"All writers earn meager salaries. Since Stendhal was a writer, it follows that he also earned a meager salary" is

A) valid B) invalid


A

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For Kant, the one thing in the world that is good without qualification is a good will

Indicate whether the statement is true or false.

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Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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INSTRUCTIONS: Select the answer that best characterizes each immediate inference. Adopt the Aristotelian standpoint for these problems. Some happy endings are not unplanned outcomes. Therefore, some planned outcomes are not unhappy endings

A) Valid, no fallacy. B) Invalid, illicit conversion. C) Invalid, illicit contraposition. D) Invalid, illicit obversion. E) Invalid, illicit subcontrary.

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