Below Is an Incomplete Truth Table for the Statement Form $\supset$

question 163

Multiple Choice

Below is an incomplete truth table for the statement form [( p $\supset$ q) • p] $\supset$ q. $$\begin{array} { c | c | c | c | c | c | c } { [ ( p } & \supset & q ) & \bullet & p ] & \supset & q \\\hline \mathrm { T } & \mathrm { T } & \mathrm { T } & \mathrm { T } & \mathrm { T } & & \mathrm { T } \\\mathrm { T } & \mathrm { F } & \mathrm { F } & \mathrm { F } & \mathrm { T } & & \mathrm { F } \\\mathrm { F } & \mathrm { T } & \mathrm { T } & \mathrm { F } & \mathrm { F } & & \mathrm { T } \\\mathrm { F } & \mathrm { T } & \mathrm { F } & \mathrm { F } & \mathrm { F } & & \mathrm { F }\end{array}$$ The truth-value assignment underneath the main connective should be TTTT.Therefore, the statement form [( p $\supset$ q) • p] $\supset$ q is a:

• A)tautology
• B)self-contradiction
• C)contingency
• D)equivalency
• E)contradiction

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