Talk:Hypothetical syllogism

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Socrates This article is within the scope of the WikiProject Philosophy, which collaborates on articles related to philosophy. To participate, you can edit this article or visit the project page for more details.
??? This article has not yet received a rating on the quality scale.
Mid This article has been rated as mid-importance on the importance scale.

Madeline must have known the material for the test, because if a person knows the material, that person will get an A, and Madeline was one of the students that got an A

[edit] Madeline not necessarily guilty

The hypothetical syllogism used to say adeline is guilty is a 'fallacy'because the argument used is not 'valid'. This is because the argument used is a contingency and not a tautology. Let P(x) be "x knows the material", and Q(x) be "x gets an A grade". P(x)->Q(x)(an implication) has a true value even if P(x) is false and Q(x) is true.