Identify the proposition in a categorical syllogism that is represented by the Venn diagram.
A. "All S are P."
B. "Some S are P."
C. "Some S are not P."
D. "No S are P."
Answer: A
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A. simple peasant. B. noble person. C. teacher. D. businessman.
INSTRUCTIONS: The following problems relate to identifying and evaluating inductive and deductive arguments. Select the best answer for each. Adrian's car has a flat tire. Someone must have slashed it with a knife
A) Deductive, valid. B) Deductive, unsound. C) Inductive, strong. D) Deductive, invalid. E) Inductive, weak.
According to Aristotle, what made Oedipus Rex and Medea great works of art was that
A) ?they were outstanding examples of the Dionysian type of art. B) ?they made us aware of the gap between the transcendent reality of the forms of beauty and goodness and the real world. C) ?their characters and plots effectively evoked and cleansed their audiences of basic emotions such as fear and pity. D) ?they taught people that the material world was passing away and so was of little value.
Consider "M v L, (M ? I) ? (L ? I).•. I ? (M ? L)" In the truth table for determining the validity of this formula, which truth values go in the column under M on the left-hand side --assuming that the propositional letters are listed
in the order in which they appear in the formula? A) TTFFTTFF B) FF C) TTTTFFFF D) TFTF