INSTRUCTIONS
For each of the following arguments,
a. Translate the argument into standard form.
b. Name the mood and figure of its standard-form translation.
c. Test its validity using the rules and mood. If it is valid, give its traditional name.
d. If it is invalid, name the fallacy it commits.
8. It seems that mercy cannot be attributed to God. For mercy is a kind of sorrow, as Damascene says. But there is no sorrow in God; and therefore, there is no mercy in Him.
—Thomas Aquinas, Summa Theologiae, I, question 21, art. 3
Ans:
a.Standard form:No mercy can be attributed to God. No sorrow is found in God.Therefore, there is no mercy in God
.b.Mood and figure:
c.Invalid
d.Fallacy of undistributed premise
INSTRUCTIONS For each of the following arguments, a. Translate the argument into standard form. b. Name the mood and fig...
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