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Selfridge Conway Method Assignment 2

The document outlines the instructions for Written Assignment #2 for Philosophy 1115, focusing on exercises from chapter 5 of the textbook. It includes specific tasks related to identifying quantities, qualities, and equivalences in various statements. Students are directed to complete the exercises without using Venn diagrams and are encouraged to refer to additional resources for assistance.

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Selfridge Conway Method Assignment 2

The document outlines the instructions for Written Assignment #2 for Philosophy 1115, focusing on exercises from chapter 5 of the textbook. It includes specific tasks related to identifying quantities, qualities, and equivalences in various statements. Students are directed to complete the exercises without using Venn diagrams and are encouraged to refer to additional resources for assistance.

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Philosophy 1115 Online

Written Assignment #2
Preliminary notes: Please read chapter 5, pp. 149-186, and read the
notes for chapter 5 for advice and further instruction. There are
several examples of how to do what it is you are about to be asked
to do both in the textbook and in the notes. Keep in mind that the
starred exercises in the textbook have their answers listed in the
back of the book. There are also videos on Canvas that offer
assistance. Directions: Complete each of the following exercises by
following the directions given in the textbook. [No Venn diagrams
are required for this assignment.] (2 points each)

1. p. 160, #3 (from Section 5.4)


Some recently identified unstable elements were not entirely
accidental discoveries.
Particular quantity, Negative quality, Undistributed subject,
Distributed predicate

2. p. 160, #6 (from Section 5.4)


All hard-line advocates of law and order at any cost are people who
will be remembered, if at all, only for having failed to understand
the major social pressures of the twenty-first century.
Universal quantity, Affirmative quality, Distributed subject,
Undistributed predicate

3. p. 160, #8 (from Section 5.4)


No harmful pesticides or chemical defoliants were genuine contributions to
the long-range agricultural goals of the nation.

Universal quantity, Negative quality, Distributed subject, Distributed


predicate
4. p. 169, A #3 (from Section 5.6)
Some overpriced and underpowered automobiles are European cars.
Yes, these are equivalent.

5. p. 169, A #4 (from Section 5.6)


No warm-blooded animals are reptiles.
These are equivalent statements.

6. p. 170, B #3 (from Section 5.6)


Some clergy are non-abstainers.
This is equivalent to the original statement.

7. p. 170, B #4 (from Section 5.6)


All geniuses are non-conformists.
This is equivalent to the original statement.

8. p. 170, C #2 (from Section 5.6)


Some non-officers are not non-soldiers.
These are equivalent.

9. p. 170, C #4 (from Section 5.6)


All objects more than four feet tall are objects weighing at least fifty
pounds.
These statements are equivalent.

10. p. 170, F #2 (from Section 5.6)


All saints were nonmartyrs.--False
11. p. 170, F #3 (from Section 5.6)
Some martyrs were saints.--True

12. p. 171, F #4 (from Section 5.6)


No saints were martyrs.--False

13. p. 171, F #6 (from Section 5.6)


Some nonmartyrs were saints.--Unknown

14. p. 171, F #7 (from Section 5.6)


Some saints were not nonmartyrs.--True

15. p. 171, F #8 (from Section 5.6)


No martyrs were saints.--False

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