Premise

A premise is a statement that is assumed to be true. Formal logic uses a set of premises and syllogisms to arrive at a conclusion.

See also

Conclusion, Deduction, Logic, Propositional Calculus, Syllogism

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Weisstein, Eric W., with contributions by David Terr. "Premise." From MathWorld--A Wolfram Resource. https://mathworld.wolfram.com/Premise.html

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