Gned 1103 Lecture 4-Arguments and Truth Tables

what does an argument consist of?

premise and conclusion

what is a premise?

the given statements

what is a conclusion?

the result determined by the truth of the premises

what is a valid argument?

when the conclusion is true whether the premises are assumed to be true

what is an invalid argument?

argument that is not valid, also considered a fallacy

what can be used to determined validity?

truth tables

how to test the validity of an argument with a truth table?

1. assign letters to each simple statement

2. express premises and conclusion

3. write symbolic conditional statement

4. construct a truth table

5. determine if it is a tautology or not

what is a valid argument with true premises called?

sound argument

What is deductive reasoning?

uses general premises to make specific predictions

What is inductive reasoning?

specific to general