Either/Or in Rules in Game Inconsistent with What We're Taught
Started by Ambria · started 2021-06-02 03:17 · last activity 2021-09-12 20:22 · 3 replies
Hi all!
I am hoping that someone could clarify why there seems to be a contradiction between what we are taught in the Sufficient & Necessary Conditions lessons vs. what the conditional rule states in the game set up video for the fourth rule.
For example:
In the game, the rule states: Whenever either J or W is exhibited, S cannot be exhibited.
According to the Sufficient & Necessary Condition lesson, we would diagram this by:
#1 picking a variable and making it the necessary condition. In this case I would pick S
#2 pick the other variable, negate it, and make it sufficient.
So, we would be left with: ~J or ~W ---> S
The contrapositive would be: ~S ---> J & W
However, the video game setup says it should be: J or W ---> ~S
The contrapositive: S ---> J & W
Thanks.