True or false: what the premises must do

Exercise and reference answers

Questions

1. Statement is true

   Yes

   Statement

   The middle term must be distributed at least once.

2. Statement is true

   No

   Statement

   Two negative premises can still give a conclusion.

3. Statement is true

   No

   Statement

   Two particular premises can still give a conclusion.

4. Statement is true

   Yes

   Statement

   A syllogism has exactly three terms.

5. Statement is true

   Yes

   Statement

   A syllogism has exactly two premises.

Explanation