Question

If I make a fire, then the room will warm up. I did not make a fire. Therefore, the room did not warm up. This is a valid argument.

true or false

Answer 1

The argument presented is invalid as it falls into the fallacious form of argument called affirming the consequent.

Step-by-step explanation:

The argument presented is invalid. The form of the argument is called the affirming the consequent. This is a fallacious form of argument where the conclusion does not logically follow from the premises. In this case, even though the first premise is true (if a fire is made, then the room will warm up) and the second premise is true (no fire was made), it does not logically lead to the conclusion that the room did not warm up.