ratiocination - the proposition arrived at by logical reasoning (such as the proposition that must follow from the major and minor premises of a syllogism)syllogism - deductive reasoning in which a conclusion is derived from two premises proposition - (logic) a statement that affirms or denies something and is either true or false major term - the term in a syllogism that is the predicate of the conclusion minor term - the term in a syllogism that is the subject of the conclusion |