Question

4) Give the skeleton (the parts) of the standard form categorical propositions.

5) Distribution—A proposition distributes a term if it refers to all members of the class designated by the term. Using the information in your text, match the following:

1) The subject of an A proposition_____.              a. subject term distributed    

2) The predicate of an A proposition_____.        b. predicate term distributed

3) The subject of an E proposition_____.                            c.predicate term undistributed

4) The predicate of an E proposition_____.        d. subject term undistributed

5) The subject of an I proposition_____.

6) The predicate of an I proposition_____.

7) The subject of an O proposition_____.

8) The predicate of an O proposition_____.

Answer 1

1)The subject of an A proposition a.subject term distributed Example - All whales are mammals. Here, all whales (subject) are distributed in the category of mammals (predicate).  

2) The predicate of an A proposition. d. predicate term undistributed. Example - All whales are mammals. Here, mammals (predicate) are not distributed in the category of whales (subject).

3) The subject of an E proposition a. subject term distributed

4) The predicate of an E proposition b.predicate term distributed

Example - No planet is the sun. In this case, both subject and predicate are distributed as it is bi-directionally distributed.

No planet is the sun. No sun is a planet.

5) The subject of an I proposition c.subject term undistributed

6) The predicate of an I proposition d.predicate term undistributed.

Example - Some birds are snakes. Neither the subject term nor the predicate term is distributed entirely.

7) The subject of an O proposition c.subject term undistributed Example - Some fishes are not mammals. The subject term (fishes) is undistributed to the predicate term mammals.

8) The predicate of an O proposition b.predicate term distributed Example - Some fishes are not mammals. The predicate term (mammals) is distributed.