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Chapter 8
- Distribution
- We say that a term is distributed if the statement refers to all the members of that group in some way.
- It does not matter whether the reference is positive or negative.
- Terms are distributed or not distributed based on their position within A E I O statements.
- In this simple table, distributed terms are Bold and Red.
A: | All | X | are | Z |
E: | No | X | are | Z |
I: | Some | X | are | Z |
O: | Some | X | are not | Z |
- You must know which terms are distributed in order to apply the Rules of Validity.
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