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Soundness

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A sound argument is a valid argument whose premises are all true. Soundness guarantees a true conclusion.

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"All humans are mortal. Socrates is human. So Socrates is mortal." Valid, with true premises—sound.

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Valid but unsound is common. Checking the connection is half the work; checking the premises is the rest.