Theos-Talk Archives (May 2002 Message tt00088)

Bart,

At 12:14 PM 5/9/02 -0400, you wrote:
> Here is another one I remember from Logic class. "If the bough breaks, the
> cradle will fall. Given that the cradle has fallen, one may therefore
> conclude that the bough has broken." True of False
False: The two sentences are not connected. "If the bough breaks, the 
cradle will fall" only if the cradle is supported by the bough which 
breaks at the time of the breaking of the bough.
The fact of the cradle having fallen could be caused by the cradle 
falling off the back porch and has no causal connection to the bough 
breaking.

Peace, Bruce MacD