Part VI – [TOTAL SCORE 10]

Place the following propositions in Standard Categorical Form and match them with one of the five categorical forms provided.

VI.5

"If a man hasn't found something he will die for, he isn't fit to live." (Martin Luther King Jr.)

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Part VI – [TOTAL SCORE 10]

Place the following propositions in Standard Categorical Form and match them with one of the five categorical forms provided.

VI.5

"If a man hasn't found something he will die for, he isn't fit to live." (Martin Luther King Jr.)

BlackTom AI · Accepted Answer

Let's parse the given proposition carefully and translate it into standard categorical terms. The statement is: 'If a man hasn't found something he will die for, he isn't fit to live.' This can be read as 'If not P, then not S', where:
- S = people who are fit to live
- P = people who have found something to die for
Thus the form is 'If not P then not S.'
Now, consider the logical equivalence: 'If not P then not S' is the contrapositive of 'If S then P.' Therefore, the categorical form that captures this idea is 'All S are P.' In other words, every person who is fit to live (S) must also be someone who has found something to die for (P).
Evaluating the options:
Option 1:
All S are P
S = 'People who are fit to live'
P = 'People who have found something to die for'
This exactly matches the contrived translation 'If S then P' derived from the contrapositive, aligning with the intended standard form for the given proposition.
Option 2:
All S are P
S = 'People who have found something to die for'
P = 'People who are fit to live'
This swaps the roles of S and P and would assert that everyone who has found something to die for is fit to live, which does not reflect the original statement.
Option 3:
No S are P
S = 'People who are fit to live'
P = 'People who have found something to die for'
This would claim that no one who is fit to live has found something to die for, contradicting the intended implication and not matching the 'if not P then not S' structure.
Option 4:
Some S are P
S = 'People who are fit to live'
P = 'People who have found something to die for'
This asserts that at least one person is both fit to live and has found something to die for, which is a weaker and different claim than the universal form we need.
Option 5:
Some S are not P
S = 'People who are fit to live'
P = 'People who have found something to die for'
This says some fit-to-live people do not have something to die for, which again misrepresents the original conditional relation.
Option 6:
Some S are not P
S = 'People who have found something to die for'
P = 'People who are fit to live'
This structure misassigns the subject and predicate, and also asserts a particular non-relationship that doesn't reflect the given conditional.
In summary, only Option 1 correctly expresses the standard categorical form corresponding to the given proposition when the standard formulation is All S are P with S and P defined as above.

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Part VI – [TOTAL SCORE 10] Place the following propositions in Standard Categorical Form and match them with one of the five categorical forms provided. VI.5 "If a man hasn't found something he will die for, he isn't fit to live." (Martin Luther King Jr.)

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