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atrons of fast-food restaurants are health addicts. Consequently, none of them are oisseurs of fine desserts, since all connoisseurs ine desserts are health food addicts. No Patrons of FFR are Connoisseurs of fine food. l connoisseurs of fine desserts are health food addicts o patrons of fast-food restaurants are health ood addicts A C H E P H E P C AEE 2 valid

No patrons of fast-food restaurants are health food addicts. Consequently, none of them are connoisseurs of fine desserts, since all connoisseurs of fine

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Page 1: No patrons of fast-food restaurants are health food addicts. Consequently, none of them are connoisseurs of fine desserts, since all connoisseurs of fine

No patrons of fast-food restaurants are health food addicts. Consequently, none of them are connoisseurs of fine desserts, since all connoisseurs of fine desserts are health food addicts.

No Patrons of FFR are Connoisseurs of fine food.

all connoisseurs of fine desserts are health food addicts

No patrons of fast-food restaurants are health food addicts

A C HE P HE P C

AEE 2 valid

Page 2: No patrons of fast-food restaurants are health food addicts. Consequently, none of them are connoisseurs of fine desserts, since all connoisseurs of fine

Some intelligible statements are false, because no meaningful ones are unintelligible and some meaningful statements are not true.

Some intelligible statements are false statements

some meaningful statements are not true statements

no meaningful statements are unintelligible statements

Five terms, not three

Contrapose the conclusion:But that;s invalid for I

Obvert both the conclusion and the minor premise:

Minor: all meaningful statements are intelligible statementsConclusion: some intelligible statements are not true statements

Page 3: No patrons of fast-food restaurants are health food addicts. Consequently, none of them are connoisseurs of fine desserts, since all connoisseurs of fine

some meaningful statements are not true statementsall meaningful statements are intelligible statementssome intelligible statements are not true statements

O M TA M IO I T

OAO 3

Valid?

Two negative premises?

Negative conclusion? Negative premise?

Middle term distributed?

Anything distributed in the conclusion but not in the premise?