5. Prove that the number of undistributed terms in the premisses
cannot exceed those in the conclusion by more than one.
6. Prove that wherever the minor premiss is negative, the major must
be universal.
7. Prove that wherever the minor term is distributed, the major
premiss must be universal.
8. If the middle term be twice distributed, what mood and figure are
possible?
9. If the major term of a syllogism be the predicate of the major
premiss, what do we know about the minor premiss?
10. When the middle term is distributed in both premisses, what must
be the quantity of the conclusion?
11. Prove that if the conclusion be universal, the middle term can
only be distributed once in the premisses.
12. Show how it is sometimes possible to draw three different
conclusions from the same premisses.
CHAPTER XIX.
1. Convert the following propositions--
(1) If a man is wise, he is humble.
(2) Where there is sincerity there is no affectation.
(3) When night-dogs run, all sorts of deer are chased.
(4) The nearer the Church, the further from God.
(5) If there were no void, all would be solid.
(6) Not to go on is sometimes to go back.
2. Express in a single proposition--
If he was divine, he was not covetous; and if he was covetous, he
was not divine.
3. Exhibit the exact logical relation to one another of the following
pairs of propositions--
(1) If the conclusion be false, the premisses are false. If the
conclusion be true, the premisses are not necessarily true.
(2) If one premiss be negative, the conclusion must be negative.
If the conclusion be negative, one of the premisses must be
negative.
(3) The truth of the universal involves the truth of the particular.
The falsity of the particular involves the falsity of the universal.
(4) From the truth of the particular no conclusion follows as to the
universal.
From the falsity of the universal no conclusion follows as to the
particular.
(5) If the conclusion in the fourth figure be negative, the major
premiss must be universal.
If the major premiss in the fourth figure be particular, the
conclusion must be affirmative.
(6) If both premisses be affirmative, the conclusion must be
affirmative.
If the conclusion be negative, one of the premisses must be
negative.
4. 'The Method of Agreement stands on the ground that whatever
circumstance can be eliminated is not connected with the phenomenon by
any law; the Method of Difference stands on the ground that whatever
circumstance cannot be eliminated is connected with the phenomenon by
a law.' Do these two principles imply one another?
CHAPTERS XX-XXVIII.
1. Fill up the following enthymemes, and state the exact nature of the
resulting syllogism--
(1) If Livy is a faultless historian, we must believe all that he
tells us; but that it is impossible to do.
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