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Valid structure, or a fallacy?

Exercise and reference answers

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  1. Item
    The middle term is distributed once
    Category
    Required for validity
  2. Item
    Exactly three terms are used
    Category
    Required for validity
  3. Item
    At least one premise is universal
    Category
    Required for validity
  4. Item
    Undistributed middle
    Category
    A fallacy
  5. Item
    Illicit process of the major
    Category
    A fallacy
  6. Item
    Two negative premises
    Category
    A fallacy
Categories
  1. Item
    Required for validity
  2. Item
    A fallacy

Explanation

Sorting the conditions that make a syllogism work from the ones that break it. Source: Logic: Deductive and Inductive, Carveth Read (1898), public domain.
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