Some Materialist Empiricists Are Either Libertarians or Hard Determinists

question 298

Multiple Choice

Some materialist empiricists are either libertarians or hard determinists. But no empiricist is a hard determinist. So some materialists are libertarians.
-Which of the following claims can also be derived from the premises of this argument?

• A) (∃x)[(Mx • Ex) • (Lx • ∼Dx)]
• B) (∀x)∼Dx
• C) (∀x)Ex
• D) (∃x) ∼Lx
• E) (∀x)∼Lx

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