Mission Critical Website

The topic that I found most interesting on the Mission Critical Website was the Introduction to Conditional Arguments page. The page explains that “if” and “then” are most likely always present in conditional arguments; where as “if” is the antecedent, and “then” is the consequent. Also, the website states that “the first premise established the condition--the relationship between the antecedent and the consequent.” The antecedent and the consequent can also be interchangeable, as long as the claim starts with “if.” For example, a) “If I don’t go grocery shopping, I won’t have food to eat,” and b) “I won’t have food to eat if I don’t go grocery shopping.” Both sentences contain the same words and hold the same meaning; only the wording varies. When dealing the Conditional Arguments, it is important to have both the antecedent and the consequent. If a claim has only one of the two, the validity and comprehension of the claim will be faulty.