URGENT Symbolize the following argument using the given symb
URGENT
Symbolize the following argument (using the given symbolization key); show that the argument is invalid by assigning truth values to these atomic parts:
if the government intervenes and there is no break in hostilities, then either there is a break in hostilities or Eritrea will suffer if, but only if, there is no government intervention. the only three possibilities are that either there is a break in hostilities, Eritrea suffers, or there will be no government interventions. So Eritrea will not suffer if and only if there is a break in hostilities.
I: the government intervenes B:there is a break in hostilities S: eritrea suffers
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Solution
I: the government intervenes
B: there is a break in hostilities
S: eritrea suffers
The first statement is,
if the government intervenes and there is no break in hostilities, then either there is a break in hostilities or Eritrea will suffer if, but only if, there is no government intervention.
This will be symbolized as, (I &~B)->(B+(S<->~A))
The second statement is
the only three possibilities are that either there is a break in hostilities, Eritrea suffers, or there will be no government interventions.
This will be symbolized as, B+S+~I
The third statement is,
So Eritrea will not suffer if and only if there is a break in hostilities.
This will be symbolized as, ~S<->B
If these three symbolized functions will be written one at a time, the truth values are attained but when they are combined, the combintion shows that the argument is invalid
