SOLUTION: Determine if argument is valid or a fallacy and give the reason.
If I'm hungry, then I will eat.
I'm not hungry.
I will not eat.
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Question 1085747: Determine if argument is valid or a fallacy and give the reason.
If I'm hungry, then I will eat.
I'm not hungry.
I will not eat.
Answer by MathLover1(20849) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
An argument is said to be INVALID if it is logically possible for the CONCLUSION to be FALSE even though EVERY PREMISE is assumed to be TRUE.
Common patterns of reasoning (Fallacy of the Inverse)
If then .
Not . Therefore, not .
---------------can be reduced to the form
p ->q
~p
---------
·:~q
will be an .
This is a common form of invalid reasoning known as Fallacy of the Inverse.
so, your answer is:
by fallacy of the
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