Reconstruct the following as a standard-form syllogism, and determine whether it is valid.All comets that are easily visible are taken as supernatural appearances by religious cults, and the Hale-Bopp comet was the brightest, easiest-to-see comet of a generation. So it was easy to conclude that the cults would make a big, supernatural deal out of it.
What will be an ideal response?
V = easily visible comets; H = comets identical with Hale-Bopp; C = objects that religious cults consider an appearance of the supernatural.
All V are C.
All H are V.
Therefore, all H are C.
Valid.
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