5. Another type of faulty reasoning occurs when a premise is stated as a conditional. Consider the...

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5. Another type of faulty reasoning occurs when a premise is stated as a conditional. Consider the following lament all too common from students: “If I don’t get at least a B in this course, then life is not fair.” Later the student discovers that he has obtained a grade of B+ and concludes: “Therefore, life is fair.”

a. Give an additional example of this type of fallacy.

b. Comment on the lack of validity in this type of argument

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