Chapter 10 Argument Analysis

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So, reading chapter 10 this week was really informative. The chapter contained many different concepts and a great deal of information. It really helped me have a better understanding of the chapter, since I missed the lecture on truth tables. However, as I read the book and tried to understand them I got more confused. I understood that in order to prove your argument is valid both of your premises have to be true. Even if your premise are true, there can be circumstances where your conclusion is false, and all you need to prove your argument is invalid is a row of the truth table. Although, I found truth tables way easier than Venn diagrams.. The different claims were pretty easy to comprehend. For instance, a compound claim is only true

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