If We Assume the Traditional View of Existential Import, Why

question 52

Multiple Choice

If we assume the traditional view of existential import, why is the following syllogism invalid? All premeditated crimes are serious crimes.
Some serious crimes are not murders.
Some murders are not premeditated crimes.

• A)undistributed middle
• B)illicit major term
• C)illicit minor term
• D)two negative premises
• E)negative premise with affirmative conclusion, or negative conclusion with no negative premise

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