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If the statement 'No philosophers are industrialists' is given as true, which of the following statements can be immediately inferred from it to be true?

ANo philosophers are rich persons
BAll industrialists are philosophers
CSome philosophers are industrialists
DSome philosophers are not industrialists ✓ Correct
Correct answer: (D) Some philosophers are not industrialists
Explanation

Some philosophers are not industrialists follows once the E proposition is true.

The given statement No philosophers are industrialists is a universal negative E.

Its subaltern is the particular negative O, Some philosophers are not industrialists.

By subalternation the truth of the universal E carries down to its particular O.

A universal negative always entails its corresponding particular negative under subalternation.

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