Order the steps: draw the premises
Exercise and reference answers
- Steps
- Draw one circle per class named in the argument
- Place them so the first premise is satisfied
- Move them so the second premise is satisfied too
- Try any other arrangement the premises still permit
- Accept the conclusion only if it holds in all of them
Explanation
Draw what is forced, then look for what follows. Source: Logic: Deductive and Inductive, Carveth Read (1898), public domain.