> Can Deduction for a Valid Argument produce the wrong conclusion? Yes: The current definition of valid deductive inference: > A deductive argument is said to be valid if and only if it takes a > form that makes it impossible for the premises to be true and the > conclusion nevertheless to be false. Otherwise, a deductive argument > is said to be invalid. https://iep.utm.edu/val-snd/ Determines that:<br> The Moon is made from Green Cheese therefore Donald Trump is God. <br> **is a valid argument because its premise is (counter-factual) thus impossibly true.** To eliminate this issue we can redefine a valid argument as:<br> an argument is deductively valid iff the conclusion is a necessary consequence of its premises. © 2022 POlcott