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You Are Assessing an Individual Who Is on Trial for Murder

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You are assessing an individual who is on trial for murder. The diagnosis is antisocial personality disorder. To support this, you might look for a deficiency in


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Valid Argument

An argument wherein if the premises are true, the conclusion must also be true, due to its logical form.

Premises Guarantee

In logic, the condition where the premises of an argument necessarily lead to its conclusion, ensuring its validity.

Existential Import

The implication that the subjects referred to in a proposition actually exist.

Categorical Syllogism

A form of deductive reasoning consisting of three statements: two premises and a conclusion, each stating a relationship between categories.

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