Lecture Notes.
 
  

 
Module Eleven: Session Ten

Deductive Argument Patterns

Summary

 

 

    In this section you learned about the following basic argument patterns:
    • Modus Ponens
    • Modus Tollens
    • Chain Argument
    • Disjunctive Syllogism (two valid forms)

You also learned about their corresponding fallacies:

  • Affirming the Consequent
  • Denying the Antecedent
  • Reverse Chain argument
  • Invalid Disjunctive Syllogisms (two forms)

It is important that you memorize each of these forms and understand why they work the way they do.

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