subsumption

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noun the premise of a syllogism that contains the minor term (which is the subject of the conclusion)
noun incorporating something under a more general category

Borrowed from Latin subsūmptiō, from subsūmere + -tiō, from sub- + sūmō (“to take”).

The subsumption of the condition of another possible judgement under the condition of the rule is the minor. — The Critique of Pure Reason, Immanuel Kant
The progress of science is constantly producing such subsumptions, and therefore giving a constantly wider inductive basis for scientific generalizations. — The Problems of Philosophy, Bertrand Russell

minor premise, minor premiss

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