Consider the proposition 'A ship has mass. Therefore, all the parts of the ship have mass.' Which of the following statements is correct about the above statement?
AIt has a division error
BIt has a polysemous-meaning error
CIt has an indiscriminate-generalization error
DIt is a non-faulty statement ✓ Correct
Correct answer: (D) It is a non-faulty statement
Explanation
The statement is not faulty, since mass genuinely distributes to the parts.
The move goes from the whole ship to each of its parts.
A fallacy of division arises only when a whole's property need not belong to its parts.
Mass is an additive property, so every part of a body that has mass itself has mass.
Because the inferred property really does carry down to the parts, no error occurs.
The reasoning is sound rather than a case of the division fallacy.
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