Conditional statements

Depths of understanding

1. 1

   Foundation

   You know an if-then claim is broken only when the if part happens without the then part, and that from it "the then part didn't happen" follows backwards but "the then part happened" doesn't.

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   ArgumentIf-then claims are used as reasons in arguments.
2. 2

   Deeper

   "If not the then part, then not the if part" (the contrapositive) says the same thing as the original, and the converse doesn't.

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Your path here

What's still between you and Conditional statements, depth 1, in the order you can learn it.

1. 1ClaimDepth 1 · Foundation · Logic
2. 2ArgumentDepth 1 · Foundation · Logic
3. 3Conditional statementsDepth 1 · Foundation · Logic