6. The following argument is invalid: some dogs are cats. So, some cats are dogs

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6. The following argument is invalid: some dogs are cats. So, some cats are dogs.

7. The Empire State Building is in California if it’s in Los Angeles

8. The Empire State Building is in California only if it’s in Los Angeles

9. #7 says that the Empire State Building being in Los Angeles is a sufficient condition for it being in California

10. #8 says that the Empire State Building being in California is a necessary condition for it being in Los Angeles

11. The inferential claim made by a deductive argument merely states that the conclusion is true

12. A negation is false when its component statement (the statement which is denied) is false

It is not possible to decide whether it is true or false.

we need some more information.

may be all statements are false

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