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"University of Scranton students are intelligent, wealthy, good looking, pious, friendly, and
human; therefore U. of S. students are human." is an example of:
{ 1 } - an invalid inference.
{ 2 } - disjuncitive syllogism.
{ 3 } - modus ponens.
{ 4 } - simplification.
{ 5 } - modus tollens.
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1 is wrong. Please try again.
"University of Scranton students are intelligent, wealthy, good looking, pious, friendly, and
human; therefore U. of S. students are human." is an example of:
{ 1 } - an invalid inference.
{ 2 } - disjuncitive syllogism.
{ 3 } - modus ponens.
{ 4 } - simplification.
{ 5 } - modus tollens.
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2 is wrong. Please try again.
"University of Scranton students are intelligent, wealthy, good looking, pious, friendly, and
human; therefore U. of S. students are human." is an example of:
{ 1 } - an invalid inference.
{ 2 } - disjuncitive syllogism.
{ 3 } - modus ponens.
{ 4 } - simplification.
{ 5 } - modus tollens.
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3 is wrong. Please try again.
"University of Scranton students are intelligent, wealthy, good looking, pious, friendly, and
human; therefore U. of S. students are human." is an example of:
{ 1 } - an invalid inference.
{ 2 } - disjuncitive syllogism.
{ 3 } - modus ponens.
{ 4 } - simplification.
{ 5 } - modus tollens.
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4 is correct!
"University of Scranton students are intelligent, wealthy, good looking, pious, friendly, and
human; therefore U. of S. students are human." is an example of:
{ 1 } - an invalid inference.
{ 2 } - disjuncitive syllogism.
{ 3 } - modus ponens.
{ 4 } - simplification.
{ 5 } - modus tollens.
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5 is wrong. Please try again.
"University of Scranton students are intelligent, wealthy, good looking, pious, friendly, and
human; therefore U. of S. students are human." is an example of:
{ 1 } - an invalid inference.
{ 2 } - disjuncitive syllogism.
{ 3 } - modus ponens.
{ 4 } - simplification.
{ 5 } - modus tollens.
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