Compound Propositions By Jamil O Quinn

The first week of the class professor Jamil O’Quinn introduced the rudimentary concept of logic; we’ve learned about propositions and how it’s critical to analyze what’s being stated. He said that statement could be true or false and it also could be unknown. He stressed that time could change whether a proposition is true of false; he gave an example of this by bringing attention to a quotation in the book: “The largest state in the United States was once an independent republic,” this was asserted about Texas, but now (1st, October, 2015) this statement relates A to Alaska. I’ve learned that there are a few characteristics of proposition like: compound, conjunctive, disjunctive and hypothetical. Compound proposition contain other proposition within themselves. Conjunctive proposition assert more than one proposition; an example: Amazon have great deals, awesome movies, and a huge catalog. …show more content…
Disjunctive proposition is when none of the component is asserted, one is true and one is false. Hypothetical proposition do not assert components and uses if-then. I’ve learned that arguments refer strictly to any groups of propositions of which one claimed to follow from others, which are regarded as providing support for the truth of one. Every argument is a structured cluster or proposition, but vice versa is not true. I’ve learned that questions, commands, and exclamation marks are neither true or false. Arguments that rhetorical questions are suspect because the question is neither true nor false. It may serves as a device to suggest the truth of some proposition while avoiding responsibility for asserting it. Rhetorical questions are also used to