Friday, 17 December 2010

Understanding Symbolic Logic, Virginia Klenk, Pearson Prentice Hall, 5th edition, 2008, Unit 20, ex. 1(c), p. 380

The argument is stated thus:

The person who owns a Ferrari is illegally parked. The person who is illegally parked will be towed. So, someone who owns a Ferrari will be towed.
  1. (∃x){Px • Fx • (y)[(Py • Fy) ⊃ y = x] • Ix}
  2. (∃x){Px • Ix • (y)[(Py • Iy) ⊃ y = x] • Tx}
  3. ∴(∃x){Px • Fx • Tx)
  4. Pa • Fa • (y)[(Py • Fy) ⊃ y = a] • Ia ......... 1EI x/a
  5. Pm • Im • (y)[(Py • Iy) ⊃ y = m] • Tm ......... 2EI x/m
  6. Pa • Ia ......... 4Simp.
  7. (y)(Py • Iy) ⊃ y = m ......... 5Simp.
  8. (Pa • Ia) ⊃ a = m ......... 7UI y/a
  9. a = m ......... 6,8MP
  10. Fa ......... 4Simp.
  11. Fm ......... 9,10Id
  12. Pm • Tm......... 5Simp.
  13. Pm • Tm • Fm ......... 11,12Conj.
  14. Pm • Fm • Tm ......... 13Comm.
  15. (∃x){Px • Fx • Tx) ......... 14EG

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