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by Jantje7600
Fri May 13, 2016 6:37 pm
Forum: Logic and Philosophy of Mathematics
Topic: Syllogism problem
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Syllogism problem

1. All runners are athletes.
2. Some athletes can’t swim.
3. Swim Suit is a runner.
4. Swim Suit can’t swim

I can't figure out whether it is valid, cogent or ill-formed. I thought it was cogent as it makes you think that because:

All A are B
Some B can't C
x is an A
x can't C

Help please :D