Suppose That the First Premise of a Disjunctive Syllogism Is

question 152

Multiple Choice

Suppose that the first premise of a disjunctive syllogism is the disjunctive premise.Could the second premise ever be affirmative, without committing the fallacy of affirming a disjunct?

• A)No, because it is only permissible to deny one of the disjuncts, and an affirmative proposition cannot do that.
• B)No, because no affirmative proposition has a distributed predicate term.
• C)Yes, but only if every disjunct is negative.
• D)Yes, because one of the disjuncts could be affirmative.
• E)Yes, because one of the disjuncts could be negative.

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