Logic 2 Chapter 14 Day 3 #16,18

[Henle Redneck]

I made the oblique CAMESTRES syllogism:
Dick is a smart man.
Joe is not the son of a smart man.
Therefore, Joe is not the son of Dick.

I reduced it to first figure CELARENT and came out with:
A smart man is not the father of Joe.
Dick is a smart man.
Therefore, Dick is not the father of Joe.

Is it no longer oblique because the middle term no longer has anything to do with the transitive relationship? Did I goof up?
Henle Redneck

[spiland]

CAMESTRES
(A) Dick is a smart man
(E) Joe is not the son of a smart man
(E) Joe is not the son of Dick

Reduces to a CELARENT like this:

(E) No smart man is a son of Joe
(A) Dick is a smart man
(E) Dick is not the son of Joe


Scott Piland
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