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Logical Reasoning

6.19

Other approach:

According to Boolean logic, the argu-

ment is valid if the premise and conclusion convey us the

same thing.

Location of 'non'

A and O

Statements

E and I

Statements

1.

Subject

Nothing can be

done

Conversion

to get

'non' into

predicate

2.

Predicate

Obversion

Obversion

3.

Subject and

Predicate

Contraposition

Nothing can

be done

Example:

All insured villagers (IV) have good medical

coverage. Therefore, all villagers with bad medical cover-

age are uninsured villagers.

Solution:

Premise: All IV are G. Conclusion: All non-G are

non-IV.

The conclusion is the contrapositive of ...