Question

Using a three-circle Venn Diagram, check the following categorical arguments for validity.

A. Some advertisers try to create a new ideal state for consumers. Some advertisers try to create dissatisfaction with the consumer’s current state. So, some who try to create a new ideal state also try to create dissatisfaction with the current state.

B. No sophisticated diners leave their napkins on the table after they sit. Everyone who plans to stand to shake hands with late-comers leaves her napkin on the table after she sits. It follows that no one who plans to stand and shake hands with late-comers is a sophisticated diner.

C. Some businesses with fewer than twenty-five employees will not receive a federal tax credit. This is true because, some business with fewer than twenty-five employees will not offer health insurance to their employees, and all companies who offer health insurance to their employees will receive a federal tax credit.

D. Some economies are agrarian. No developed economies are agrarian economies. So, some economies are not developed.

E. All wars are fought for economic reasons. Some wars are fought for religious reasons. Therefore, some wars are both religious and economic.

Answer 1