The argument goes:
Everything other than God had a creator. So, given any two things, at least one had a creator.
We can choose the level of detail we want our predicates to capture in symbolizing this argument. I've opted for the more complete translation here. Glossary: Cxy - x created y, g - God. The proof follows.
- (x)[¬(x=g) ⊃(∃y)(Cyx • ¬ Cyg)]
- ∴(x)(y)[¬ (x=y) ⊃(∃z)(Czx ∨Czy)]
- * ¬ (x)(y)[¬ (x=y) ⊃(∃z)(Czx ∨Czy)] ......... AIP
- * (∃x)(∃y)[ ¬ (x=y) • (z)(¬Czx • ¬ Czy)] ......... 3CQ
- * (∃y)[ ¬ (a=y) • (z)(¬Cza • ¬ Czy)] ......... 4EI x/a
- * ¬ (a=m) • (z)(¬Cza • ¬ Czm) ......... 5EI y/m
- * ¬ (a=m) ......... 6Simp.
- * (z)(¬Cza • ¬ Czm) ......... 6Simp.
- * ¬(a=g) ⊃(∃y)(Cya • ¬ Cyg) ......... 1UI x/a
- * ¬Cya • ¬ Cym ......... 8UI z/y
- * ¬Cya ......... 10Simp.
- * ¬Cya ∨Cyg ......... 11Add.
- * (y)(¬Cya ∨Cyg) ......... 12UG
- * (y)¬ (Cya • ¬ Cyg) ......... 13DeM
- * ¬ (∃y)(Cya • ¬ Cyg) ......... 14CQ
- * a = g ......... 15,9MT
- * ¬ (g = m) ......... 16,7Id
- * ¬ (m = g) ......... 17Comm.
- * ¬(m=g) ⊃(∃y)(Cym • ¬ Cyg) ......... 1UI x/m
- * (∃y)(Cym • ¬ Cyg) ......... 18,19MP
- * Crm • ¬ Crg ......... 20EI y/r
- * Crm ......... 21Simp.
- * ¬Cra • ¬ Crm ......... 8UI z/r
- * ¬ Crm ......... 23Simp.
- * Crm • ¬ Crm ......... 22,24Conj.
- ¬ ¬ (x)(y)[¬ (x=y) ⊃(∃z)(Czx ∨Czy)] ......... 3-25IP
- (x)(y)[¬ (x=y) ⊃(∃z)(Czx ∨Czy)] ......... 26DN
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