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Title: Consider the following syllogism: Premise 1: All dogs are cats. Premise 2: All cats say meow. ...
Post by: tere on Mar 19, 2018
Consider the following syllogism: Premise 1: All dogs are cats. Premise 2: All cats say meow. Conclusion: Therefore, all dogs say meow. Which statement below describes this syllogism?
 
  a. Both premises are valid
  b. The conclusion is valid
  c. The conclusion is not valid
  d. The conclusion is true

Question 2

Consider the following syllogism: All cats are birds. All birds have wings. All cats have wings. This syllogism is
 
  a. valid.
  b. invalid.
  c. true.
  d. both valid and true.

Question 3

Consider the following syllogism: If it's a robin then it is a bird. It is a bird. Therefore, it is a robin. In the example above, Therefore, it is a robin is a of a syllogism.
 
  a. premise; categorical
  b. conclusion; categorical
  c. premise; conditional
  d. conclusion; conditional


Title: Consider the following syllogism: Premise 1: All dogs are cats. Premise 2: All cats say meow. ...
Post by: davomuja on Mar 19, 2018
Answer to q. 1

b

Answer to q. 2

a

Answer to q. 3

d