INSTRUCTIONS: Use indirect truth tables to answer the following problems. Given the argument: (K • ? C) ? ?(P • R) / J ? (K • P) / A ? (P • R) // (A • J) ? C This argument is:

A) Cogent.

B) Sound.

C) Valid.

D) Uncogent.

E) Invalid.


C

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