alleryStart learning →Which approach judges validity by an argument's form alone?
ASyntactic approach
BSemantic approach
CProbabilistic approach
DPsychological approach
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. Syntactic approach
The syntactic approach says validity depends only on the form, syntax or structure of the argument.
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