In classical logic, a hypothetical syllogism is a valid argument form, a syllogism with a conditional statement for one or both of its premises.
An example in English:
If I do not wake up, then I cannot go to work.
If I cannot go to work, then I will not get paid.
Therefore, if I do not wake up, then I will not get paid.
In this case, we have:
If Da Vinci painted, then it was not a nude.
If Michelangelo painted, then it was probably a nude.
This one is not working for me. It has nude and painting in common, but I am not getting the syllogism. Besides all that, “David” was a sculpture and not a painting.
In classical logic, a hypothetical syllogism is a valid argument form, a syllogism with a conditional statement for one or both of its premises.
An example in English:
If I do not wake up, then I cannot go to work.
If I cannot go to work, then I will not get paid.
Therefore, if I do not wake up, then I will not get paid.
In this case, we have:
If Da Vinci painted, then it was not a nude.
If Michelangelo painted, then it was probably a nude.
This one is not working for me. It has nude and painting in common, but I am not getting the syllogism. Besides all that, “David” was a sculpture and not a painting.