The conclusion of a cogent argument is _probably_ true. But it could always turn out to be false! For instance, let's say (1) Sharon is a lawyer. And you know that (2) most lawyers have gone to law school. It's therefore reasonable to conclude (3) Sharon went to law school. That's a cogent argument. But it's always possible she passed the bar _without_ going to law school. (That's rare. But it happens.) In that case, you reasoned correctly and your conclusion was reasonable. But through bad luck you landed on a false conclusion.
@@LetsGetLogical thanks you. can you tell me All cats are mammals, some mammals have tails. therefore some cats have tails. Is this inductive, and cogent or valid and sound?
It's deductive and has an INVALID argument form. You can see the problem with this example: (1) All apes are mammals (True) (2) Some mammals have tails (True) (3) Therefore some apes have tails (False)
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so can a conclusion be false and be cogent? why isn't conclusion mentioned in the definition of cogency?
The conclusion of a cogent argument is _probably_ true. But it could always turn out to be false!
For instance, let's say (1) Sharon is a lawyer. And you know that (2) most lawyers have gone to law school. It's therefore reasonable to conclude (3) Sharon went to law school. That's a cogent argument.
But it's always possible she passed the bar _without_ going to law school. (That's rare. But it happens.) In that case, you reasoned correctly and your conclusion was reasonable. But through bad luck you landed on a false conclusion.
@@LetsGetLogical thanks you.
can you tell me All cats are mammals, some mammals have tails. therefore some cats have tails. Is this inductive, and cogent or valid and sound?
It's deductive and has an INVALID argument form. You can see the problem with this example:
(1) All apes are mammals (True)
(2) Some mammals have tails (True)
(3) Therefore some apes have tails (False)
@@LetsGetLogical oh no, I said valid and sound even though I thought it was only probably some cats have tails.. it was a trick question it seems like
Thanks for the help. good karma is prob headed your way. Its difficult because our text exercises only give the answer to one in 5 problems so I don't know what to study or if I'm right or wrong.
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