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Analyze the sentences below in as much detail as possible, providing a key to the non-logical vocabulary you use. Restate 1 using an unrestricted quantifier. |
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Everyone knew the tune. [Remember to restate your answer to this using an unrestricted quantifier.]
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Sam heard only tunes that he knew.
[Remember to restate your answer in 2 using an unrestricted quantifier.] answer |
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No one liked everything on the menu.
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Synthesize an English sentence with the following logical form; that is, produce a sentence that would have the following analysis: |
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(∀x: Px) ¬ Fsx
P: [ _ is a person]; F: [ _ fit _ ]; s: the shoe answer |
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Use derivations to show that the following arguments are valid. You may use any rules. |
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∀x (Fx ∧ Gx)
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∀x (Gx ∧ Fx) |
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∀x ∀y (Gy → Rxy)
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∀x (Fx → Gx) ∀x (Fx → ∀y Ryx) |
| Use a derivation to show that the following argument is not valid and present a counterexample by describing a structure that divides an open gap. (You may describe the structure either by depicting it in a diagram, as answers in the text usually do, or by giving tables.) | |
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∀x (Fx → Rax)
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Fa ∀x Rxa |
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Everyone knew the tune Everyone is such that (he or she knew the tune) (∀x: x is a person) x knew the tune
(∀x: Px) Kxt
K: [ _ knew _ ]; P: [ _ is a person]; t: the tune
∀x (P → Kxt) |
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Counterexample presented by a diagram
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Counterexample presented by tables
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This counterexample divides both gaps; but the specific value for F2 is needed only for the first gap and the specific value for R12 is needed only for the second. |
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