Believe it or Not
Shaela Kilmartin
1.
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| Popchips ad |
premise 2 = A person eats popchips over anything else
conclusion = therefore, a person will feel less guilty
3. *passed in at class*
4. (b.) Valid but not true
5. p = a person eats anything other than popchips
q = a person feels less guilty
[ (p -> ~q) ^ q ] -> ~p
6.
a. The statement is a tautology, but it does not make sense in real life. Chips cannot make you feel less guilty.
b. It does have a solution mathmatically, it is a tautology
c. Truth tables help you determine if a statement is a tautology because all you have to do is look at the last column and see if it is all true.
7. The source is clear. There is not a date. It seems acurate. The information is presented well. It seems not true though, a chip cannot make you feel less guilty.
8. Yes it is valid, but not true, therefore it is unsound. Therefore it is a fallacy.
9. I still am confused about this entire concept, and I don't really think this helped to be honest.
This was a unique and interesting topic!
ReplyDeleteshaela,
ReplyDeletewell, you chose an interesting topic. it definitely is a good example of how media twists its words to make us purchase things or believe things. it's unfortunate that you were still confused during this assignment.
i must say i was a little confused as to why you negated the q portion of your statement for the truth table when there wasn't a negation in the original statement. other than that oddity, a generally good entry. =]
professor little