Exercise 3

Mood & Figure and Categorical Syllogism Review


(1) What is the mood and figure of the syllogism in Exercise 2?

(2) Here are two premises:

	Major premise:	All miracle-workers are praiseworthy.

	Minor premise:	Some saints are miracle workers.

If the conclusion is an I proposition, what is the proposition that
would follow from the above premises?



(3) Arrange the following propositions into two standard form
categorical syllogisms, identifying the mood and figure of each:

Some four-sided figures are not squares; all squares are rectangles; some four-sided figures are not rectangles.

Syllogism 1:







Mood & Figure:


Syllogism 2:






Mood & Figure:


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