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(1) Give the logical form of the argument below, using capital letters (e.g. A, B, C) to stand for the categories, then (2) provide substitution instances making the premises obvious truths and the conclusion an obvious falsehood.  Use terms whose interrelations are well known  (e.g. “cat,” “dog,” “animal”): All wines are alcoholic beverages. Some aperitifs are not wines. So, some aperitifs are alcoholic beverages.  

Some valid arguments have true premises and a false conclusion.

In “If Dixon goes to the party, then Catchpole will go” the antecedent is “Dixon goes to the party.”

No cogent argument is valid.

“How are you?” is a statement.

VALID or INVALID? (If it is an inductive argument, also indicate whether it is STRONG or WEAK) Lalo is guilty of murder, assuming that he pleads guilty.   But Lalo does not plead guilty.  Therefore, Lalo is not guilty of murder.  

In logic, an argument may legitimately be spoken of as “true” or “false.”

(1) Give the logical form of the argument below, using capital letters (e.g. A, B, C) to stand for the categories, then (2) provide substitution instances making the premises obvious truths and the conclusion an obvious falsehood.  Use terms whose interrelations are well known  (e.g. “cat,” “dog,” “animal”): Some drinks are alcoholic beverages. Some treats are not drinks. So, some treats are not alcoholic beverages.

A conditional statement can be valid.

 If the spleen is described as having uniform composition throughout, it appears?