Enthymemes

Question 1

What is an Enthymeme?

Answer 1

A syllogism that doesn’t contain both premises or the conclusion.

Question 2

What is a 1st Order Enthymeme?

Answer 2

A syllogism missing the major premise.

Question 3

What is a 2nd Order Enthymeme?

Answer 3

A syllogism missing the minor premise.

Question 4

What is a 3rd Order Enthymeme?

Answer 4

A syllogism missing the conclusion.

Question 5

What are the three kinds of Enthymemes?

Answer 5

The 1st, 2nd, and 3rd order Enthymemes.

Question 6

How do you use Enthymemes?

Answer 6

First, you either spot the enthymeme yourself or have the opponent state it, this will automatically show that the opposing arguement is false in some way.