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WorksheetsPHIL 109 4/30/24
Total questions: 4
Worksheet time: 2mins
What is the middle term in the following syllogism?
All students at MSU are students at an HBCU.
Hakeem is a student at MSU.
Hakeem is a student at and HBCU.
Students at MSU
Students at an HBCU
Hakeem
Given the following conclusion, "All squares are rectangles," and the given premise, "All shapes with four right angles are rectangles," what is the middle term?
Squares
Rectangles
Shapes with four right angles
Cannot identify middle term without both premises.
What is the major term in the following syllogism?
All shapes with four right are rectangles.
All squares have four right angles.
All squares are rectangles.
Shapes with four right angles
Squares
Rectangles
If the following syllogism is invalid, why is it invalid?
No virtuous person mocks other people.
All virtuous people are caring people.
No caring person mocks other people.
Invalid, undistributed middle term
Invalid, illicit minor term
Invalid, illicit major term
Valid
