Logic: Syllogism

Question

All sculptors are artists;

But some novelists are artists;

Therefore, some novelists are sculptors.

A. valid

B. illicit major term

C. illicit minor term

D. fallacy of four terms

E. misplaced middle term

F. undistributed middle term

Answer 1

This is the fallacy of the undistributed middle. Imagine a world with two people: one is a sculptor and an artist (but not a novelist), and one is a novelist and an artist (but not a sculptor). In this case, the premises are true, but the conclusion is false.