Given the Following Sorites

question 260

Multiple Choice

Given the following sorites:
All H are D.
No D are N.
All N are A.
Some J are A.

Some J are not H.
This sorites is:

• A) Invalid because only one term in the conclusion is distributed.
• B) Invalid because it has more than two affirmative premises.
• C) Invalid because one of the middle terms is undistributed.
• D) Invalid because it draws a particular conclusion from three universal premises.
• E) Valid because it breaks no rules.

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