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Traditional Square of Opposition

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Original Question

Contrary = At least one must be false (not both true, but both could be false)                                        


Subcontrary = At least one must be true (not both false, but both could be true)                                 


Contradictory = Opposite truth value                                                                                                           


Subalternation = Truth flows downward; falsity flows upward.


 



Question: Using the Traditional Square of Opposition above, if "All X are Y" is true, what would the truth value of "Some X are not Y" be?


 


Select one:
 a. False
 b. True
 c. Undetermined

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Answers

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This reads like it was copied from an exam in a Logic class.  


in any event, I think the answer is pretty obvious (if you think about what the two sentences are saying), even without using these definitions or any formal logic system.  

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