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    The document discusses three properties of statements and arguments: truth, validity, and soundness. Truth refers to statements being the case, validity refers to the structure of an argument, and soundness refers to an argument having both a valid structure and true statements. It provides examples of valid arguments that can be categorized based on whether the premises and conclusion are true (case 1) or if the premises are true but conclusion is false (case 3).

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    The document discusses three properties of statements and arguments: truth, validity, and soundness. Truth refers to statements being the case, validity refers to the structure of an argument, and soundness refers to an argument having both a valid structure and true statements. It provides examples of valid arguments that can be categorized based on whether the premises and conclusion are true (case 1) or if the premises are true but conclusion is false (case 3).

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    The document discusses three properties of statements and arguments: truth, validity, and soundness. Truth refers to statements being the case, validity refers to the structure of an argument, and soundness refers to an argument having both a valid structure and true statements. It provides examples of valid arguments that can be categorized based on whether the premises and conclusion are true (case 1) or if the premises are true but conclusion is false (case 3).

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    of 6

    • Truth

    • Validity

    • Soundness
    • A property of statements i.e., that they are the case.

    • A property of arguments i.e., that they have a good structure.

    • A property of both arguments and statements in them i.e., the


    argument is valid and all the statement are true.
    CASES OF VALID ARGUMENTS
    Cases 1 2 3

    Premises T F F

    Conclusion T T F
    EXAMPLE OF CASE 1

    All plants are green.


    Moses is a plant.
    Therefore, moses is green.
    EXAMPLE OF CASE 2

    All plants are red.


    Rose is a plant.
    Therefore, rose is red.
    EXAMPLE OF CASE 3

    All fruits are green.


    Potato is a fruit.
    Therefore, potato is green.

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