Exam 9: Capital Budgeting

Translate the following into a standard-form categorical claim: Angels aren't real.

Reconstruct the following as a standard-form syllogism, and determine whether it is valid. God, by definition, possesses all perfections. Existence, by definition, is a perfection. Therefore God, by definition, exists.

Translate the following into a standard-form categorical claim: Few voters think critically.

Translate the following into a standard-form categorical claim: Only organic products are chemical-free products.

Translate the following into a standard-form categorical claim: Chemical-free products are not the only organic products.

Using the items in Exercise 9-12 in your text as examples, determine the truth value of the second claim (below) based on that given for the first claim. Translation into standard form may be required. a. British comedies are always more sophisticated than American comedies. () b. Some comedies that are no more sophisticated than American comedies come from Britain.

Translate the following into a standard-form categorical claim: Richard Nixon was not impeached.

Translate the following into a standard-form categorical claim: The only people who vote are members.

Translate the following into a standard-form categorical claim: People can't register unless they pay the fee.

Determine whether the following argument is valid by using either the diagram method or the rules of the syllogism. All Xs are Ys. No Ys are Zs. So, no Xs are Zs.

Translate the following into a standard-form categorical claim: Not every product that's organic is actually a chemical-free product.

Using the items in Exercise 9-12 in your text as examples, determine the truth value of the second claim (below) based on that given for the first claim. Translation into standard form may be required. a. Not everybody who was indicted by the grand jury went to trial. () b. Some of the people who did not go to trial are people who were not indicted by the grand jury.

Reconstruct the following as a standard-form syllogism; then, determine whether it is valid using either a Venn diagram or the rules of the syllogism. All legislatures are more influenced by the legal profession than by any other, but it is legislatures that make the rules by which the legal profession operates. So, the result is that the bodies that make the rules for the lawyers' profession are bodies most influenced by that very profession.

Using the square of opposition and the truth value of the first claim, determine the truth values of the other claims. a. : All senators are politicians. b. All senators are not politicians. c. Some senators are politicians. d. Some senators are not politicians.

Translate the following into a standard-form categorical claim: Banks are not the only savings institutions.

Here is an argument with an unstated premise or conclusion. Translate it into a standard-form syllogism and determine whether the reasoning is valid. Whoa, don't enroll in that class, man. That's a physics class; all those people must be brains.

Reconstruct the following as a standard-form syllogism, and determine whether it is valid. From a letter to the editor: "Any project that gets taxpayers' money ought to be one that the taxpayers get some sort of benefit from, don't you think? So if the Federal Aviation Authority is going to pour millions in public funds into automated flight centers at all privately owned airports, then justice can only be served by forcing those airports to begin offering services to the public as well as their current wealthy patrons."

Assume that the original claim is , and follow the directions given. What is the truth value of the claim you wind up with? No cashiers are managers. () (Contrapose, then find the contrary.)

Translate the following into a standard-form categorical claim: People duck whenever Richard picks up a golf club.

Using the square of opposition and the truth value of the first claim, determine the truth values of the other claims. a. : Some home movies are interesting. b. Some home movies are not interesting. c. All home movies are interesting. d. All home movies are not interesting.