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I’m trying to check my answers to see if I have the correct answers. Can you help me with the following questions? Thank you.

Express the following argument as a categorical syllogism (in standard form), and then tell me if it is valid or invalid. If you draw the correct Venn diagram for it I will give you an extra 5 points (10 points in all). If you get the syllogism right you get 5 points. Only cats are curious. Unless someone is a curious creature he or she is not intelligent. Thus, Some intelligent creatures are not cats. Remember (as you will learn in the chapter) that all the statements in a categorical syllogism must be either an A, E, I, or O statement. A statement: All are or All Sare P. (think of the S as standing for the subject of the statement, and for the predicate). Example: All dogs are animals. True All dogs are cats. False (Note: Every statement is either true or false; these are called truth-values.) No E: No Sare P Example: No dogs are cats. True dogs are animals. False. Some l: Some Sare P Some animals are cats. true cats are animals. true (Note: "Some" means "there is at least one" Thus "Some animals are cats" means that there is at least one animal that is a cat, which is true. And "Some cats are animals" means "there is at least one cat that is an animal," which is also true (in fact, every cat is an animal).

Answer 1

categorical syllogism is a part of logical reasoning.Above given explanations,are correct.