Statements: All poets are inspiring. All artists are inspiring. Choose the conclusion(s) that logically follow.

1.All artists are poets

2.Some inspiring persons are not artists

AOnly conclusion I follows

BOnly conclusion II follows

CBoth conclusions I and II follow

DNeither conclusion I nor II follows ✓ Correct

Correct answer: (D) Neither conclusion I nor II follows

Explanation

Neither conclusion follows from the two premises.

Both poets and artists are said only to be inspiring.

The shared term 'inspiring' is the predicate in each and is never distributed.

An undistributed middle cannot connect poets with artists.

So neither the identity claim nor the negative claim can be drawn.

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