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by Anonymous on June 16th, 2009

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"A car runs because it has gas, a car does not run therefore it does not have gas?"

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  • by ILoveMySteaks ... is thinking. on June 16th, 2009

    ILoveMySteaks ... is thinking.

    Your major premise has a flaw. It should be:

    A car with gas will run.
    The car does not run.
    The car is out of gas.

    This is true.

    Saying,
    "A car with gass will run", in a syllogistical major premise and is agreed upon as true.

    SO ... you are saying that is the ONLY dependant aspect of the car running. There are NO other factors that can enter into the situaion.

    By the standard conventions of syllogistic logic then, this is true, the car is out of gas.

    In arguments like this, "ancilliarey issues" are NOT a factor in the conclusion since both the major and minor premises must be agreed upon as universally true and correct. This is the only way to reach a valid conclusion based on the fundamental aspects of syllogistic logic.

    :-)

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