CHAPTER SEVEN: SYLLOGISMS IN ORDINARY LANGUAGE 1. \"No physicians are poverty-st
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CHAPTER SEVEN: SYLLOGISMS IN ORDINARY LANGUAGE 1. "No physicians are poverty-stricken. Some residents of Chicago are MD's. Therefore, some Chicagoans are not poor." What, if anything, must be done to put this syllogism in the proper form to test it for validity? a. Nothing. It is perfectly valid as it is. b. The two terms in the conclusion are not represented exactly in the premises. "Residents of Chicago" needs to be replaced with "Chicagoans" and "poverty-stricken" with "poor." c. This syllogism contains six terms, three pairs of which are synonyms. All three pairs must be reduced to one term each. d. There is nothing that can be done to make this syllogism valid 2. "All logic professors are funny individuals. No businessman is a funny individual. Therefore, all businessmen are non-logic professors. Is this argument ready for testing, or does it need to be a. No. It is clearly valid as it is. b.The conclusion should be changed to its logically equivalent form, "No businessman is a logic professor." c.The conclusion should be changed to its logically equivalent form, "No non-logic professor is a d. This syllogism is clearly invalid. No further testing is necessary 3. Consider a syllogism with the premise "Some logic professors are unreasonable. What, if anything needs to be done to get it into standard form? a. Nothing needs to be done. The terms are "logic professors" and "unreasonable." b.Nothing can be done with this proposition because there are not really two different terms here. c. Both terms of this proposition must be rewritten to eliminate adjectives. However, when you do this the premise contains three terms, not two. d. The predicate term must be converted to a noun phrase, such as "unreasonable people."Explanation / Answer
1. The correct answer is Option C. This syllogism contains six terms, three pairs of which are synonymous.
2. The correct answer is Option B. The conclusion should be changed to “No businessman is a logic professor.”
3. The correct answer is Option A. Nothing needs to be done in this case.