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Validity Is About Form, Not Truth

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Validity depends on the argument's structure, not on whether its statements are actually true.

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"All fish fly; whales are fish; so whales fly." Every statement false — form perfectly valid.

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This is the single most common confusion in the entire subject. Sit with it.