What can we correctly say about the following argument?
Some negotiators are trained lawyers but not all trained lawyers have passed the bar exam. So, some negotiators have not passed the bar exam.
A) | It is valid. |
B) | It is invalid. |
C) | It is a structural ambiguity (amphiboly). |
D) | None of these |
RULES OF CATEGORICAL SYLLOGISM
Rule-1. A valid categorical syllogism will have three and only three unambiguous categorical terms.
Rule-2. In a valid categorical syllogism the middle term must be distributed in at least one of the premises.
Rule-3. In a valid categorical syllogism if a term is distributed in the conclusion, it must be distributed in the premises.
Rule-4. A valid categorical syllogism may not have two negative premises.
Rule-5. If either premise of a valid categorical syllogism is negative, the conclusion must be negative.
Rule-6. In valid categorical syllogisms particular
propositions cannot be drawn properly from universal
premises.
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