Questions tagged [soundness]
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Example of an unsound argument with true premise and true conclusions
I'm doing an introductory undergraduate course on philosophy. I was reading an introduction to what argument is and what kinds of arguments there are when I came across this.
'Soundness:
An argument ...
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How does one prove properties of soundness and completeness for a logic using proof-theoretic semantics?
Can one prove these properties at all without relying on notions of models and interpretations?
Are there other properties that proof-theorists usually prove instead?
From what I've read, I've only ...
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Validity and Soundness
The following is an argument which I thought was sound but I have been told I am wrong.
Some men are married
Therefore
Some men are not married
I think this argument is sound because the premise ...
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Is this lexical or structural ambiguity: "criminal actions are illegal, and murder trials are criminal actions, so murder trials are illegal"?
I am yet to learn about ambiguity and sound arguments but am attepting to make the following argument sound.
All criminal actions are illegal
All murder trials are criminal actions
Therefore
All ...
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Example of a Sound Argument
I used the following example as a sound argument but was marked incorrect. I can't determine where I went wrong.
All criminal actions are illegal
All murder trials are criminal actions
Therefore
All ...
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Determining the soundness of arguments
I was recently given the following question in an exam.
Determine the soundness of the following argument:
John lives on the same street as Mary.
Mary lives on the same street as Sam.
Therefore, Sam ...
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Are there quantitative measures for the soundness of an argument?
I wonder if anyone has explored a quantitative measurement of the soundness of an argument. By soundness, I mean the extent to which the argument's premises are true and valid. By quantitative measure,...
