Introductory Logic Lesson 23 introduces the concepts of validity and soundness. The lesson says that a syllogism is valid if and only if the premises imply the conclusion. If a syllogism can have true premises and a false conclusion, the argument is invalid. A sound argument is a valid argument with all true statements.

The only purpose of Lesson 23 is to introduce the concepts of validity and soundness. This lesson does not explain how to determine validity. So if after studying this lesson you have trouble knowing whether a given syllogism is valid or invalid, don’t worry about it. You will learn how to do that in the next three lessons. Lessons 24-26 are dedicated to teaching the methods for determining the validity of a syllogism.