[Logic by Carveth Read]@TWC D-Link bookLogic CHAPTER IX 6/19
Thus: 60 sheep in 100 are horned; 60 sheep in 100 are blackfaced: .'.
at least 20 blackfaced sheep in 100 are horned. But such an argument, though it may be correct Arithmetic, is not Logic at all; and when such numerical evidence is obtainable the comparatively indefinite arguments of Logic are needless.
Another apparent exception is the following: Most men are 5 feet high; Most men are semi-rational: .'.
Some semi-rational things are 5 feet high. Here the Middle Term (men) is distributed in neither premise, yet the indisputable conclusion is a logical proposition.
The premises, however, are really arithmetical; for 'most' means 'more than half,' or more than 50 per cent. Still, another apparent exception is entirely logical.
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