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Term: 
Immediate Inference
Quote: 

A complete argument, with only one premiss, is called an immediate inference. Example: All crows are black birds; therefore, all crows are birds.

Source: 
Peirce, C. S. (1880). On the Algebra of Logic. American Journal of Mathematics, 3, 15-57.
References: 
W 4:168; CP 3.169
Date of Quote: 
1880
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