Exam 6: Categorical Logic: Syllogisms

In "Some dogs are mammals," the subject term is distributed.

All enthymemes are valid.

Rewrite the following argument as a standard-form categorical syllogism; then identify its mood and figure: All professional wrestlers are good actors, because some good actors are not powerful athletes and all professional wrestlers are powerful athletes.

Rewrite the following argument as a standard-form categorical syllogism; then identify its mood and figure: No tragic actors are idiots. But some comedians are not idiots. So, some comedians are not tragic actors.

The figure of a standard-form categorical syllogism whose middle term is the subject term of the major premise and subject term of the minor premise would be

The mood of a standard-form categorical syllogism is an indicator of the position of the middle term in the premises.

The following categorical argument form has more than three terms: "Some non-P are non-M. All non-S are M. So, some S are not P." Reduce the terms to three by removing term-complements via applications of conversion, obversion, and/or contraposition.

To show that an area of a Venn diagram is empty, we use an "x" in that area.

An enthymeme is an argument with a

Which of the following is not a feature of standard-form sorites?

Put the following categorical syllogism into standard form and identify its mood and figure. Some diamonds are not precious stones and some carbon compounds are not diamonds. Thus, some carbon compounds are not precious stones.

The only relationship on the Square of Opposition that both Aristotelian and modern logicians accept is contradictories.

A sorites is a chain of syllogisms in which the final conclusion is stated but the subconclusions are unstated.

Put the following categorical syllogism into standard form and identify its mood and figure. Some calyculated planets are high-orbiting satellites. But some zoantharians are calyculated planets, since some high-orbiting satellites are zoantharians.

In a standard-form categorical syllogism, the conclusion always comes last.

An enthymeme is an argument that

The Venn diagram representation of "Some sailors are pirates" is which of the following?

The form of a categorical syllogism is completely specified by

Put the following categorical syllogism into standard form and identify its mood and figure. No Shoshoneans are Tylezian mud-dobbers, but all Shoshoneans are quixotic members of the Uto-Aztecan phylum. So, some Tylezian mud-dobbers are quixotic members of the Uto-Aztecan phylum.

Which of the following categorical syllogisms is in standard form?