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Logic
In the following categorical propositions identify the quantifier, subject term, copula, and predicate
term.
2. No persons who live near airports are persons who appreciate the noise of jets.
3. All oil-based paints are products that contribute significantly to photochemical smog.
4. Some preachers who are intolerant of others’ beliefs are not television evangelists.
5. All trials in which a coerced confession is read to the jury are trials in which a guilty verdict can be
reversed.
7. No sex education courses that are taught competently are programs that are currently eroding public
morals.
8. Some universities that emphasize research are not institutions that neglect undergraduate education.
Exercises 1 through 6 provide a statement, its truth value in parentheses, and an operation to be
performed on that statement. Supply the new statement and the truth value of the new statement.
Exercises 7 through 12 provide a statement, its truth value in parentheses, and a new statement.
Determine how the new statement was derived from the given statement and supply the truth value of
the new statement.
10. No non-A are B. (F) ______ All non-A are non-B. _____
11. Some non-A are not B. (T) ______ Some non-B are not A. _____
12. Some A are non-B. (F) ______ Some non-B are A. _____
1. Convert the following propositions and state whether the converse is logically equivalent or not
logically equivalent to the given proposition.
c. Some murals by Diego Rivera are works that celebrate the revolutionary spirit.
2. Obvert the following propositions and state whether the obverse is logically equivalent or not logically
equivalent to the given proposition.
a. All radically egalitarian societies are societies that do not preserve individual liberties.
c. Some college football coaches are persons who do not slip money to their players.
3. Contrapose the following propositions and state whether the contrapositive is logically equivalent or
not logically equivalent to the given proposition.
a. All physicians whose licenses have been revoked are physicians ineligible to practice.
c. Some politicians who do not defend Social Security are politicians who do not want to increase taxes.