Write each premise in symbols. Find a conclusion that uses a…

Write each premise in symbols. Find a conclusion that uses all the premises (or their contrapositives). Write the conclusion as an English sentence.   All puddings are nice. This dish is a pudding. No nice things are wholesome. Ley n = nice things, p = puddings, d = this dish, w = wholesome things  

Decide which form of valid or invalid reasoning is used:   T…

Decide which form of valid or invalid reasoning is used:   This gem is either a diamond or it is a zircon. This gem is not a zircon.  This gem is a diamond.   a) valid- modus ponens b)   valid – modus tollens (law of contraposition) c)    valid- disjunctive syllogism d) valid- transitivity e) invalid- reasoning from the converse f) invalid- reasoning from the inverse