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Order the steps: check a syllogism for validity

Exercise and reference answers

Steps
  1. Find the conclusion and name its subject and predicate
  2. The subject is the minor term, the predicate the major term
  3. The remaining term, in both premises, is the middle term
  4. Check the middle term is distributed at least once
  5. Check no term is distributed in the conclusion but not in its premise

Explanation

Name the terms, check distribution, then judge. Source: Logic: Deductive and Inductive, Carveth Read (1898), public domain.
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