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ADMU COLLEGE OF LAW

Midterm ExanliElatiOns,2nd Sem 2013 2014
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A y.Joaquin P Obieti
January 20,2014

\[hat is a categorical proposition?

2) What is a categorical syllogism?

3) when is a categorical proposition said to be invalid?
4) when is a standardform categorical syllogism saidto be true?
5) what is meant by the formal nature of syllogistic arguments?

II.a)

b)

Using professor as subject term and lousy dresser as predicate term, write
the four standard form categorical propositions and tagilabel each one with
the proper letter nlme.
If the particular negative of the above is FALSE, what is the truth or falsity
of each of the three other propositions?

m. If "Some merchants are not pirates" is true, what may be inferred about the

truth or falsehood of the following propositions? Tirat is, which could be

known to be true, which known to be false, and which would be

undetermined?
(a) No pirates are merchants.
(b) Some nonmerchants are nonpirates.
(c) Some nonpirates are not nonmerchants.
(d) No merchants are pirates.

IV.Teste

validity of each of the f0110wing syl10gistic fO11..s by means Of a

Venn diagram.

1)A -1

2)EIO-2

3)A00-3

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4)AAA-4

5)EAO-2

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V.

Answer the following questions by applying the six rules for standard-form
syllogisnrs. The questions, as crafted, do not require you to make a schema in
order to arrive at the correct answer. Study.the question carefully before you
answer. Explain your answer very briefly, preferably in one sentence.

l) In one sentence, explain why EAE-3 does not commit the fallacy of
undistributed middle.

2) Why can none of the following syllogistic forms commit the fallacy of
illicit minor? (AEO-I, AOO-2, AAI-3, AII-4)
3)

Why can none of the following syllogistic forms commit the fallacy

illicit major? (AIA-I

of

AIA-2, AII-3, AII-4)

4) Which of these four syllogistic forms commits the existential fallacy?

(IIO-I

, rr&-2, OIO-3, EAO-4)

5) Which of these five syllogistic forms commit the fallacy of four terms?
(EEE-I, OOO-2, EEE-3, OOO-4, EEA_I)

VI. For each of the four arguments below [separate

page f<rr each argment!]

(a) Translate the argument into standard form.

(b) Name the mood and figure of its standard form translation.
(c) Test its validity by a Venn diagram.
(d) If it is invalid, name the fallacy it commits.

(1) uNot all is gold that glitters,for some base metals glitter, and gold is not
a base metal".

(2)

"Although he complains whenever he is sick, his health is excellent, so

he wont complain."

(3) "AIl syllogisms having two negative premises are invalid. Some vulid
syllogkms are sound, Therefore some unsound arguments are
syllogisms having two negative premises.,

(4) "All

who v,ere penniless were convicted Some of the gailty were

acquitted. Therefore some who had monsy were not innocenl',

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