Question

Argument;

All Indians are religious.

All Painters are religious

∴ All painters are Indians.

It involves the fallacy of :

1. Division
2. Existential
3. Undistributed middle
4. Four terms

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 3 : Undistributed middle

All 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.

 

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.