The First Figure: Conditions of Validity and Four Productive Moods

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• Where is the middle term in the first figure?
• What two conditions does the source require for a productive first figure?
• Which two minor-premise forms can participate in a productive first-figure mood?
• Which major-premise forms satisfy the productive first-figure condition?
• How many initial quantity-quality combinations are possible for the two premises?
• How many combinations are first excluded by requiring an affirmative minor?
• Of the remaining eight, how many more does the universal-major requirement eliminate?
• How many first-figure moods are productive under the two conditions?
• What is the conclusion type of two universal affirmatives in the first figure?
• An A minor and E major in the first figure yield what result?
• What follows from an I minor and A major in the first figure?
• An I minor and E major produce which first-figure conclusion?
• What follows from “All date palms are trees; all trees are plants”?
• What is the valid conclusion of “All roses are flowers; no flowers are metals”?
• Which is the middle term in “Some animals are horses; all horses neigh”?
• Which conclusion follows from “Some animals are horses; all horses neigh”?
• What follows from “Some books are dictionaries; no dictionaries are novels”?
• Why does “No cats are birds; all birds are animals” not entail “No cats are animals”?
• Why does “All students are humans; some humans are poets” not entail “Some students are poets”?
• In the four valid first-figure moods, which premise determines the conclusion’s quantity?
• In productive first-figure moods, what determines the conclusion’s quality?
• Which combination is not a productive first-figure mood?
• What is the position of “flower” in “All roses are flowers; all jasmines are flowers”?
• Why does a universal major not turn a particular affirmative minor into a universal conclusion?
• What type of conclusion follows from “Some birds are waterbirds; all waterbirds are living”?
• Why does the note treat a merely possible minor as unproductive?
• Before applying the first-figure rules, what structural question must be checked?
• Which conclusion matches a first-figure A minor with an E major?
• A first figure with a negative minor and universal major meets both productive conditions.
• Among the four productive moods of the first figure, two conclusions are affirmative and two negative.
• A particular affirmative minor with a universal affirmative major yields a particular affirmative conclusion in figure one.
• A universal major alone guarantees productivity in the first figure, regardless of the minor premise’s quality.