Phi 270 F99 test 3
F99 test 3 questions
| Analyze the sentences below in as much detail as possible using connectives; that is, you need not identify components that are individual terms (or predicates or functors). Present the result in both symbolic and English notation. Be sure that the unanalyzed components of your answer are complete and independent sentences; also try to respect any grouping in the English. | ||
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We won’t have the material by Thursday unless the order goes in today.
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If the power went out, they finished the job only if they had a generator.
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| Use derivations to check whether each of the entailments below holds. You may use detachment and attachment rules. If an entailment fails, confirm a counterexample that lurks in an open gap. | ||
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A → (¬ B → C) , C → D ⊨ A → (¬ D → B)
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(A ∧ B) → (C ∨ D) ⊨ A → C
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| Analyze the sentence below in as much detail as possible. In this case you should identify components that are individual terms, predicates, or functors. Be sure that the unanalyzed components of your answer are independent (in particular, that none contains a pronoun whose antecedent is in another). | |||
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Adam called Billy’s mother and she is the owner of the dog.
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| Expand the following sentence in all possible ways on each of the terms appearing in it (i.e., you need not use vacuous abstraction). | ||
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Rab → Rbc
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| Use a derivation to show that the entailment below holds. You may use detachment and attachment rules. | ||
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a = fb, Ra(fa) ⊨ fb = c → R(fb)(fc)
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F99 test 3 answers
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Adam called Billy’s mother and she is the owner of the dog Adam called Billy’s mother ∧ Billy’s mother is the owner of the dog [ _ called _ ] Adam Billy’s mother ∧ Billy’s mother = the owner of the dog Ca(Billy’s mother) ∧ Billy’s mother = the owner of the dog Ca([ _’s mother] Billy) ∧ [ _’s mother] Billy = [the owner of _ ] the dog Ca(mb) ∧ mb = od C: [ _ called _ ]; a: Adam; b: Billy; d: the dog; m: [ _’s mother]; o: [the owner of _ ] |
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Apart from the choice of the bound variable, the following are all the possibilities:
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