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Given below are two premises. Four conclusions are drawn from them. Premises: (a) All mammals are warm-blooded animals. (b) No lizards are warm-blooded animals. Select the validly drawn conclusion or conclusions, taking the premises individually or jointly.

1.No lizards are mammals
2.Some lizards are not mammals
3.No warm-blooded animals are lizards
4.All warm-blooded animals are mammals
A1, 2
B2, 3
C1, 3 ✓ Correct
D3, 4
Correct answer: (C) 1, 3
Explanation

The validly drawn conclusions are Statement 1 (No lizards are mammals) and Statement 3 (No warm-blooded animals are lizards).

Placing the premises together, the mammal class lies inside the warm-blooded class while the lizard class lies wholly outside it.

Since mammals are contained in what lizards are excluded from, no lizard can be a mammal, which is Statement 1.

Taking the second premise alone, "No lizards are warm-blooded" converts simply into "No warm-blooded animals are lizards", which is Statement 3.

The derivation uses a categorical syllogism for the joint conclusion and simple conversion of an E proposition for the individual one.

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