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Are these deductive argument valid?

xNegma March 10, 2019 at 21:18 1675 views 3 comments
Either you go to a university or you don't. If you're in university you will have time for nothing else but study. If you're not in university then you're wasting your time. So either you stop wasting your time or you start to make time to do something else besides your study. (Invalid)

Either you don't participate in class or you don't collaborate with your team members. If you are a valuable asset to your school, then you participate in class. If you are a valuable asset to your team, then you collaborate with your team members. So you are not a valuable asset to either your school or your team. (Invalid)

Only graduates with Critical Thinking skills are sought after by employers. After you graduate you will have Critical Thinking skills. So you will be sought after by employers! (Valid)

All university students in US have to do internships. Some university students in US go abroad for their internships. So some Harvard students go abroad for their internships. (Valid)

Comments (3)

noAxioms March 11, 2019 at 03:20 #263539
All four of them are invalid, but the 2nd one might just be poorly worded.
I would have concluded that one cannot be a valuable asset to both your school and your team.
I like sushi March 11, 2019 at 03:31 #263542
Yep, all invalid. The third is nearly valid. If it said “ALL” instead of “ONLY” it’d be valid.
Josh Alfred March 11, 2019 at 06:53 #263556
Jeez, there all invalid. The second one is poorly worded, badly formulated.