Multiple Choice
Is there more than one way to formalize the following argument? It rains whenever a mass of hot, humid air collides with a high-pressure mass of colder air.Since it has been hot and muggy, and a cold front is moving in from the west, I expect it will rain.
A) Yes, since it could easily be formalized either as a hypothetical syllogism or as a categorical syllogism.
B) Yes, since there is never any reason to prefer formalizing any argument as categorical, disjunctive, or hypothetical.
C) Yes, but the argument is only valid if it is formalized as categorical.In any other interpretation, it would be invalid.
D) No, because the conclusion is true, and arguments with true conclusions can only be formalized in one way.
E) No, because any given argument can only be properly formalized in exactly one way.
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