RE: Which error is this?
January 2, 2022 at 2:40 pm
(This post was last modified: January 2, 2022 at 2:54 pm by LadyForCamus.)
(January 2, 2022 at 12:19 pm)GrandizerII Wrote: The argument is logically valid but not sound.
As this takes on the modus tollens form, there is nothing wrong with the structure. The problem is with the plausibility of P1, but that's a question of soundness, not validity.
Logically valid arguments are arguments in which the conclusion logically follows from the premises, regardless of whether the premises are true. The truth of the premises (if they are true, that is) guarantees the truth of the conclusion. I don't see how the conclusion fails to follow from the premises in this case. Once again, this is modus tollens in action (though you may need to rewrite the argument to see it more clearly).
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