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Does the following argument illustrate the Law of Syllogism?
Given: If the sun is shining, then it is a beautiful day.
If it is a beautiful day, then we will go for a bike ride.
Conclude: If the sun is shining, then we will go for a bike ride.
no
yes
1 answer
The argument does not illustrate the Law of Syllogism. The Law of Syllogism states that if the conclusion of one conditional statement is the hypothesis of another, then the two conditional statements can be combined to form a new conditional statement. In this case, the conclusion given does not follow directly from the premises provided.