I learned a lot about how claims can be combined and have counter claims or negations. For instance, compound claims are “one composed of other claims, but which has to be viewed as just one claim.” In my own zesty tell ‘em words, that means it is made up of two different statements within one claim. For example, if I said, “Andy skateboarded to Taco Bell or some other fast food place.” These are two different claims because one claim says Andy skated to Taco Bell. The other claim says Andy skated to some other fast food place.
There are also contradictions to claims which are defined in the text as “a claim that has the opposite truth-value in all possible circumstances.” This is pretty basic but an example would be “Andy has red hair” and the contradiction (or negation) would be “Andy does not have red hair.”
These are two of the topics discussed in the chapter but there are a couple others as well. Hope these examples helped a little bit. Later.
Combining claims is something that comes up often in our everyday interactions with others. It sounds funny to say one thing, stop, and than say another thing if the two concepts have something in common. We look for ways to combine concepts so that the flow of conversation comes across seamless. “My wife is tired, and ready to go to bed,” makes sense as combined claim. Saying it as two separate sentences makes no particle sense. I would like to think that the concept is simple enough to grasp, but so important in terms of its daily practices. Thanks for the thoughts.
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