Major Premise: If a Country Has a Participant Culture, Then

question 6

Multiple Choice

Major premise: If a country has a participant culture, then democracy in that country will be stable.
Minor premise: Democracy in country X is stable.
Conclusion: Therefore, country X has a participant culture.
What form (what type of categorical syllogism) does this argument take?

• A) affirming the antecedent
• B) denying the antecedent
• C) affirming the consequent
• D) denying the consequent

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