Question

Consider this argument: "if richard graduated with honors, then richard maintained a gpa of 3.2 or higher. it is not the case that richard maintained a gpa of 3.2 or higher. therefore, richard did not graduate with honors." that argument is an example of __________.

Answer 1

This is an Affirming the Consequent argument. It is the name of an invalid conditional argument form or an invalid form of the modus ponens.

This is easily identified by remembering that any argument that affirms the consequent is invalid.