Any valid standard form of categorical syllogism with a particular conclusion and two universal premises will commit the fallacy of

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Correct Answer: Existential fallacy. * Any valid standard form of categorical syllogism with a particular conclusion and two universal premises will commit the fallacy of Existential Fallacy. * Hence option B is correct. * Existential Fallacy - A formal logical fallacy, which is committed when a categorical syllogism employs two universal premises (“all”) to arrive at a particular (“some”) conclusion. * The fallacy of the undistributed middle is a formal fallacy that is committed when the middle term in a categorical syllogism is not distributed in either the minor premise or the major premise. It is thus a syllogistic fallacy. * Illicit major is a formal fallacy committed in a categorical syllogism that is invalid because its major term is undistributed in the major premise but distributed in the conclusion. This fallacy has the following argument form: All A are B. No C are A. * Illicit minor is a formal fallacy committed in a categorical syllogism that is invalid because its minor term is undistributed in the minor premise but distributed in the conclusion. This fallacy has the following argument form: All A are B.

Any valid standard form of categorical syllogism with a particular conclusion and two universal premises will commit the fallacy of

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