Wednesday, 1 June 2011

Symbolic Logic, D. Jacquette, Wadsworth, 2001, Chpt. 8, IV(18), p. 436

The argument:

"All giraffes are long-necked mammals of the African plains. Therefore, the tonsils of a giraffe are the tonsils of a long-necked mammal of the African plains."

The proof:
  1. (x)[Gx ⊃(Lx • Mx • Pxa)]
  2. (x)(y)[(Gy • Txy) ⊃ (∃z)(Lz • Mz • Pza • Txz)]
  3. * Gy • Txy ......... ACP
  4. * Gy ......... 3 Simp.
  5. * Gy ⊃(Ly • My • Pya) ......... 1 UI x/y
  6. * Ly • My • Pya ......... 4,5 MP
  7. * Txy ......... 3 Simp.
  8. * Ly • My • Pya • Txy ......... 6,7 Conj.
  9. * (∃z)(Lz • Mz • Pza • Txz) ......... 8 EG
  10. (Gy • Txy) ⊃ (∃z)(Lz • Mz • Pza • Txz) ......... 3-9 CP
  11. (y)[(Gy • Txy) ⊃ (∃z)(Lz • Mz • Pza • Txz)] ......... 10 UG
  12. (x)(y)[(Gy • Txy) ⊃ (∃z)(Lz • Mz • Pza • Txz)] ......... 11 UG

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