Given the Following Syllogism

question 233

Multiple Choice

Given the following syllogism:
No unicorns are mules.
All unicorns are animals.

Some animals are not mules.
This syllogism:

• A) Is valid from both the Boolean and Aristotelian standpoints.
• B) Is valid from the Boolean standpoint only.
• C) Commits the existential fallacy from the Boolean standpoint only.
• D) Commits the existential fallacy from both standpoints.
• E) Commits the existential fallacy from the Aristotelian standpoint only.

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Definitions:

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Too Little Consumption

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Nonexcludable

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