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If the argument below is valid, name which of the four valid forms of argument is represented. If it is not valid, name the fallacy that is represented.
If I shower in the m
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If the argument below is valid, name which of the four valid forms of argument is represented. If it is not valid, name the fallacy that is represented.
If I shower in the m
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Question 476595:
If the argument below is valid, name which of the four valid forms of argument is represented. If it is not valid, name the fallacy that is represented.
If I shower in the morning, then I do not smell bad.
I showered in the morning.
Therefore, I do not smell bad.
You can put this solution on YOUR website! the argument is:
statement: If I shower in the morning, then I do not smell bad.
premise: I showered in the morning.
conclusion: Therefore, I do not smell bad.
this argument is valid.
the general form of this implied statement is:
if p then q
p
therefore q
it is one of the 4 valid forms of argument.
it would be called:
Law of Detachment (Modus Ponens)
It is a direct form of reasoning.
If p is true than q is true.
p is true, therefore q is true.
Here's the reference: http://ux.brookdalecc.edu/fac/tlt/math/136/logic.pdf
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