Question #1574

Transitive Question

Started by Kyra · started 2018-09-24 02:49 · last activity 2018-09-25 00:00 · 2 replies

This is how I diagrammed this: P1: SS-most-HS HS-some-SS P2: SS-most-GS GS-some-SS P3: GS (arrow) O not O (arrow) not GS Here is my question: Since the left side is SS, could we also say HS-some-GS??

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  1. Mehran · 2018-09-24 23:23

    @Kyra absolutely! This is our one exception to the rule that we need an S & N statement to make a deduction with quantifiers. Two most statements with the left side in common. "Most serious students are happy students, . . . " SS-most-HS " . . . most serious students go to graduate school." SS-most-GS Allowing us to conclude that some happy students go to graduate school: HS-some-GS GS-some-HS Nice work!

  2. Kyra · 2018-09-25 00:00

    Thanks Mehran!

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