Thursday 14 April 2011

The Logic Book, M. Bergmann, J. Moor, J. Nelson, McGraw Hill, 2004, 10.6E, 4(b), p. 572

The argument:

"Hyde killed some innocent person. But Jekyll is Hyde. Jekyll is a doctor. Hence, some doctor killed some innocent person."

The proof, with the universe of discourse being 'persons':
  1. (∃x)(Ix • Khx)
  2. j = h
  3. Dj
  4. ∴(∃x)[Dx • (∃y)(Iy • Kxy)]
  5. Im • Khm ......... 1 EI x/m
  6. Khm ......... 5 Simp.
  7. Kjm ......... 3,6 Id
  8. Im ......... 5 Simp.
  9. Im • Kjm ......... 7,8 Conj.
  10. (∃y)(Iy • Kjy) ......... 9 EG
  11. Dj (∃y)(Iy • Kjy) ......... 3,10 Conj.
  12. (∃x)[Dx • (∃y)(Iy • Kxy)] ......... 11 EG

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