If Computers Can Play Chess, Then They Can Think

question 288

Multiple Choice

If computers can play chess, then they can think. But computers cannot think. Thus, computers cannot play chess.

• A) Disjunctive syllogism.
• B) Invalid.
• C) Denying the antecedent.
• D) Affirming the consequent.
• E) Modus tollens.

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