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Phi 270 F02 test 3
F02 test 3 questions
| Analyze the sentences below in as much detail as possible using connectives; that is, you should 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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They’ll be here soon unless they had car trouble
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| 2. |
If it snowed, then the schools were open only if the plows got out early.
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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. | |
| 3. |
A → (¬ B → C) ⊨ ¬ C → (A → B)
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| 4. |
A → (¬ B → C) ⊨ C → (A → B)
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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). | |
| 5. |
Al is Bob’s father and Bob works for him
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| Synthesize an English sentence with the following logical form: | |
| 6. |
Sa(mb) → ¬ S(ma)b
S: [ _ went to school with _ ]; a: Al; b: Bob; m: [ _’s mother] answer |
| Use a derivation to show that the entailment below holds. You may use detachment and attachment rules. | |
| 7. |
Fa → C, Fb ⊨ a = b → C
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F02 test 3 answers
| 1. |
They’ll be here soon unless they had car trouble They’ll be here soon ← ¬ they had car trouble
S ← ¬ T [or: ¬ T → S]
S: they’ll be here soon; T: they had car trouble |
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| 5. |
Al is Bob’s father and Bob works for him Al is Bob’s father ∧ Bob works for Al Al = Bob’s father ∧ [ _ works for _ ] Bob Al a = [ _’s father] Bob ∧ Wba a = fb ∧ Wba W: [ _ works for _ ]; a: Al; b: Bob; f: [ _’s father] |
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S Al ([ _’s mother] Bob) → ¬ S ([ _’s mother] Al) Bob [ _ went to school with _ ] Al Bob’s mother → ¬ [ _ went to school with _ ] Al’s mother Bob Al went to school with Bob’s mother → ¬ Al’s mother went to school with Bob Al went to school with Bob’s mother → Al’s mother didn’t go to school with Bob If Al went to school with Bob’s mother, then Al’s mother didn’t go to school with Bob |
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