(9) Explain how hypothetical arguments may be reduced to the categorical form. Illustrate.
(10) Show by illustration that denying the antecedent is equivalent to illicit major, while affirming the consequent is equivalent to undistributed middle.
(11) Reduce to the categorical form and test:
“If Napoleon had possessed more of the spirit of Washington, he would have been less famous but a better man than he was; but he did not possess the spirit of the ‘Father of His Country.’”
(12) Test according to outline the following hypothetical arguments:
(1) “If it be a good thing to have faith, then certainly he who believes in the bible of a pagan has faith and must have a good thing.”
(2) “If a 10-inch charge burst inside of a tank, there would be nothing left of the tank. It would be blown into small pieces.”
(3) “If the plate found had been originally on the outside of the ship, I should have judged that there must be green paint on it, but I could not find green paint on that part of the ship.”
(4) “If I mistake not, you are the man who did not pay me for that pair of shoes. I am sure that you are the man as I never forget a face.”
(5) “If the maxim ‘Early to bed and early to rise makes one healthy, wealthy and wise’ were true, I would have been a millionaire long ago.”