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activity b - Hypothetical Syllogism Flashcards

1
Q

Classify the hypothetical syllogism below:

Either the explanation given is clear or ambiguous.

But the explanation given is clear;

Therefore, the explanation given is not ambiguous.

a.
Disjunctive

b.
Conditional

c.
Conjunctive

A

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The correct answer is:
Disjunctive

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Determine the valid process present in the hypothetical syllogism below:

If Bacon wrote Hamlet, then Bacon was a great writer.

Bacon was a great writer.

Therefore Bacon wrote Hamlet.

a.
Modus Ponens

b.
Modus Ponendo Tollens

c.
Modus Tollendo Ponens

d.
Modus Tollens

e.
Invalid Syllogism

A

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The correct answer is:
Invalid Syllogism

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Classify the hypothetical syllogism below:

If Alfred’s body temperature is rising, he has a fever.

It is rising.

So, he has a fever.

a.
Conditional

b.
Disjunctive

c.
Conjunctive

A

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The correct answer is:
Conditional

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Determine the valid process present in the hypothetical syllogism below:

If tyranny is a false system, it is dangerous.

It is not a false system.

Therefore, it is not dangerous.

a.
Invalid

b.
Modus Tollens

c.
Modus Tollendo Ponens

d.
Modus Ponendo Tollens

e.
Modus Ponens

A

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The correct answer is:
Invalid

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Determine the valid process present in the hypothetical syllogism below:

She was either arrogant or stupid.

She was not arrogant.

Therefore she was not stupid.

a.
Modus Tollens

b.
Invalid Syllogism

c.
Modus Ponendo Tollens

d.
Modus Tollendo Ponens

e.
Modus Ponens

A

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The correct answer is:
Invalid Syllogism

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Classify the hypothetical syllogism below:

Your bag is either red or blue;

But your bag is red;

Therefore your bag is not blue.

a.
Conjunctive

b.
Disjunctive

c.
Conditional

A

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The correct answer is:
Disjunctive

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Determine the valid process present in the hypothetical syllogism below:

Either Alfred ran away or got hit by a truck.

Alfred did not run away.

Therefore, Alfred got hit by a truck.

a.
Modus Tollens

b.
Modus Tollendo Ponens

c.
Modus Ponens

d.
Modus Ponendo Tollens

A

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The correct answer is:
Modus Tollendo Ponens

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Determine the valid process present in the hypothetical syllogism below:

If sex is not morally bad, it is allowed.

It is not allowed.

Therefore, it is morally bad.

a.
Modus Ponens

b.
Modus Tollens

c.
Modus Ponendo Tollens

d.
Modus Tollendo Ponens

A

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The correct answer is:
Modus Tollens

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Classify the hypothetical syllogism below:

The explanation of the creation of the universe is either scientific or biblical;

But the explanation of the creation of the universe is biblical;

Therefore the explanation of the creation of the universe is not scientific.

a.
Conditional

b.
Disjunctive

c.
Conjunctive

A

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The correct answer is:
Disjunctive

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10
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Classify the hypothetical syllogism below:

You cannot be watching TV and sleeping at the same time.

But you are watching TV;

Therefore, you are not sleeping.

a.
Disjunctive

b.
Conditional

c.
Conjunctive

A

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The correct answer is:
Conjunctive

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Determine the valid process present in the hypothetical syllogism below:

If you pass the bar exam, you will be a lawyer.

But you pass the bar exam.

Then, you are a lawyer.

a.
Modus Ponens

b.
Modus Tollens

c.
Modus Tollendo Ponens

d.
Modus Ponendo Tollens

A

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The correct answer is:
Modus Ponens

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Classify the hypothetical syllogism below:

Either you are drinking or you are praying;

But you are drinking;

Therefore, you are not praying.

a.
Disjunctive

b.
Conjunctive

c.
Conditional

A

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The correct answer is:
Disjunctive

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13
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Classify the hypothetical syllogism below:

Either evolution is a scientific truth or a scientific fraud.

But evolution is not a scientific fraud;

Then, evolution is a scientific truth.

a.
Conditional

b.
Conjunctive

c.
Disjunctive

A

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The correct answer is:
Disjunctive

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14
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Determine the valid process present in the hypothetical syllogism below:

God cannot be merciful and unforgiving.

But God is merciful;

Therefore, God is not unforgiving.

a.
Modus Ponendo Tollens

b.
Modus Tollens

c.
Modus Ponens

d.
Modus Tollendo Ponens

A

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The correct answer is:
Modus Ponendo Tollens

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Determine the valid process present in the hypothetical syllogism below:

Either Smith is in New York or Smith is in Paris.

Smith is in New York.

Therefore Smith is not in Paris.

a.
Modus Ponendo Tollens

b.
Modus Tollendo Ponens

c.
Modus Tollens

d.
Invalid Syllogism

e.
Modus Ponens

A

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The correct answer is:
Modus Ponendo Tollens

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Classify the hypothetical syllogism below:

His pen is blue, black, green or red.

But his pen is neither black nor green;

Therefore, his pen is either blue or red.

a.
Conditional

b.
Disjunctive

c.
Conjunctive

A

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The correct answer is:
Disjunctive

17
Q

Classify the hypothetical syllogism below:

If he has bone cancer, he is seriously ill.

But he has bone cancer.

Therefore, he is seriously ill.

a.
Disjunctive

b.
Conditional

c.
Conjunctive

A

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The correct answer is:
Conditional

18
Q

Determine the valid process present in the hypothetical syllogism below:

If the one-eyed prisoner saw two red hats, then he could tell the color of the hat on his own head.

The one-eyed prisoner could not tell the color of the hat on his own head.

Therefore the one-eyed prisoner did not see two red hats.

a.
Invalid Syllogism

b.
Modus Tollens

c.
Modus Tollendo Ponens

d.
Modus Ponens

e.
Modus Ponendo Tollens

A

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The correct answer is:
Modus Tollens

19
Q

Classify the hypothetical syllogism below:

If next month is December, then this month is November.

But next month is not December.

Therefore, this month is not November.

a.
Disjunctive

b.
Conditional

c.
Conjunctive

A

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The correct answer is:
Conditional

20
Q

Determine the valid process present in the hypothetical syllogism below:

If Carl embezzled the college funds, then Carl is guilty of a felony.

Carl did not embezzle the college funds.

Therefore Carl is not guilty of a felony.

a.
Modus Ponendo Tollens

b.
Modus Ponens

c.
Modus Tollens

d.
Modus Tollendo Ponens

e.
Invalid Syllogism

A

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The correct answer is:
Invalid Syllogism

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