連れん鎖さ式しき

noun

sorites; chain argument

Technical term in logic for a chain of syllogisms where the predicate of each premise becomes the subject of the next, leading to a conclusion that links the first subject and the last predicate.

• 連れん鎖さ式しきは、複ふく数すうの三さん段だん論ろん法ぽうを連れん結けつした推すい論ろん形けい式しきである。

  A sorites is a form of reasoning that links multiple syllogisms together.