Friday, 15 July 2011

The Logic Book, M. Bergmann, J. Moor, J. Nelson, McGraw Hill, 2004, 10.4E, 6(f), p. 557

The following set of sentences is inconsistent. Prove.
  1. ¬ (∃y)Jy ......... Assumption
  2. ¬ (∃x)¬ Hx ......... Assumption
  3. (z)(Jz ¬ Hz) ......... Assumption
  4. (y) ¬ Jy ......... 1 QC
  5. (x) ¬ ¬ Hx ......... 2 QC
  6. (x)Hx ......... 5 DN
  7. Jz ¬ Hz ......... 3 UI z/z
  8. ¬ Jz ......... 4 UI y/z
  9. Hz ......... 6 UI x/z
  10. ¬ Hz ......... 7,8 DS
  11. Hz ¬ Hz ......... 9,10 Conj.

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