Question

Come up with all valid conclusions for this set of premises: “If you get out the leash, the dog wants to go for a walk,” “the dog wants to go for a walk if you put on shoes,” “the dog wanting to go for a walk is sufficient for me to want a cat.” “The dog doesn't want to go for a walk.” Explain your answer noting each step of the argument.

Answer 1

Here we have three premises

P1: If you get out the leash, the dog wants to go for a walk.

P2: The dog wants to go for a walk if you put on shoes.

P3: The dog wanting to go for a walk is sufficient for me to want a cat.

Now the dog doesn't want to go for a walk. Then we have these possible conclusions

C1: You don't get out the leash and you don't put on shoes.

This conclusion is come from P1 and P2.

C2: I don't want a cat.

This conclusion follows from P3 beacuse if dog want to go for a walk then I want a cat but dog doesn't want to walk means I don't want a cat.