1.
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Can
one tell whether an argument is valid or not from the following information?
(i)
Its premises are true and its conclusion true.
(ii) Its premises are true and its conclusion
is false.
(iii) At least one of its premises is
false and its conclusion is true.
(iv) At least one of its premises is
false and its conclusion is false. |
2.
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Can
one have an invalid argument which meets the following conditions?
(i) Its premises are consistent with
its conclusion?
(ii) Its premises are inconsistent and
its conclusion is false.
(iii) Its premises is a necessary truth
and its conclusion is true. |
3.
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Can one have a valid argument which meets the following conditions?
(i) Its premises are consistent but its
conclusion is false.
(ii) Its conclusion is inconsistent with
the premises.
(iii) Its conclusion is inconsistent
with the premises, and the premises are consistent.
(iv) The negation of its conclusion is
consistent with one of the premises.
(v) The negation of its conclusion is
inconsistent with the negation of one of the premises.
(vi) The negation of its conclusion is
inconsistent with the negation of one of the premises, and the argument
would not be valid without this premise. |