alleryIn contemporary logic, can 'All A are B' be true when there are no A?
AOnly if it is particular
BOnly if B is empty
CNo, it must be false
DYes, it can be true
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: D. Yes, it can be true
Modern logic denies existential import for universal statements, so they hold vacuously for an empty class.
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