Errors in Conditional Reasoning

Question 1

“taking the nonexistence of something as evidence that a necessary precondition for that thing also did not exist”

Answer 1

Errors of Conditional Reasoning

Mistaken Negation

Question 2

“mistakes being sufficient to justify punishment for being required to justify it”

Answer 2

Errors of Conditional Reasoning

Mistaken Reversal

Question 3

“it treats something that is necessary for bringing about a state of affairs as something that is sufficient to bring about a state of affairs”

Answer 3

Errors of Conditional Reasoning

Confuses a necessary condition for a sufficient condition

Question 4

“from the assertion that something is necessary to a moral order, the argument concludes that that thing is sufficient for an element of the moral order to be realized”

Answer 4

Errors of Conditional Reasoning

Confuses a necessary condition for a sufficient condition

Question 5

“confuses a sufficient condition with a required condition”

Answer 5

Errors of Conditional Reasoning

Confuses a sufficient condition for a necessary condition