But the true «Copernican'takes place when, instead of adding complications and changing minor premises, the basic framework itself undergoes a transformation. (nakedpastor.com)
Stated another way, if the audience accepts the major and minor premises as true, it must also accept the conclusion as true. (lawyerist.com)
On the Holocaust, for instance, asks McKenna, what if a free - thinking academic were to argue thus: «The Nazis did terrible things, but their mistake was in the minor premise. (firstthings.com)