Given the following syllogism: All animals are pigs.
No mammals are pigs.
$\overline{\text{ Some mammals are not animals.}}$ This syllogism:
A) Commits the existential fallacy from the Aristotelian standpoint only.
B) Is valid from the Aristotelian standpoint.
C) Is invalid from both the Boolean and the Aristotelian standpoints.
D) Is valid from the Boolean standpoint.
E) Commits the existential fallacy from both standpoints.

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Given the following syllogism: All animals are pigs.
No mammals are pigs.
$\overline{\text{  Some mammals are not animals.}}$ This syllogism:
A) Commits the existential fallacy from the Aristotelian standpoint only.
B) Is valid from the Aristotelian standpoint.
C) Is invalid from both the Boolean and the Aristotelian standpoints.
D) Is valid from the Boolean standpoint.
E) Commits the existential fallacy from both standpoints.

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The Answer of Given the following syllogism: All animals are pigs.
No mammals are pigs.
$\overline{\text{  Some mammals are not animals.}}$ This syllogism:
A) Commits the existential fallacy from the Aristotelian standpoint only.
B) Is valid from the Aristotelian standpoint.
C) Is invalid from both the Boolean and the Aristotelian standpoints.
D) Is valid from the Boolean standpoint.
E) Commits the existential fallacy from both standpoints.

Given the Following Syllogism: All Animals Are Pigs Some mammals are not animals.‾\overline{\text{ Some mammals are not animals.}} Some mammals are not animals.

Given the Following Syllogism: All Animals Are Pigs $\overline{\text{ Some mammals are not animals.}}$