Premises: (i) All poets are dreamers. (ii) Some engineers are poets. Conclusion: Some…
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Problem
Premises:
(i) All poets are dreamers.
(ii) Some engineers are poets.
Conclusion: Some engineers are dreamers.
Which of the following describes the validity of this argument?
(a) Invalid; it commits the fallacy of undistributed middle.
(b) Invalid; it commits the fallacy of illicit minor.
(c) Valid; the conclusion necessarily follows.
(d) Invalid; because one premise is particular, the conclusion cannot logically follow.