Exercises:

I. Identify the subject and predicate terms and name the

form/kind of each proposition

1. Some historians are extremely gifted writers whose works read like
first-rate novels
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2. No athletes who have ever accepted pay for participating in sports are
amateurs
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II. Name the quality and quantity of each of the following

propositions and state whether the subject terms are
distributed or undistributed

1. Some presidential candidates are sadly disappointed people

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2. Some recently identified unstable elements are not entirely accidental
discoveries
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3. All new labor-saving devices are major threats to the trade union
movement.
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III. State the Converses of the following propositions and indicate

which of them are logically equivalent to the given
propositions

1. All graduates of the Philippine Military Academy are commissioned

officers in the Philippine Armed Forces.
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2. No reptiles are warm-blooded animals.
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IV. State the Obverses of the following propositions

1. Some college athletes are professionals

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2. No organic compounds are metals
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V. State the Contrapositive of the following proposition and

indicate whether the said proposition is logically equivalent to
the given proposition.

1. All journalists are liars

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2. Some soldiers are not officers
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VI. Express the following propositions as equations or

inequalities and symbolize them by means of Venn Diagrams.

1. Some decisions are careful reflections.

 2. All uses of free will are decisions.
3. Some uses of free will are careful reflections.

VII. Convert the 3 propositions in no. VI into a categorical

syllogism, and symbolize the said said syllogism by means of
Venn Diagrams