The premise "No tigers are vegetarians" is a negative proposition.

Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)


True

A premise in a categorical syllogism is negative if it claims that some group of things lacks some quality, or if it claims that no group of things has some quality. In other words, propositions of the form "Some S are not P" and "No S are P" are negative propositions.

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INSTRUCTIONS: In each problem below you are given a statement, its truth value in parentheses, and an operation/relation to be performed on that statement. You must identify the new statement and the truth value of the new statement. Adopt the Aristotelian standpoint and assume that 'A' and 'B' denote things that actually exist. All non-A are B. (F) Subalternation

A) All non-B are A. (F) B) No non-A are B. (Und.) C) Some non-A are B. (F) D) Some non-A are not B. (T) E) Some non-A are B. (Und.)

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Tolstoy believed that if death was simply annihilation then life had no meaning

a. True b. False

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The philosopher who differed from Confucius by emphasizing that humans should practice love was

a. Han Feizi. b. Mozi. c. Mengzi. d. Xunzi.

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