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The Truth-Table Test for Validity

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An argument is valid when no row makes all premises true and the conclusion false. Find such a row: invalid. Exhaust the rows without one: valid — certified.

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Unlike the counterexample hunt (021), this method proves validity. Exhaustion is certification.