Can someone please help me diagram and understand the inferences made from these statements?

Some As are Bs.

All Cs are Ds

No Bs are Cs.

Here is what I have so far.

AsomeB—-> ~C

~D—->~C

Inference: Asome~C

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5 comments

  • Friday, Jul 24 2020

    Of course, let me know if you have any other questions.

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  • Thursday, Jul 23 2020

    @fyepes582 Thank you so much!!

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  • Thursday, Jul 23 2020

    Here is how you do it:

    If we have these two conditional statements:

    X —> Y

    Z —> Y

    We can’t infer anything...

    However, if we take the contra-positive of those two conditional statements, we get the following:

    ~Y —> ~X

    ~Y —> ~Z

    From there we can infer that ~X (—S—) ~Z

    The reason behind that is the following: ~X and ~Z must share some common-ground or, as JY says, some interception because ~Y is brought into ~X and ~Z...

    I hope this helps - good luck studying!

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  • Wednesday, Jul 22 2020

    @fyepes582 Thank you for the reply. How did you make the inference ~B (--s--) D? I am having trouble making that inference.

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  • Wednesday, Jul 22 2020

    Some As are Bs: As (---S---) Bs

    All Cs are Ds: Cs ---> Ds

    No Bs are Cs: Bs ---> ~Cs

    Linking them will look something like this:

    As (---S---) Bs ---> ~Cs

    ~Ds ---> ~Cs

    (I can't find a way to connect Bs and ~Ds to ~Cs, but if you are writing this down, you should connect them...)

    Anyway, the inferences are:

    As (---S---) ~Cs

    ~Bs (---S---) Ds

    I hope this helps!

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