"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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A) ?Cremation of the body on a wood fire B) ?Burial of the body in a coffin C) ?Permanent storage of the body in a tomb D) ?Setting the body adrift on a boat
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.Beech-Nut made a good business decision by passing off cheaper counterfeit liquid as apple juice
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
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.