Chapter 6 focused primarily on Considering the Alternatives of claims and the Conditionals. Two things that I learned from this chapter is information on the contradictory of a claim and the conditionals and their contradictories.
The contradictory of a claim focuses on the opposite of the truth that is stated. It is known as the negotiation of a claim.
In the book they gave the following example:
Contradictory of an or claim: A or B has contradictory not A and not B.
For example, a claim could be that Tim McGraw is a country singer. The contradictory of that claim would be, Tim McGraw is NOT a country singer. This proves the opposite truth-value of the circumstance.
A conditional claim can be rewritten as an “if” or “then” claim that must be truthful.
An example of a conditional claim is:
I will go to college and get a degree and then I will become a doctor.
This claim does not contradict itself because there is no certainty about the claim because “then” was used and the claim still makes sense.
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ReplyDeleteI think you did a good job discussing contradictory claims and conditional claims. With contradictory claims, it is just the opposite of the truth of what was said. Your example with Tim McGraw was clear and easy to understand. The opposite of the truth of him being a country singer is him NOT being a country singer. You also did a good job describing conditional claims. An if or then statement that must be truthful is a conditional claim. Your example about going to college, getting a degree, and becoming a doctor showed how these words help prove the statement’s truth.
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