Given the Following Syllogism

question 324

Multiple Choice

Given the following syllogism:
All unicorns are horses.

This syllogism is:

• A) Valid from the Aristotelian standpoint only.
• B) Invalid from both the Boolean and the Aristotelian standpoints.
• C) Valid from the Boolean standpoint only.
• D) Valid from both the Boolean and the Aristotelian standpoints.
• E) Conditionally valid from the Aristotelian standpoint.

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Definitions:

External

Situated outside, coming from outside, or relating to an outer part or aspect of something.

Representativeness Heuristic

A mental shortcut where the likelihood of an object belonging to a category is judged based on how typical the object seems of that category.

Ease of Retrieval Effect

A cognitive bias where people judge an event to be more likely or frequent if examples of it come to mind easily.

Primacy Effect

The tendency to remember information at the beginning of a list better than the information that follows.