Exercise 4.1
1.
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Give
two translations of each of the following, one using a universal quantifier,
and one using an existential quantifier. There are a number of alternative,
but equivalent, correct answers. If your answer is different from
those given, it may still be right. (Take your domain of quantification
to be everything.) |
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(i)
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All men are human |
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(ii) |
No
women like John |
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(iii)
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[John
likes some women |
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(iv)
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Some
woman likes John |
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(v)
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Only women like John. |
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(vi)
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Everyone
is a man or a woman. |
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(vii) |
Some humans are not men. |
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(viii) |
If someone is a woman, she likes John. |
2.
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Give two translations of each of the following, one using a universal
quantifier, and one using an existential quantifier. This time take
your domain to be humans. |
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(i)
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Everyone is a woman or a man. |
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(ii) |
Some
humans are not men |
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