The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #37626   Message #527634
Posted By: GUEST
14-Aug-01 - 10:24 AM
Thread Name: This site is NOT like all the rest.
Subject: RE: This site is NOT like all the rest.
So suppose we have a sound argument:
All men are mortal.
Socrates is a man.
Therefore, Socrates is mortal.

In this case we have an argument where, first, if the premises are all true, then the conclusion must be true (i.e., the argument is valid); and, second, it so happens that the premises are all true. It follows that the conclusion must be true. That is the nice thing about soundness: if you know an argument is sound, then you know that the conclusion of the argument is true. By definition, all sound arguments have true conclusions. So soundness is a very good quality for an argument to have