Saturday, April 19, 2008

An Analogy for the difference between Soundness and Validity

An Analogy for the difference between Soundness and Validity

You can look at it like a map and a compass if that helps. A sound argument is like a compass. A valid argument is like a map. The map if you do not have it held correctly will not take you where you want to go. It takes soundness or the compass to make it so that you orient your map correctly. The map is still good, still valid when it is not held or oriented properly as is an argument that the premise for it is wrong.

Does this help?

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