Conditionals

While reading chapter 6 I learned about conditionals and how they come about. Claims that can be made into an "if…then.." statement are known as conditionals. This is only true if the re-written claim has the same truth value as before. In conditional claims the "if" part is known as the antecedent and the "then" part is known and the consequent. An example of a conditional claim would be something like "If you promise to rake then leaves then I will let you go out with your friends. "promise to rake the leaves" is the antecedent, and "go out with your friends" is the consequent. Another example of a conditional claim is "I'll meet you at the drive in, if it doesn’t rain." In this example the antecedent is "doesn’t rain" and it comes as the second part. "I'll meet you at the drive in" is the consequent and it comes first.