Identify the type of argument and determine its validity with a Venn diagram.Premise: If you cut me, I bleed.Premise: I do not bleed.Conclusion: You did not cut me.

Question

What will be an ideal response?

Answer 1

The type of argument is called Denying the Conclusion. We have p = you cut me and q = I bleed. The second premise asserts that q is false for me, which we show by putting an X outside the q circle. Since the p circle is inside the q circle, the X is outside the p circle, too. The Venn diagram shows that the premises lead necessarily to the conclusion, so the argument is valid.