The author uses the word "immediacy" (line 39) most likely in order to express
Marianneon February 6, 2019
For Question 8
When coming up with the setup and extracting the logic from the passage, I noted that the argument was flawed because of negation and that it was attempting to invoke the necessary condition of the contrapositive to conclude the sufficient condition of the contrapositive. Is this wrong?
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Your analysis of the argument is correct. You could also say that it's flawed because it's failing the sufficient condition of the argument and concluding that the necessary condition must be failed as a result. Your way of saying that it was attempting to invoke the necessary condition of the contrapositive to conclude the sufficient condition of the contrapositive means the same thing as what I wrote, so either is fine. Whichever one you enjoy is fine.
I would personally just not that they failed the sufficient and concluded that the necessary condition must be failed as a result because that's easier for me to see, but if it's easier for you to see it when looking at the contrapositive, then by all means...keep doing that!
It sounds like you're understanding what's going on, so that's what matters, as it'll help you get other questions like this correct.
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