Correct option is C
If the statement
“All Plants are Carnivorous” is
false, the following can be inferred:
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D. Some plants are not carnivorous: This is
true because the denial of a universal affirmative ("All plants are carnivorous") implies that there must be at least one plant that is not carnivorous. This is the
negation of the universal affirmative statement.
Information booster:
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A. Some non-plants are non-carnivorous: This does not logically follow from the falsehood of the original statement about plants and carnivorousness. It's unrelated to the original premise.
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B. No plants are carnivorous: This is not necessarily true. The falsity of "All plants are carnivorous" does not mean that
none of the plants are carnivorous. Some could still be carnivorous.
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C. Some plants are carnivorous: This is not certain from the falsehood of the original statement. While the original statement implies not all plants are carnivorous, we cannot definitively infer that some are unless explicitly stated.
Additional Knowledge:
1. When a
universal affirmative (A-type) statement like "All plants are carnivorous" is negated, it implies that
some plants are not carnivorous (O-type), following traditional Aristotelian logic.
2. The falsity of an A-type statement leads to the
truth of an O-type statement but does not guarantee the truth of an E-type or I-type statement.