on the basis of the premises, so that is the answer.
★In any argument the conclusion is the claim the premises are meant to establish.
★The premises give the grounds; the conclusion is what follows from them.
★The major term is a part of a syllogism, not the derived proposition.
★A syllogism is a whole argument form, not the affirmed proposition.
★So the proposition affirmed on the basis of premises is the conclusion.
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