In a square of opposition, if 'No animals with horns are carnivores' is false, which of the following is the correct code?
codes:
A. 'Some animals with horns are carnivores' is true.
B. 'Some animals with horns are not carnivores' is true.
C. 'All animals with horns are carnivores' is false
D. 'All the animals with horns are carnivores' is undermined.
A and D Only
In the traditional square of opposition, the four standard-form propositions about a subject-predicate pair are: A (universal affirmative, 'All S are P'), E (universal negative, 'No S are P'), I (particular affirmative, 'Some S are P'), and O (particular negative, 'Some S are not P').
Here S = 'animals with horns' and P = 'carnivores', and we are told the E proposition 'No animals with horns are carnivores' is false.
E and I are contradictories: they cannot both be true and cannot both be false - exactly one of them must be true. Since E is false, its contradictory I ('Some animals with horns are carnivores') must be true. This confirms code A.
A and E are contraries: they cannot both be true, but they can both be false. Knowing only that E is false does not by itself fix the truth value of A ('All animals with horns are carnivores') - it could be true or it could be false. So the truth value of the A proposition remains logically undetermined, which confirms code D.
I and O are subcontraries: they cannot both be false, but they can both be true. Since I has already been established as true, this relation places no constraint that would make O ('Some animals with horns are not carnivores') definitely true - O's truth value is likewise left undetermined, so code B (claiming O is definitely true) is incorrect.
Code C claims the A proposition is definitely false, but as shown above the contrary relation only tells us A and E cannot both be true; it does not force A to be false whenever E is false, so code C is also incorrect.
Therefore, only codes A and D validly follow from the falsity of the E proposition, making A and D only the correct answer.
Which of the following statements is contrary to the statement- "No football players are kind-hearted human beings"?
If the statement-"Some athletes are kind human beings" is given as true, then which of the following statements can be immediately inferred to be false?
Which of the following statements are logically equivalent?
A. Some cricketers are kind men.
B. Some kind men are cricketers.
C. Some cricketers are not non-kind men.
D. Some non-kind men are not non-cricketers.
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As per square of opposition, if the statement- "All apes are mammals" is given as true, which of the following statements can be immediately inferred to be false?
A. No apes are mammals.
B. Some apes are mammals.
C. Some mammals are apes.
D. Some apes are not mammals.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Which of the following statements are logically equivalent?
A. Some apes are not non-monkeys.
B. Some monkeys are not non-apes.
C. Some monkeys are apes.
D. Some apes are monkeys.
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If the statement, 'Some animals are not ferocious' is given as true, then which of the following could be immediately inferred from it:
A. 'All animals are ferocious' is undetermined
B. 'Some animals are ferocious' is false
C. 'No animals are ferocious' is undetermined
D. 'All animals are ferocious' is false
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In Classical Square of Opposition, if 'Some S is not P' is true then which of the following could be immediately inferred from it?
A. 'Some S is P' is false
B. 'All S is P' is false
C. 'No S is P' is undetermined
D. 'Some S is P' is undetermined
E. 'All S is P' is undetermined
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
If the statement "All women are honest" is given as true, what could be immediately inferred from the following?
(A) 'No women are honest' is false
(B) 'Some women are not honest' is true
(C) 'Some women are not honest' is false
(D) 'Some women are honest' is true
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