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1、CategoricalSyllogismExerciseIdentifymajor,minor,andmiddleterms,mood,andfigureAllozonemoleculesaregoodabsorbersofUVlight.Allozonemoleculesarethingsdestroyedbychlorine.Therefore,somethingsdestroyedbychlorinearegoodabsorbersofUVlight.Majorterm:goodabsorbersofUVlightMinorterm:things
2、destroyedbychlorineMiddleterm:ozonemoleculeMood-figure:AAI-3;invalidunderBooleanstandpoint,validunderAristotelianone.ConstructasyllogismAnEIO-2syllogismwiththeseterms:major:fansofTwins;minor:loversofgoodmusic;middle:personscapableofindependentthinking.NofansofTwinsarepersonscapa
3、bleofindependentthinking.Someloversofgoodmusicarepersonscapableofindependentthinking.SomeloversofgoodmusicarenotfansofTwins.UseVenndiagramstodeterminevalidityNoAIDSvictimsarepersonswhoposeanimmediatethreattothelivesofothers.SomekindergartenchildrenareAIDSvictims.Therefore,someki
4、ndergartenchildrenarenotpersonswhoposeanimmediatethreattothelivesofothers.Noconcertosaresymphonies.Nosymphoniesarestringquartets.Therefore,nostringquartetsareconcertos.UseVenndiagramstoseewhetheravalidconclusioncanbedrawnfrompremisesSomeParenotM.AllMareS.SomeParenotM.AllSareM.Al
5、lPareM.AllSareM.ReducethenumberoftermsanduseVenndiagramtotestvalidityNocasesofAIDSareinfectionseasilycurablebydrugs,sincealldiseasesthatinfectthebrainareinfectionsnoteasilycurablebydrugs,andalldiseasesthatdonotinfectthebrainarecasesotherthanAIDS.AllDarenon-I.(obversion)NoDareI.A
6、llnon-Darenon-C.(contraposition)AllCareD.NoCareI.NoCareI.ValidTranslateintostandardformanduseVenndiagramtotestvalidityWherevericebergsarepresent,threatstoshippingexist.IcebergsarenotpresentintheSouthPacific.Hence,therearenothreatstoshippingintheSouthPacific.Supplythemissingpropo
7、sitionintheenthymemeandconvertitintoavalidargumentAnydrasticdeclineinanimallifeiscauseforalarm,andthecurrentdeclineinfrogsandtoadsisdrastic.AlloftheoperasexceptMozart’swerewellperformed,andCarmenwasnotwrittenbyMozart.Whereverwaterexists,humanlifecanbesustained,andwaterexistsonth
8、emoon.Converttheenthymemesintothestandardformso