The Manifest Functions of Our Society's Reliance on Personal Automobiles

question 119

True/False

The manifest functions of our society's reliance on personal automobiles include tens of thousands of deaths each year in traffic accidents.

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Definitions:

Modus Ponens

A valid form of argument in which if a conditional statement ("if P then Q") is accepted, and P is asserted to be true, then Q necessarily follows.

Modus Tollens

A logical argument form where the contrapositive of a premise is used to infer the negation of the hypothesis.

Hypothetical Syllogism

A logical argument composed of two conditional statements and a conclusion, based if the first premise is true, then the second one follows.

Modus Ponens

A valid form of argument in which if a conditional statement (“if p then q”) and its antecedent (“p”) are true, then the consequent (“q”) is also true.