Question
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All Indians are religious.
All Painters are religious
∴ All painters are Indians.
It involves the fallacy of :
Answer (Detailed Solution Below)
Detailed Solution
Download Solution PDFAll Indians are religious.
All Painters are religious.
Therefore, All painters are Indians.
While there may be painters that are Indians, it does not follow from the premises: The only thing the premises tell us about painters and Indians is that they are both imaginary - We have no information how they are related to each other.
Hence, the answer is Undistributed middle.
Additional Information
The fallacy of the undistributed middle takes the following form;
1. All A is B.
2. All C is B.
3. Therefore, All C is A.
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