Lexicon of Arguments

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Geach I 6
Distribution: an expression cannot occur in the conclusion, which has not occurred in the premises.
>Syllogism, >Premises, >Conclusion, >Inference, >Antecedent/consequent, cf. >Conservativity.
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ad I 54:
Salmon IV 106
Distribution/Salmon (external) : each categorical expression of a term of a syllogism must be distributed (refer to each individual in the domain).
E.g. All whales are mammals does not say anything about any whale but about any mammal.(1)
>Domain.

1. Wesley C. Salmon Logik, Stuttgart 1983, p. 106
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Geach I 102/3
Distribution/distributed "any" instead of "all" (cumulative).
>All/Geach.

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