An argument is invalid if and only if all the premises is true and the conclusion is false.
We can test the invalidity of the argument by assuming all the premises are true and seeing whether it is possible for the conclusion to be false. If the conclusion is possible to be false, then, the argument is invalid.
A valid argument, on the other hand, is valid if and only if it is necessary that:
1) if all of the premises are true, then the conclusion is true
2) if all of the premises are true, then the conclusion must be true
3) it is impossible that all the premises are true and the conclusion is false.
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I believe <em>The Watsons Go To Birmingham </em>is historical fiction.
Explanation:
The book's events did not actually happen, as the Watson family is fictional. The book takes place in 1963.
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the Lake of Sleeping Children explores the post-NAFTA and Proposition 187 border purgatory of garbage pickers and dump dwellers, gawking tourists, and relief workers, fearsome coyotes, and their desperate clientele. In 16 indelible portraits, Urrea illuminates the horrors and the simple joys of people trapped between the two worlds of Mexico and the United States—and ignored by both. The result is a startling and memorable work of first-person reportage.
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