Is There More Than One Way to Formalize the Following

question 148

Multiple Choice

Is there more than one way to formalize the following argument? It rains whenever a mass of hot, humid air collides with a high-pressure mass of colder air.Since it has been hot and muggy, and a cold front is moving in from the west, I expect it will rain.

• A)Yes, since it could easily be formalized either as a hypothetical syllogism or as a categorical syllogism.
• B)Yes, since there is never any reason to prefer formalizing any argument as categorical, disjunctive, or hypothetical.
• C)Yes, but the argument is only valid if it is formalized as categorical.In any other interpretation, it would be invalid.
• D)No, because the conclusion is true, and arguments with true conclusions can only be formalized in one way.
• E)No, because any given argument can only be properly formalized in exactly one way.

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