Introduction to Logic solution – Identify the subject and predicate terms in

EXAMPLE 1

Particular affirmative propositions.

Subject: Some historians

Predicate: extremely gifted writers

 

EXAMPLE 2

Universal negative propositions

Subject: athletes who have ever accepted pay for participating in sports

Predicate: amateurs

 

EXAMPLE 3

Universal negative propositions

Subject: dogs that are without pedigrees

Predicate: candidates for blue ribbons

 

EXAMPLE 4

Universal affirmative propositions

Subject: All satellites that are currently in orbit less than ten thousand miles high

Predicate: very delicate devices

 

EXAMPLE 5

Particular negative propositions

Subject: Some members of families that are rich and famous

Predicate: persons of either wealth or distinction

 

EXAMPLE 6

Particular negative propositions

Subject: Some paintings produced by artists who are universally recognized as masters

Predicate: works of genuine merit that either are or deserve to be preserved in museums and made available to the public

 

EXAMPLE 7

Universal affirmative propositions

Subject: All drivers of automobiles that are not safe

Predicate: desperadoes who threaten the lives of their fellows

 

EXAMPLE 8

Particular affirmative propositions

Subject: Some politicians who could not be elected to the most minor positions

Predicate: officials

 

EXAMPLE 9

Particular negative propositions

Subject: Some drugs that are very effective when properly administered

Predicate: safe remedies that all medicine cabinets should contain

 

EXAMPLE 10

Universal negative propositions

Subject: people who have not themselves done creative work in the arts

Predicate: critics on whose judgment we can rely

 

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