NET, IAS, State-SET (KSET, WBSET, MPSET, etc.), GATE, CUET, Olympiads etc.: Philosphy MCQs (Practice_Test 8 of 90)
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- The Syllogism: Some parrots are not pests: All parrots are pets, therefore no pets are pests is invalid because
- it contains more than three terms
- its middle term is not distributed in the premises
- the major term that is not distributed in the premises is distributed in the conclusion
- the minor term which is not distributed in the premises is distributed in the conclusion
- Which one of the following is known as ‘the paradoxes of material implication’
- ~p- (p-q) ; ~q- (p-q)
- ~p- (p-q) ; ~q- (~p-q)
- q- (p-q) ; ~p- (p- ~q)
- q- (~p-q) ; ~p- (~p- ~q)
- Which one of the following is symbolised by ~ (A. S)
- Sharad and Sushma will not be the Principal
- Sharad and Sushma will not both be the Principal
- It is not the case that either Shared or Sushma will be the Principal
- Neither Shared nor Sushma will be the
- Principal
- Which one of the following is the correct symbolization of the statement: ‘Provided that evil exists if any only if God is either unwilling or unable to prevent it. God exists only if he is neither impotent nor malevolent’ [Scheme of abbreviations: p: Evil exists q: God is unwilling to prevent it r: God is unable to prevent it s: God exists t: God is impotent u: God is malevolent]
- (p- (q-r) ) - ( (~t- ~u) -s)
- (p- (q-r) ) - (s- (~t. ~u) )
- p- (q-r) - (s- ~ (t. u) )
- (p-q) -r- (~ (t-u) -s)