Alejandro Does Not Know Much About Mr

Multiple Choice

Alejandro does not know much about Mr. Smith but votes to send him to Ottawa. Alejandro likes the Liberal Party and Mr. Smith is a member of that party, so he assumes that he will like Mr. Smith. After the election, Alejandro finds that Mr. Smith does not act like a Liberal and he regrets having voted for him. Alejandro's mistake was forgetting that:

A) a conclusion is true only if the premises are true
B) a conclusion can be valid without being true
C) categorical syllogisms are less reliable than conditional syllogisms
D) conditional syllogisms are less reliable than categorical syllogisms