Friday, July 16, 2010

Conjunction Claims

Conjunction claims are claims that are true if both sides of the claim is true. If either one of the sides is not true, then the whole claim is false.

example: Dogs bark and also love cats.

This claim may be true in the first part: "Dogs bark", but the second part is false: "(dogs)love cats." Since not all dogs love cats, then the second part is considered to be false. So all in all, the entire claim is false because both sides of the claim need to be true for the whole claim to be true.

I find this very interesting because many people now a days say many things but do not recognize that they would contradict themselves when claiming something. But by knowing this type of claim, it will be able to help me in fixing how I use claims and when I'm talking to another person.

1 comment:

  1. This was awesome concept to me! I love how with Conjunction Claims everything is either all true or all false! Being aware of this type of claim will make me more conscious in what I am saying in relationship to have people are saying! This is a great thing to have knowledge of because it will allow me the want to have control over what I say and how I say them. This concept is a really good to pass to other around you so that we can help the world become better speakers! This is especially important for every politician to know! No offence to anyone out there!

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