AJB77 wrote:
A = One being at home
B = One being inside one's house
Claim states that A can happen with or without B
Conclusion states that A is not required for B to be true.
To me the claim is just a rewording of the conclusion. Because if the conclusion is true, then the claim is true. If the conclusion is false, then B => A negating the claim.
C would be my choice.
We can also eliminate the other choices:
A is false because the claim is not necessary at all to make the conclusion, it is just a rephrased conclusion.
B is clearly false
D is false because, there is no word-play here
E is also false
AJB, I have a couple of follow up questions:
You say that A can happen
with or without B
From the passage content (1st line) we know that A can happen without B. However nothing is said about A can happen with B correct?
All we know is
A is not dependant on B
B is not dependant on A.
I just want to make sure that i havent missed anything.
If the conclusion is negated, then we get A is required for B. If this were true, then like you said it contradicts the B !=> A paradigm. But the question just asks about the claim "one can be at home without being in one's house" [A !=> B]. So how is the claim
compatible with the falsity of the conclusion? The claim has no effect on the 'falsity" on the conclusion. Ergo its "compatible"? Is that what AC C is saying?
BTW the OA is C. So you've nailed it.