Can an Argument Have More Than One Disjunctive Premise

question 146

Multiple Choice

Can an argument have more than one disjunctive premise?

• A)Yes, because sometimes more than one disjunctive proposition is required to express a large number of possibilities.
• B)Yes, there is no limit to the number of disjunctive premises.
• C)Yes, because there must be one disjunctive premise for every categorical premise.
• D)No, because that would require the argument to have two different conclusions.
• E)No, because only one disjunct can be true, so every disjunctive premise after the first would consist entirely of false disjuncts.

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