sorindeia

[Name not explained.] Bot.: A genus of Anacardiaceae, from Tropical Africa and Madagascar. Sorindeia madagascarien sis , cultivated in India and the Mauritius, has drupaceous eatable fruit on the stem as well as on the branches. sör-i-tēs, s. [Lat., from Gr.sõreitēs = heaped up; hence, a heap of syllogisms, from soros =a heap.] Logic : A series of elliptic syllogisms, i . e., syllogisms in which the conclusion of all but the last is omitted; a series of syllogisms stated in a series of propositions so linked together that the predicate of each one that precedes forms the subject of each one that follows, till a conclusion is formed by bringing together the subject of the first proposition and the predicate of the last. A sorites has as many middle terms as there are intermediate propositions between the first and the last; and, consequently, it may be drawn out into as many separate and independent syllogisms. There are two forms, the Aristo tel i an and the Goclenian. "In the Goclenian Sorites extension is made more prominent by starting with the premise which has the two widest terms; in the common form intension predominates, as the narrower terms precede. The former descends in extension from the predicate of the conclusion; the latter ascends in intension, from the subject. The Goclenian form suits deduction best; the common, or Aristo tel i an form, induction. The Goclenian descends from law to fact; the common ascends from fact to law. GOCLENIAN SORITES. Sentient beings seek happine , All finite beings are sentient, All men are finite beings, Caius is a man; Therefore he seeks happine . ARISTO TEL I AN SORITES. Caius is a man, All men are finite beings, All finite beings are sentient, All sentient beings seek happine ; Therefore Caius seeks happine ." Thomson: Outlines of Laws of Thought , § 108.