1. A saying and slogan that has been going around the media and posted along the freeways is “ Drive sober or get pulled over”
2. major premise: if you are drunk you will get pulled over
minor premise: if you are sober you are not drunk
conclusion: if you are sober you will not get pulled over
3. the argument is valid because when people are drunk they do get pulled over and get a ticket. therefore if the driver is sober they will not get pulled over and if they are not sober they will get pulled over.
4. this argument is valid and sound because it is true and the premises lead to the conclusion.
5. you will get pulled over, if you don’t drive sober.
6. this statement is not a tautology because not all drivers that aren’t sober get pulled over, however it is very common that a driver that is not sober does get pulled over. and truth tables are very useful in deciding if an argument is a tautology or not.
7. it is a fallacy because even though it is valid and true there are cases in which people drive drunk and don’t get pulled over in real life and cases in which people drive sober and do get pulled over.
8. This blog post helped me apply what we are learning in class to real life situations. I also learned that arguments and statements can be valid but still false under circumstances.
I really liked your slogan! but wouldnt it be valid but not true because you can still get pulled over if you're sober
ReplyDeleteyep! good observation.
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i like your slogan! very creative.
ReplyDeletealexandria,
ReplyDeletegreat slogan for this assignment! i think your truth table should have had 8 rows, though, because the way you've written things, you have three conditional statements. check out the example that i did for the assignment that had multiple conditional statements. i give you props for using an argument with multiple conditional statements, though. your closing statement for part 9 is spot on. =]
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