Chynna Canizares

Philosophy 220, section 19

Von barandy

September 20, 2010

Logic Exercises

1.1) Valid and sound

2) Valid and sound

3) Nine hundred million people do not die of malnutrition each year.

4) Not valid, not sound

5) Valid, not sound

6) Valid, not sound

7) Not valid, not sound

8) Valid, not sound

9) Valid and sound

10) Valid and sound

II. 1) Patricia is a bad person, I heard her talking behind someone's back.

2) We should believe in abortion because some of the smartest

politicians are for it.

3) "Why should I trust you?" "Because you know I'm telling the
truth." "How do I know you're telling the truth?" "Becvause you should
trust me."

4) Even there is no way to prove that Santa is real, it is all the more
reason to think that he is.

5) Well since there are two minutes left to finish this assignment
and it has come down to the two of us, if you don't know the answer for
this question, then I must. Write down what I say.

6) I'm smart because my mother is; it's in my DNA.

7) I am all for co-ed dorming.

I do not believe teenagers to be responsible enough to control their

desires.

8) Don't have sex, or you will get pregnant. And die. (quoted from
Mean Girls)

III. 1) Valid.

2) Not valid. Alot of other people were born in chicago, and they
were not the emperors of France.

3) Valid.

4) Valid.

5) Therefore, John is not a bachelor. (Valid)

6) Not valid.

7) Not valid. There are many different kinds of animals; it is a class

that cats and dogs belong to.

8) Not valid. People have different morals, and so immorality has

different extents to everyone.