Solution 3.1.6.1.

We make a truth table which contains all the lines of the argument form:

\(P\) \(Q\) \(P\imp Q\) \(\neg P\) \(\neg P \imp Q\)
T T T F T
T F F F T
F T T T T
F F T T F

(we include a column for \(\neg P\) just as a step to help getting the column for \(\neg P \imp Q\)).

Now look at all the rows for which both \(P \imp Q\) and \(\neg P \imp Q\) are true. This happens only in rows 1 and 3. Hey! In those rows \(Q\) is true as well, so the argument form is valid (it is a valid deduction rule).

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