If People Can Talk to the Dead, Then the Dead

question 388

Multiple Choice

If people can talk to the dead, then the dead are still alive. People cannot talk to the dead. Therefore, the dead are not still alive.

• A) Deductive, valid.
• B) Inductive, strong.
• C) Deductive, invalid.
• D) Inductive, weak.
• E) Deductive, sound.

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