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No
x

are
y
.

 

Hence proposed Conclusion is right.

4.

Some epicures are ungenerous;

All my uncles are generous.

    My uncles are not epicures.

Univ.
“persons”;
m
 = generous;
x
 = epicures;
y
 = my uncles.

 

Some
x
are
m

.

All
y
are
m
.

  All
y
are
x

.

 


Some
x
are
y

.

 

Hence proposed Conclusion is wrong, the right one being “Some epicures are not uncles of mine.”

5.

Gold is heavy;

Nothing but gold will silence him.

    Nothing light will silence him.

Univ.
“things”;
m
 = gold;
x
 = heavy;
y
 = able to silence him.

 

All
m
are
x
;

No
m

are
y
.

  No
x

are
y
.

 


No
x

are
y
.

 

Hence proposed Conclusion is right.

6.

Some healthy people are fat;

No unhealthy people are strong.

    Some fat people are not strong.

Univ.
“persons”;
m
 = healthy;
x
 = fat;
y
 = strong.

 

Some
m
are
x
;

No
m

are
y
.

  Some
x
are
y

.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

There is no Conclusion.

 

§ 3.

Method of Subscripts.

SL4-B
Solutions for § 4.

  1.
mx

0

m

1
y

0
    ¶
x
′y′
0
    [Fig.
I.

    i.e.
“No
x

are
y

.”

  2.
m
′x
0

m
′y′
1
    ¶
x
′y′
1
    [Fig.
II.

    i.e.
“Some
x

are
y

.”

  3.
m

1
x

0

m

1
y
0
    ¶
xy

1
    [Fig.
III.

    i.e.
“Some
x
are
y

.”

  4.
x
′m′
0

y

1
m

0
    ¶ nothing.

    [Fallacy of Like Eliminands not asserted to exist.]

  5.
mx

1

ym
0
    ¶
x
′y′
1
    [Fig.
II.

    i.e.
“Some
x

are
y

.”

  6.
x
′m
0

my
0
    ¶ nothing.

    [Fallacy of Like Eliminands not asserted to exist.]

  7.
mx

0

y
′m
1
    ¶
xy

1
    [Fig.
II.

    i.e.
“Some
x
are
y

.”

  8.
m

1
x
0

m
′y
0
    ¶
x
′y′
1
    [Fig.
III.

    i.e.
“Some
x

are
y

.”

  9.
x
′m′
1

my
0
    ¶ nothing.

    [Fallacy of Unlike Eliminands with an Entity-Premiss.]

10.
x
1
m

0

y

1
m
0
    ¶
x
1
y

0

y

1
x
0
    [Fig.
I (β).

    i.e.
“All
x
are
y
, and all
y

are
x

.”

11.
mx
0

y

1
m
0
    ¶ nothing.

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