Homework for Philosophy 270, Fall 2011

Homework on §6.1—assigned Wed 10/19 and due Fri 10/21

(to PDF format)

(i)

analyze and put the result in English notation:

Bill is the inventor of the device but he sold the patent for it to Carol's company

(ii)

synthesize an English sentence with the following symbolic analysis:

C(fa)(f(mb))

C: [ _ is a child of_ ]; a: Ann; b: Bill; f: [ _’s father]; m: [ _’s mother]