Question
Determine the validity of the following arguments using the direct method of truth table:
$P \rightarrow \sim (Q\ \&\ R)$
$\therefore\ \sim (Q\ \&\ R) \rightarrow P$

Answer

 
Truth Table:
  Support Statement The resulting statement
  $1$ $2$ $3$ $4$ $5$ $6$ $7$
$P$ $Q$ $R$ $Q\ \&\ R$ $\sim (Q\ \&\ R)$ $P \rightarrow \sim   (Q\ \&\ R)$ $\sim (Q\ \&\ R) \rightarrow P$
$1$ $T$ $T$ $T$ $T$ $F$ $F$ $T$
$2$ $T$ $T$ $F$ $F$ $T$ $T$ $T$
$3$ $T$ $F$ $T$ $F$ $T$ $T$ $T$
$4$ $T$ $F$ $F$ $F$ $T$ $T$ $T$
$5$ $F$ $T$ $T$ $T$ $F$ $T$ $T$
$6$ $F$ $T$ $F$ $F$ $T$ $T^*$ $F^*$
$7$ $F$ $F$ $T$ $F$ $T$ $T^*$ $F^*$
$8$ $F$ $F$ $F$ $F$ $T$ $T^*$ $F^*$
  $2,3(\&)$ $4(\sim )$ $1, 2(\rightarrow)$ $5,1(\rightarrow)$
Judgment of the validity of the argument: A total of seven columns are formed in the above truth table. In which the column no. $6th$ base statement and column no. $7$ is the introduction of the result statement. Flowers of the table of truth out of eight rows. In $2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7$ and $8$ the base statement truth is $‘T’.$ But of the row. The result statement in $6, 7$ and $8$ is false $‘F’.$ Hence this argument is disproportionate.

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