Compound claims are talked about in this chapter. There are certain words that can make a certain statement a “compound claim.” For example, “I will write my blog entries at school OR I will do it at home.” There are two statements connected by the word, “or” which makes them a compound claim.
Using the word, “or” is just one way you can form a compound claim. There are also other kinds of claims discussed in this chapter. The second type of claim discussed in this chapter is, “contradictory of a claim.” It states that it has “the opposite truth-value in all possible circumstances.”
“Either the Doctor goes back to save Amy, or Amy will be stuck in a parallel dimension forever and ever, and never see the Doctor again.”
The “negation” for this would be, “The Doctor won’t go back to save Amy, and Amy will see the Doctor again.”
For every statement in the claim, there will always be a “negation.”
(This is such an open-ended question this week, isn’t it?) It’s alright, I like it. :)
I know what a coincidence! Haha we always end up writing about the same things. Anyways, you examples for this chapter were very unique which made your post very entertaining to read! I liked your reasoning of how you could use the word “or” to create a compound claim. It makes it really simple and makes it easy for people to understand how to use a compound claim. Your example about the doctor’s option for saving Amy was quite funny and was kind of an ultimatum. It was kind of like a false dilemma at the same time. It represented a false dilemma because if the doctor doesn’t go back for Amy, Amy will be dead, and that’s pretty much a bad situation!
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