Is it wrong to add additional premises?
Started by pefriedrichs · started 2020-05-23 17:59 · last activity 2020-08-11 17:09 · 1 reply
When diagramming this question I created two premises and a conclusion, but my second premise and my conclusion formed a transitive relationship that created the flawed reasoning with the reversal.
1. NADM --> NDAC
2. NDAC--> Alex
3. Alex--> NADM
For the second premise I used the Suff. and Nec. rule for "who" and read it as: "Alex is someone (nec.) who has clearly never done all he can (suff.)".
2 and 3 form NDAC-->NADM, so I eventually formed the chain correctly, but I'm wondering if in situations like this certain pronouns from the passage can be overlooked to save time?