Yesterday, Dr. Ling announced to his biopsychology class, "If we are going to have a review session on Tuesday, everyone in the class will receive an e-mail message on Friday." Elspeth is enrolled in the class, and she did not receive a message
Based on these premises, she concludes that the class will not have a review session on Tuesday. She is using the kind of reasoning known as
a. affirming the antecedent.
b. affirming the consequent.
c. denying the antecedent.
d. denying the consequent.
Ans: d
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