This type of deductive reasoning involves denying the consequent of a conditional statement to draw a conclusion. In other words, if you know “if A then B,” and you find out that B is false, then you can deduce that A is also false.
This type of deductive reasoning involves denying the consequent of a conditional statement to draw a conclusion. In other words, if you know “if A then B,” and you find out that B is false, then you can deduce that A is also false.