Which of these is a valid conclusion?
All carpenters make furniture. Patrick is a carpenter. Therefore Patrick does not make furniture. All carpenters make furniture. Patrick is not a carpenter. Therefore Patrick makes furniture. All carpenters make furniture. Patrick makes furniture. Therefore Patrick is a carpenter. All carpenters make furniture. Patrick does not make furniture. Therefore Patrick is not a carpenter.
All carpenters make furniture. Patrick is not a carpenter. Therefore Patrick makes furniture.
how so?
i think its correct
how does that make sense?
the answer is All carpenters make furniture. Patrick does not make furniture. Therefore Patrick is not a carpenter
i think that as well
the first two don't make sense at all. this is a problem of proposition logic. let p be the statement : All carpenters make furniture. let q be the statement : Patrick makes furniture. in the 4th case, p is true, q is false. so p=>q is false. so negation of p=>q is true which is the statement that Patrick is not a carpenter.
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