Truth Table Hack - Part 3 (CT Scan, Episode 59)

Here’s a shortcut to test arguments’ formal validity without drawing truth tables, just by showing if an argument’s conclusion can be false while its premises are true. Let’s see how to do this with the following argument: “If molecules-to-man evolution is true, then we can observe it directly or see its effects. We cannot observe it directly. But we can see its effects. Therefore, evolution is true.”

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• Logic topic: https://answersingenesis.org/logic/
• Dr. Jason Lisle (2009) “Formal Fallacies: Affirming the Consequent and Denying the Antecedent.” https://answersingenesis.org/logic/formal-fallacies/
• Answers in Genesis Introduction to Logic Course: https://answersingenesis.ca/store/product/introduction-logic-curriculum-set

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