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Dr. Jay
VerLinden
Communication
Department
College of Arts, Humanities
and Social Sciences
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Argumentation and Critical Thinking Tutorial

FORMAL VALIDITY REQUIREMENTS
TEST #1

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A disjunctive syllogism has a major premise that has the form "Either A or B." To be valid the minor premise must either accept A or B, or it must reject A or B.

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A valid disjunctive syllogism has which of the following characteristics?

A. The minor premise must either affirm the antecedent or deny the consequent
B: The minor premise must either accept an alternative or reject an alternative
C: One of the premises is missing
D: It reaches a truthful conclusion