Connections between premises and conclusions

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For the following argument, do the following: a) Put it in argument form b) Symbolize it c) Determine whether it is valid or invalid using truth tables (no need to email the table

THE ARGUMENT: There are necessary truths. For, assuming that there are no necessary truths, there are no necessary connections between premises and conclusions. But there are no valid arguments if there are no necessary connections between between premises and conclusions; and there are valid arguments. KEY: N= there are necessary truths C=there are necessary connections between premises and conclusions V=there are valid arguments

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