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Richard Daniel Altick. But if the subject and predicate terms are reversed in the major premise , X is no longer distributed and the inference is therefore invalid : ( 1 ) All Y is X ( that is , all examples of Y have the quality X ; but ...
Richard Daniel Altick. But if the subject and predicate terms are reversed in the major premise , X is no longer distributed and the inference is therefore invalid : ( 1 ) All Y is X ( that is , all examples of Y have the quality X ; but ...
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... major premise is exposed . Obviously it is untrue that all men who dress untidily are bachelors ; there must be some untidy men who have loving wives at home . Therefore the conclusion - that this man must be a bache- lor - is invalid ...
... major premise is exposed . Obviously it is untrue that all men who dress untidily are bachelors ; there must be some untidy men who have loving wives at home . Therefore the conclusion - that this man must be a bache- lor - is invalid ...
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... ( Major premise ) ( Minor premise ) ( Conclusion ) 2. ( Major premise ) ( Minor premise ) ( Conclusion ) 3. ( Major premise ) ( Minor premise ) ( Conclusion ) 4. ( Major premise ) ( Minor premise ) ( Conclusion ) 5. ( Major premise ) ...
... ( Major premise ) ( Minor premise ) ( Conclusion ) 2. ( Major premise ) ( Minor premise ) ( Conclusion ) 3. ( Major premise ) ( Minor premise ) ( Conclusion ) 4. ( Major premise ) ( Minor premise ) ( Conclusion ) 5. ( Major premise ) ...
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