Week 4 - 1 of 3

In chapter 6, I think the most useful information is the explanaition of conditionals and what they are. A conditional claim is one that can be rewritten as an "if...then..." claim that must have the same truth-value. "If A, then B", the claim A is the antecedent, and the claim B is the consequent. An example of a conditional claim would be: If you pay for me then I'll go with you to the movies. the antecedent is " You pay for me" and the consequent is "I'll go to the movies with you". A conditional claim can also be done in a reversed way. For example: I'll go to the club, if I can drink before we go. The antecedent is "Drink before we go" and the consequent is "I'll go to the club". Yes a conditional is only a claim, but it defines a specific type of claim. When in an argument or even a conversation, being able to pick out the conditional claims can be very useful. For instance, in example 1 you can try to reason or come up with another way to get she or he to go to the movies if they don't want to pay. Watch a movie at home.