Drawing Diagrams for Validity

There can be valid or invalid forms in general claims. Valid claims are when the premises are true and lead to the conclusion. To check if a general claim is valid, you can draw a diagram. "It is an example of a way to check whether certain kinds of arguments that use general claims are valid" (Epstein, 164). Drawing a diagram helps to see if the premises of a claim is true as well. If there is no overlap between two topics, then that means the conclusion is most likely false. The main topic is generally represented in the center, where as the similarities or differences are overlapped within another. When one space overlaps the center, it means that both topics have something in common. When it does not overlap, it means that there is nothing in common to both topics. I personally have never actually tried drawing diagrams for validity, but who knows, maybe it can be really helpful!