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major premise

The premise of a syllogism that contains the major term.

The major premise of a categorical syllogism is the premise containing the major term (the conclusion's predicate). In standard form it is listed first.

Examples

  • "All poets are dreamers" is the major premise of the poets syllogism.

See also

minor premise major term
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