Given the Following Syllogism

question 130

Multiple Choice

Given the following syllogism:
All flying elephants are pachyderms.

This syllogism is:

• A) Invalid from both the Boolean and the Aristotelian standpoint.
• B) Valid from the Boolean standpoint and invalid from the Aristotelian standpoint.
• C) Valid from both the Boolean and the Aristotelian standpoints.
• D) Valid from the Aristotelian standpoint on condition pachyderms exist.
• E) Valid from the Aristotelian standpoint and invalid from the Boolean standpoint.

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