http://www.thetranscript.com/letters/ci_19193746
Reports of death ‘greatly exaggerated’
p-All people listed as dead in the newspaper are dead
p-This woman was listed as dead in the newspaper
c-This woman must be dead.
All PL are D
W is PL
W must be D
I tried to come up with a counterexample for this argument for about the last fifteen minutes. I have been unsuccessful in finding one, so I am guessing this is probably and argument. I would also say this is an inductive argument that is weak and uncogent. What do you think?
ReplyDeleteI believe it's a deductive argument, and it's valid but unsound.
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