INSTRUCTIONS: Select the answer that best characterizes each immediate inference. Adopt the Aristotelian standpoint for these problems. It is false that some rare coins are worthless collectibles. Therefore, it is false that all rare coins are worthless collectibles
A) Invalid, illicit conversion.
B) Invalid, illicit subcontrary.
C) Invalid, illicit contrary.
D) Invalid, illicit subalternation.
E) Valid.
E
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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. Some A are not non-B. (T) Conversion
A) Some B are not non-A. (Und.) B) Some non-B are not A. (T) C) Some B are not non-A. (T) D) All A are non-B. (F) E) Some non-B are not A. (Und.)
Consider this argument
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Deductive Standard
What will be an ideal response?