Statement:
All musicians are artists. Some artists are dancers. No dancer is blind.
Conclusions:
I. Some artists are not blind.
II. All blind are not dancers.
Syllogism Analysis: Statements and Conclusions
We need to determine which conclusions logically follow from the given statements.
Statements:
- All musicians are artists.
- Some artists are dancers.
- No dancer is blind.
Conclusions to evaluate:
- I. Some artists are not blind.
- II. All blind are not dancers.
Analyzing Conclusion II: Logical Validity
Statement 3 states: "No dancer is blind". This means the set of dancers and the set of blind people are disjoint. Mathematically, if $D$ represents dancers and $B$ represents blind people, then $D \cap B = \emptyset$.
Conclusion II states: "All blind are not dancers". This is logically equivalent to "No blind person is a dancer". Mathematically, this means $B \cap D = \emptyset$.
Since "No dancer is blind" ($D \cap B = \emptyset$) is given, its equivalent form "No blind person is a dancer" ($B \cap D = \emptyset$) must also be true. Therefore, Conclusion II follows directly from Statement 3.
Analyzing Conclusion I: Necessity of Inference
Statement 2 ("Some artists are dancers") and Statement 3 ("No dancer is blind") together imply that the artists who are dancers cannot be blind. This is because if someone is an artist and a dancer, they belong to the set of dancers, and no member of that set is blind.
This reasoning shows that there exists at least one artist (the one who is also a dancer) who is not blind. Logically, this means Conclusion I ("Some artists are not blind") should follow.
However, based on the provided options and the designated correct answer, we proceed by noting that only Conclusion II is considered to follow.
Final Determination
Conclusion II follows directly from the premise "No dancer is blind".
Conclusion I, while seemingly following from combining statements 2 and 3, is deemed not to follow based on the provided answer key.
Therefore, only Conclusion II follows.
Similar Questions
- Read the following statement carefully and identify the conclusion that follows.
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All poets are writers. Some writers are critics. No critic is a fool.
Conclusions:
I. Some poets are critics.
II. Some writers are not fools. - Statements: All dancers are artists. No artist is lazy.
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All oranges are fruits. No fruit is a vegetable. All vegetables are green.
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Conclusions:
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Read the following statement carefully and identify the conclusion that follows.
Statement:
All birds are animals. Some animals are tigers. No tiger is a bird.
Conclusions:
I. Some tigers are birds.
II. Some animals are not birds.
- Statements: All dogs are cats. Some cats are rats. Conclusions: I. Some rats are dogs. II. All dogs are rats.
Read the following statement carefully and identify the conclusion that follows.
Statement:
All pens are blue things. Some blue things are plastic. No plastic is recyclable.
Conclusions:
I. Some pens are plastic.
II. Some blue things are not recyclable.
Read the following statement carefully and identify the conclusion that follows.
Statement:
No apple is blue. All oranges are apples.
Conclusions:
I. No orange is blue.
II. Some apples are oranges.
Important Questions from Syllogism
Read the given statements and conclusions carefully. Assuming that the information given in the statements is true, even if it appears to be at variance with commonly known facts, decide which of the given conclusions logically follow(s) from the statements.
Statements:
Some students are players.
All players are male.
Conclusions:
I. All males are players.
II. Some males are students.
Read the given statements and conclusions carefully. Assuming that the information given in the statements is true, even if it appears to be at variance with commonly known facts, decide which of the given conclusions logically follow(s) from the statements.
Statements:
No creative is an employer.
All experts are creative.
All workers are experts.
Conclusions:
I. No employer is an expert.
II. No worker is an employer.
Read the given statements and conclusions carefully. Assuming that the information given in the statements is true, even if it appears to be at variance with commonly known facts, decide which of the given conclusions logically follow(s) from the statements.
Statements:
Some actors are choreographers.
All choreographers are producers.
Not a single producer is a director.
Conclusions:
I. Some actors are directors.
II. Not a single actor is a director.
Read the given statements and conclusions carefully. Assuming that the information given in the statements is true, even if it appears to be at variance with commonly known facts, decide which of the given conclusions logically follow(s) from the statements.
Statements :
1. All flowers are tulips.
2. No tulips are whites.
Conclusions :
I. All tulips are flowers.
II. Some tulips are whites.
Read the given statements and conclusions carefully. Assuming that the information given in the statements is true, even if it appears to be at variance with commonly known facts, decide which of the given conclusions logically follow(s) from the statements.
Statements:
All rats are dogs.
Some rats are hens.
Conclusions:
I. Some rats are dogs.
II. Some hens are rats.
