Does the following argument illustrate the Law of Detachment? Given: If the power has been cut, then the refrigerator does not work. The refrigerator does not work. Conclude: The power has been cut. yes no
Yes.
Yes, the given argument does illustrate the Law of Detachment. The Law of Detachment states that if the conditional statement "If P then Q" and "P" are both true, then we can conclude with certainty that "Q" is also true. In this case, the given conditional statement is "If the power has been cut, then the refrigerator does not work," and it is stated that "The refrigerator does not work" is true. Therefore, we can conclude that "The power has been cut" is also true.
Yes, the given argument illustrates the Law of Detachment. The Law of Detachment states that if we have an "if-then" statement and the "if" part is true, then we can conclude that the "then" part is also true.
In this argument, the given statement is "If the power has been cut, then the refrigerator does not work." It is given that the refrigerator does not work, which is the "then" part of the statement. By applying the Law of Detachment, we can conclude that the "if" part, which is the power has been cut, must also be true.