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THE
LOGIC
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MERRIE BERGMANN Smith College

JAMES MOOR Dartmouth College
JACK NELSON University of Washington, Tacoma
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THE LOGIC BOOK
Merrie Bergmann
James Moor
Jack Nelson
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CONTENTS
Overview
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The Option of a Self-Paced Course
TESTS AND ANSWERS

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Contents iii
OVERVIEW
In The Logic Book we have tried to develop elementary symbolic logic in a way
that is at once fully rigorous and readily accessible to the beginning student.
Important concepts are formally dened and informally explicated. These key
concepts are illustrated both with multiple examples and in numerous exercises.
Solutions to unstarred exercises are given in the solutions manual; solutions to
starred exercises are given in this instructors manual. All of these features
combine to make The Logic Book clear, comprehensive, and self-contained.
There are several different paths through The Logic Book that an
instructor can follow. Which is most appropriate will depend upon the aims of
the course, the instructors interests, and the amount of time available. If an
instructor has two quarters or two semesters (or one semester with very good
students), it is possible to work through the entire book. The instructor who
does not want to emphasize metatheory can simply omit Chapters 6 and 11. The
chapters on truth-trees and the chapters on derivations are independent, so that
it is possible to do truth-trees but not derivations and the reverse. The chapters
on truth-trees do depend on the chapters on semantics; that is, Chapter 4
depends on Chapter 3, and Chapter 9 depends on Chapter 8. And, although
the standard practice is to do semantics before doing the corresponding derivations, the opposite order is possible in both sentential logic and predicate
logic. The sections at the ends of Chapters 3, 5, 8, and 10 can also be omitted.
Support software can be found on The Bertie/Twootie Home Page
http://www.ucc.uconn.edu/~wwwphil/software.html. Bertie3 helps students
with derivations and Twootie helps with truth trees. These programs were developed by Professor Austen Clark, Department of Philosophy U-54, University of
Connecticut, Storrs, CT 062692054 USA. His email is austen.clark@uconn.edu.
This site also contains information about developing self-paced courses and
using test-generating software.
iv Overview
THE OPTION OF A
SELF-PACED COURSE
Because The Logic Book contains a comprehensive development of elementary

symbolic logic and includes a great many exercises (with solutions), it is ideal
for use in a self-paced course. The self-paced approach to teaching is sometimes called the Keller Plan or Personalized System of Instruction. In this
system students are allowed to learn at their own pace. The course is divided
into units that may be entire chapters or sections of chapters. After a student
has studied the material in the rst unit, a test on the material in that unit is
taken. If the test is passed, the student proceeds to the next unit. If the test is
not passed, the student continues to work on the unit until a test on that unit
is passed. The more units a student completes, the higher his or her grade is
for the course. Because a student can take more than one test on a given unit,
the standard for passing is usually set rather high. That is, the student is
expected to show a thorough mastery of a subject before proceeding to the
next unit. Obviously, this approach can be easily modied to t local needs and
practices. For example, a self-paced course can consist of many small units or
a few large units. Tests can be graded either pass/fail or A, B, . . . , F.
The former option would be appropriate if students are allowed to take an
unlimited number of tests on a given unit, the latter if this number is limited.
And lectures can be given to supplement the text and to help students who are
having difculties.
Instructors of self-paced courses commonly report that students in such
courses work harder and learn more than do students in traditional courses.
The explanation given is that in such courses tests are a teaching tool, as well
as a measurement tool, and faster students are not held back by slower students
while slower students are not intimidated by faster students.
The Option of a Self-Paced Course v
Teaching logic according to a self-paced format usually requires the use

of student assistants (to grade tests and discuss test performance with students)
and a large supply of different tests for each unit. As an aid to those who wish
to develop such courses, we include in this manual four tests for each chapter,
except those on metatheory, of The Logic Book. Instructors are free to duplicate
these tests, as well as to modify them to suit their own needs. (They may also
duplicate the answers for starred exercises found in this manual.) Further tests, as
well as advice on how to set up a self-paced course, can be obtained from James
Moor, Philosophy Department, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire
03755.
vi The Option of a Self-Paced Course
TESTS AND ANSWERS
CHAPTER ONE
LOGIC TEST 1
1.
a.
b.
c.
Dene the following:

Logical truth
Deductive validity
Logical equivalence
2. For each of the following, indicate whether it has a truth-value (i.e.,

is either true or false). If it does not, explain why not.
a. Mars is the planet closest to the sun.
b. May you inherit a hotel and die in every room.
c. Police cars use left lane.
d. Ask not for whom the bell tolls.
3. Which of the following passages are best understood as arguments?
For those that are, recast the passage in standard form and determine whether
the resulting argument is deductively valid. Evaluate the inductive strength of
those that are not deductively valid.
a. That boxer cannot be hurt too badly because he is still moving well
and throwing hard punches.
b. One should not open the bidding with a ve-point bridge hand.
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c. Either the members of the electoral college do their job or they dont.
Thus the members of the electoral college are either useless or dangerous, for
if they do their job, they are useless, and if they dont, they are dangerous.
4. For each of the following, circle T if the sentence is true or F if the
sentence is false.
T F a. A set all of whose members are true is logically consistent.
T F b. All valid arguments have true conclusions.
T F c. Every sound argument is deductively valid.
T F d. Every argument that has inductive strength is also deductively valid.
T F e. A sound argument is a valid argument with a true conclusion.
5. Give an example of each of the following where one exists. If there
can be no such example, explain why.
a. A valid argument that has true premises and a true conclusion.
b. A sound argument with a false conclusion.
c. A consistent set all of whose members are false.
ANSWERS
1. a. A sentence is logically true if and only if it is not possible for the sentence to be false.
b. An argument is deductively valid if and only if it is not possible for the
premises to be true and the conclusion false. An argument is deductively invalid
if and only if it is not deductively valid.
c. The members of a pair of sentences are logically equivalent if and only
if it is not possible for one of the sentences to be true while the other sentence
is false.
2. a. This sentence does have a truth-value (as it happens, the value false).
b. This sentence is a curse. It has no truth-value.
c. This marginally grammatical sentence might be an instruction to
police ofcers, in which case it does not have a truth-value. It might also be a
warning to motorists, in which case it does have a truth-value.
d. This is a bit of advice. It has no truth-value.
3. a. There is an argument here:
That boxer is moving well and throwing hard punches.
That boxer cannot be hurt too badly.
The argument is deductively invalid. (The boxer may have injuries that are not
apparent.) It does have considerable inductive strength.
b. This is not an argument. It is a claim, probably a true one, that
certain behavior in bridge is inadvisable.
c. This is an argument:
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Either the members of the electoral college do their job or they dont.
If the members of the electoral college do their job, then they are
useless.
If the members of the electoral college dont do their job, then they
are dangerous.
The members of the electoral college are either useless or dangerous.
This argument is deductively valid. It is not possible for the premises to be true
and the conclusion false.
4. a. T
b. F A valid argument can have a false conclusion so long as at least
one of its premises is also false. Here is an example:
The largest city in each state is the capital of that state.
Los Angeles is the largest city in California.
Los Angeles is the capital of California.
The rst premise and the conclusion of this argument are both false.
c. T
d. F Many arguments with some degree of inductive strength are
deductively invalid. See, for example, the above argument concerning a boxer.
e. F Sound arguments do have true conclusions, but not all valid arguments with true conclusions are sound, for not all such arguments have true
premises. An example is
The largest city in each state is the capital of that state.
Denver is the largest city in Colorado.
Denver is the capital of Colorado.
This argument is valid and it has a true conclusion, but it is not sound.
5. a. A valid argument that has true premises and a true conclusion:
Honolulu is the largest city in Hawaii and the capital of Hawaii.
Honolulu is the capital of Hawaii.
b. A sound argument with a false conclusion:
There can be no such argument, for a sound argument is by denition a valid argument with true premises, and a valid argument
is one where it is impossible for the premises to be true and the
conclusion false.
c. A consistent set all of whose members are false:
{Los Angeles is the capital of California, Miami is the capital of Florida}
LOGIC TEST 2
1.
a.
b.
c.
Dene the following:

Logical indeterminacy
Deductive soundness
Logical consistency

a. Count no man lucky until he is dead.
b. Whenever a general runs for President, he or she gets elected.
c. I promise to be on time for class.
d. There once was a barber of Seville who shaved all and only those
citizens of Seville who shaved but did not shave themselves.
a. This ship is going to sink. She has been holed in three places and
the pumps arent working. No ship with that kind of damage can stay aoat.
b. Black clouds are moving in and the barometer is dropping rapidly,
so there is a storm coming.
c. Truman was elected because he had experience, Eisenhower because
he was a war hero, Kennedy because he was young, and Nixon for no reason at
all.
sentence is false.
T F a. Every argument whose conclusion is logically true is valid.
T F b. Every argument with true premises and a true conclusion is valid.
T F c. Every sound argument has a true conclusion.
T F d. As explicated in Chapter 1, the term sound applies to both arguments and sentences.
T F e. Every pair of true sentences is a pair of logically equivalent sentences.
a. A valid argument with at least one false premise and a true conclusion.
b. An invalid argument with true premises and a true conclusion.
c. A consistent set containing at least one logically false sentence.
ANSWERS
1. a. A sentence is logically indeterminate if and only if it is neither logically
true nor logically false.
b. An argument is deductively sound if and only if it is deductively valid

and all of its premises are true. An argument is deductively unsound if and only
if it is not deductively sound.
c. A set of sentences is logically consistent if and only if it is possible for
all the members of that set to be true at the same time. A set of sentences is
logically inconsistent if and only if it is not logically consistent.
2. a. This sentence does not have a truth-value. It is an ancient Greek
adage that, grammatically, is an instruction or command.
b. This sentence does have a truth-value. (It is false. George B. McClellan
ran for President in 1864 and lost to Lincoln.)
c. Whenever this sentence is said or written, in a normal context, it
thereby becomes true. So it does have a truth-value. (Sentences of this sort,
which cannot be said falsely, are called performatives.)
d. This sentence does have a truth-value: It may be either true or false.
That is, we do not know whether there had been such a barber, but we do know
that if such a barber existed, he or she was a person who did not shave.
This ship has been holed in three places and the pumps arent
working.
No ship that has been holed in three places and whose pumps are
not working can stay aoat.
This ship is going to sink.
This argument is deductively valid. It is impossible for the premises to be true
and the conclusion false.
b. There is an argument here:
Black clouds are moving in and the barometer is dropping rapidly.
There is a storm coming.
This argument is not deductively valid. It is possible that the premise is true but
that a storm will not materialize. However, the argument does have inductive
strength. Black clouds and a falling barometer are indicators of a coming storm.
c. There is no argument here. The passage is best construed as a commentary on the American political system.
4. a. T
b. F Many such arguments are invalid. Here is an example:
Kennedy was President and a Democrat.
Roosevelt was President and a Democrat.
Carter was President and a Democrat.
Clinton is President.
Clinton is a Democrat.
It is possible for the premises of this argument to be true and the conclusion
false. This would be the case were Clinton to change his party afliation and
become a Republican. Note that the premises do not negate this possibility.
c. T
d. F The term sound applies only to arguments.
e. F The sentences Clinton defeated Bush and Reagan defeated
Carter are both true, but this alone does not make them logically equivalent.
It is possible for one of them to be true and the other false. For example, had
Carter succeeded in rescuing the hostages in Iran he might have defeated
Reagan, in which case Clinton defeated Bush would be true and Reagan
defeated Carter false.
5. a. Anchorage is the capital of Alaska and Anchorage is a seaport.
The capital of Alaska is a seaport.
The premise is false: Juneau, not Anchorage, is the capital of Alaska.
But Juneau is a seaport, so the conclusion is true. Therefore the argument is
valid, for it is impossible for the premise to be true and the conclusion false.
b. Some women are lawyers.
Some lawyers are dishonest.
Some women are dishonest.
The premises and the conclusion are all true, but the argument is deductively
invalid. It is possible for the premises to be true but the conclusion false: This
would be the case if all women were honest (and accordingly the only lawyers
who are dishonest would be males).
c. There can be no such set. If a sentence is logically false, then it cannot be true. Therefore not all the members of a set that has that sentence as
a member can be true, so such a set must be inconsistent.
LOGIC TEST 3
1.
a.
b.
c.
Dene the following:

Argument
Logical falsity
Deductive validity

a. Whos in charge here anyway?
b. No pain, no gain.
c. Never look a gift horse in the mouth.
d. Sentence 2.c. is true.

a. The stock market has risen dramatically, but wages have not. Whenever the stock market rises, the upper class benets. Whenever wages are at,
the lower and middle classes are hurt. So if the present trend continues, the
social fabric of the country will suffer.
b. FDR was a Democrat and didnt balance the budget. Kennedy was
a Democrat and didnt balance the budget. Carter was a Democrat and didnt
balance the budget. Clinton is a Democrat. So the budget wont be balanced
during Clintons administration.
c. War is too important to leave to the generals and peace is too important to leave to the politicians.
4. For each of the following, circle T if the sentence is true of F if the
sentence is false.
T F a. Every pair of logically true sentences is a pair of logically equivalent
sentences.
T F b. Every argument has two premises and one conclusion.
T F c. Every set that contains at least one false sentence is logically
inconsistent.
T F d. Every valid argument has a true conclusion.
T F e. If a set is consistent then every member of the set is true.
a. A valid argument with a logically false conclusion.
b. An inconsistent set at least one member of which is logically true.
c. A sentence that is neither logically true, nor logically false, nor
logically indeterminate.
ANSWERS
1. a. An argument is a set of sentences one of which (the conclusion) is
taken to be supported by the remaining sentences (the premises).
b. A sentence is logically false if and only if it is not possible for the sentence to be true.
c. An argument is deductively valid if and only if it is not possible for
the premises to be true and the conclusion false.
2. a. This sentence is a question, hence it is neither true nor false.
b. This sentence is short for something like If there is no pain
involved, then there is no gain to be had and as such does have a truth-value.
c. This sentence is an imperative or command. It gives instructions,

not information. Hence it is neither true nor false.
d. This sentence says, falsely, that the preceding sentence is true. Therefore it does have a truth-value (false).
The stock market has risen dramatically, but wages have not
Whenever the stock market rises, the upper class benets.
Whenever wages are at, the lower and middle classes are hurt.
If the present trend continues, the social fabric of the country will
suffer.
The argument is deductively invalid, for no explicit connection is
given between the upper classes beneting, the lower and middle classes being
hurt, and the social fabric of the country suffering. However, the argument
does have considerable inductive strength. It is probable that the social fabric
of the country will suffer if the lower and middle classes are hurt while the
upper class benets.
b. There is an argument here:
FDR was a Democrat and didnt balance the budget.
Kennedy was a Democrat and didnt balance the budget.
Carter was a Democrat and didnt balance the budget.
Clinton is a Democrat.
The budget wont be balanced during Clintons administration.
The argument is deductively invalid. Even though Democratic Presidents of the
recent past have not balanced the budget, it is possible that Clinton will be different, that he will balance the budget. The argument does have some inductive strength. That recent Democratic Presidents have not balanced the budget,
together with the fact that Clinton is a Democrat, gives some reason to believe
that Clinton will not balance the budget.
c. There is no argument here. This sentence makes two claims: one
about war and generals, the other about peace and politicians.
4. a. T
b. F All arguments do have one conclusion, but they can have any
number of premises.
c. F The set whose only members are Ford succeeded Nixon and
Bush defeated Clinton contains two sentences, one of which is false. But the
set is not inconsistent. It is possible, had history gone other than it did, that
Bush defeated Clinton. So it is possible that all the members of this set are
true, and hence the set is consistent.
d. F In a valid argument, the conclusion must be true if the premises

are all true, but if one or more premises is false, the conclusion may also be
false. For example:
Every president elected in the 20th century has been a Democrat.
Reagan was elected in the 20th century.
Reagan was a Democrat
This is a valid argument with one false premise and a false conclusion.
e. F The set given in the answer to 4.c above is consistent, but has one
false member.
5. a. Everyone in the class will pass and someone in the class will not pass.
The nal will, and will not, be given on Friday.
The conclusion of this argument is logically false, but so is the premise. Therefore it is impossible for the premise to be true, and thus impossible for the
premise to be true and the conclusion false. So the argument is deductively
valid.
b. Consider the set whose three members are Samantha will graduate,
Samantha will not graduate, and Either Samantha will graduate or she will
not graduate. The last listed member is logically true, but the set is inconsistent, for it is impossible for both the rst and second listed members to be true
at the same time.
c. This text is devoted to the study of the relations among sentences
that are either true or false, and each such sentence is either logically true, logically false, or logically indeterminate. But there are sentences falling outside
the purview of this textfor example questions and commandsthat are
neither true nor false and hence neither logically true, nor logically false, nor
logically indeterminate. One such sentence is Who thought up this exercise
anyway?
LOGIC TEST 4
1.
a.
b.
c.
Dene the following:

Inductive strength
Logical consistency
Logical indeterminacy

a. Abandon hope all ye who enter here.
b. This sentence is false.
c. 2 is the smallest prime number.
d. Who made up this test anyway?

a. The demand for Ph.D.s in engineering is down. The production of
Ph.D.s in engineering is up. So there are more Ph.D.s in engineering than there
is demand.
b. If it was so, it might be; and if it were so, it would be; but as it isnt,
it aint. Thats logic.
c. When all is said and done, there will be no more to say or do.
sentence is false.
T F a. If the members of a pair of sentences are logically equivalent, then
either both are logically true, or both are logically false, or both are
logically indeterminate.
T F b. An argument whose conclusion is logically equivalent to one of its
premises is logically valid.
T F c. Every logically inconsistent set contains at least one logically false
sentence.
T F d. An argument can be deductively sound without being deductively
valid.
T F e. Every argument has two premises and one conclusion.
a. A pair of logically indeterminate sentences that are logically
equivalent.
b. A pair of sentences both of which are logically indeterminate but
that are not logically equivalent.
c. A valid argument whose conclusion is logically false and no premise
of which is logically false.
ANSWERS
1. a. An argument has inductive strength to the extent that the conclusion
is probable given the premises.
b. A set of sentences is logically consistent if and only if it is possible for
all the members of that set to be true at the same time. A set of sentences is
logically inconsistent if and only if it is not logically consistent.
c. A sentence is logically indeterminate if and only if it is neither logically
true nor logically false.
2. a. This sentence does not have a truth-value. It is an instruction, or bit
of advice. (It is the sentence written over the gate to Hell in Dantes Inferno.)
b. This sentence might appear to have a truth-value, but it does not.
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Were sentence b true, then what it says, that sentence b is false, would be false.
That is, were sentence b true it would also have to be false. And were sentence
b false, then what sentence b says (that sentence b is false) would be true. That
is, were sentence b false it would also have to be true. No sentence can be both
true and false, so sentence b must be neither true nor false. The apparent paradox embodied by sentence b is brought about by the reference of that sentence
to itself. To avoid paradox, logicians generally disallow this sort of self-reference.
c. This sentence is true. (In mathematics, by denition 1 is not a prime
number.)
d. This sentence is a question and as such is neither true nor false.
The demand for Ph.D.s in engineering is down.
The production of Ph.D.s in engineering is up.
There are more Ph.D.s in engineering than there is demand for.
The argument is not deductively valid. To see this, note that in the past the
demand for Ph.D.s in engineering may have been enormously greater than the
supply. If so, then even if the demand is down and the supply up, the demand
may still be greater than the supply. In the absence of information about the past
relation of supply to demand, the argument also has little inductive strength.
b. This passage, from Lewis Carrolls Through the Looking Glass, can be
construed as the following argument plus the comment Thats logic.
If it was so, it might be.
If it were so, it would be.
It isnt
It aint.
The conclusion, It aint, is colloquial for It is not, and does follow from the
third premise alone. So the argument is deductively valid.
c. There is no argument here. The sentence When all is said and
done, there will be no more to say or do is, however, logically true.
4. a. T
b. T In such an argument, it is impossible for all the premises to be
true and the conclusion false, for if the conclusion is false, so is the premise
to which it is logically equivalent.
c. F The set whose only two members are the sentences The President is a Democrat and The President is not a Democrat is logically inconsistent (both members cannot be true at the same time), but no member is
logically false (both are logically indeterminate).
d. F A deductively sound argument is, by denition, a deductively valid
argument with true premises.
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e. F Every Aristotelean syllogism has two premises and one conclusion,

but not every argument is an Aristotelean syllogism. In fact, while every argument has one and only one conclusion, an argument may have any (nite)
number of premises.
5. a. One such pair consists of Alice and Irene both got As and Irene
and Alice both got As.
b. One such pair consists of Alice got an A and Irene got an A.
c. One such argument is
The President is a Democrat.
The President is not a Democrat.
Whatever will be wont be.
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CHAPTER TWO
LOGIC TEST 1
1. Give a truth-functional paraphrase of each of the following. Symbolize each paraphrase in SL, being sure to indicate which sentences your sentence letters abbreviate.
a. I wont go to Boston unless it rains, although Bill will go if and only
if his car is running.
b. Mares eat oats and bears eat oats and little lambs eat ivy.
c. William fancied that leprechauns or poltergeists were persecuting
him.
d. Michael Crichton is one of the most creative people alive, and, if he
tries his hand at television, hell be a success.
e. Two heads arent better than one.
2. Give a truth-functional paraphrase of the following argument, and
put it into standard form. Symbolize the paraphrased argument in SL, indicating which sentences your sentence letters abbreviate.
Unless the local bookstore carries novels by Mishima, I wont be able
to complete my bibliography. None of Mishimas novels is in the
library, and, if there arent any there, there wont be any in the bookstore either. If I dont complete my bibliography, I cant go home
this weekend or next. So I cant go home next weekend.
3. Give the chracteristic truth-tables for the following connectives:
P
T
F
T
T
F
F
T
F
T
F
P&Q PQ PQ PQ
4. Assuming that A has the truth-value T and B has the truth-value

F, what is the truth-value of each of the following sentences?
a. A B
b. B B
c. B A
d. A
e. B & A
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5. Use the following abbreviations to give clear, idiomatic English readings for ac.
R: The race track is muddy.
B: Bright Horse is the favorite.
G: The odds on Bright Horse are good.
C: The odds on Cinch Bet are good.
a. (C B) & G
b. [( B G) R] & C
c. (G C)
6. Which of the following are sentences (well-formed formulas) of SL?
For those that are not, state why not.
a. B (K D)
b. (D ( J B)) J)
c. J ( J K)
d. (W W) W W
ANSWERS
1. a. Both either it is not the case that I will go to Boston or it rains and
(Bill will go to Boston if and only if Bills car is running).
( W R) & (B C)
b. Both both mares eat oats and bears eat oats and little lambs eat ivy.
(M & B) & L
c. Not a truth-functional compound. It is its own paraphrase and can
be symbolized as W.
d. Both Michael Crichton is one of the most creative people alive and
if Michael Crichton tries his hand at television, then Michael Crichton will be
a success.
C & (T S)
e. It is not the case that two heads are better than one.
T
2. Either the local bookstore carries novels by Mishima or it is not the
case that I will be able to complete my bibliography.
Both it is not the case that some of Mishimas novels are in the library
and if it is not the case that some of Mishimas novels are in the
library then it is not the case that the local bookstore carries novels by
Mishima.
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If it is not the case that I will be able to complete my bibliography then

it is not the case that either I can go home this weekend or I can go
home next weekend.
It is not the case that I can go home next weekend.
BC
S & ( S B)
C (H N)
N
3. P
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4. a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
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5. a. The odds on Cinch Bet are good if and only if Bright Horse is the
favorite, but the odds on him arent good.
b. If Bright Horse isnt the favorite or the odds on him arent good,
then the track is muddy; and the odds on Cinch Bet are good.
c. Neither the odds on Bright Horse nor the odds on Cinch Bet are
good.
6. a.
b.
c.
d.
Not a sentence: cannot immediately precede a binary connective

Not a sentence: too many right parentheses
Sentence
Not a sentence: too few parentheses
LOGIC TEST 2
1. Give a truth-functional paraphrase of each of the following.
Symbolize each paraphrase in SL, being sure to indicate which sentences your
sentence letters abbreviate.
a. The track is muddy, and, although Bright Horse is favored to win,
Ill bet he wont.
b. Well have a ood in the basement if that pipe doesnt stop leaking.
c. Jazz is better than rock, but neither beats country music!
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d. This novel will sell if and only if the author gets the right publisher.
e. Miracles probably never happen.
2. Give a truth-functional paraphrase of the following argument and
You may have another drink only if Jeff or Stanley can drive you
home. Neither Herbert nor Jeff is sober. If either Jeff or Stanley is
not sober, then neither is sober. Furthermore, if neither is sober, neither can drive you home. Hence you may not have another drink.
3. Give the characteristic truth-tables for the following connectives:
P
T
F
T
T
F
F
T
F
T
F
P&Q PQ PQ PQ

a. A
b. B A
c. B A
d. A B
e. B & B
G: Granola is a healthy food.
H: Perky Dog Chow is a healthy food.
C: Granola looks appetizing.
D: Perky Dog Chow looks appetizing.
a. C & (D H)
b. C ( G H)
c. G C
a. A (C C) D
b. B (A B)
c. A
d. A(& B & A)
e. (A B) & (A B)
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ANSWERS
1. a. Both the track is muddy and both Bright Horse is favored to win
and Ill bet Bright Horse will not win.
T & (B & I)
b. If it is not the case that that pipe does stop leaking then well have
a ood in the basement.
PF
c. Both jazz is better than rock and it is not the case that either jazz
beats country music or rock beats country music.
B & ( J R)
d. This novel will sell if and only if the author gets the right publisher.
NA
e. This cannot be paraphrased as a truth-functional compound. Hence
it serves as its own paraphrase. It can be symbolized as an atomic sentence M.
2. If you may have another drink then either Jeff can drive you home or
Stanley can drive you home.
It is not the case that either Herbert is sober or Jeff is sober.
If either it is not the case that Jeff is sober or it is not the case that
Stanley is sober then both it is not the case that Jeff is sober and it is
not the case that Stanley is sober.
If both it is not the case that Jeff is sober and it is not the case that
Stanley is sober then it is not the case that either Jeff can drive you
home or Stanley can drive you home.
It is not the case that you may have another drink.
Y ( J S)
(H B)
( B O) ( B & O)
( B & O) ( J S)
Y
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3. P
T
F
4. a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
P&Q
PQ
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5. a. Granola doesnt look appetizing, and Perky Dog Chow neither looks
appetizing nor is a healthy food.
b. Granola looks appetizing if and only if either granola or Perky Dog
Chow isnt a healthy food.
c. If Granola is a healthy food, then it looks appetizing.
6. a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
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Sentence
Sentence
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Sentence
LOGIC TEST 3
a. If Mary is here shell tell us how to set the lenses.
b. At most one of the two brothers, Bill and Rob, will be able to come
today.
c. Food prices will decline only if wholesale costs decline as well, and
wholesale costs wont decline unless ination is halted.
d. The doctor said that measles are nothing to worry about.
e. The museum is open on Sundays if and only if it received a new federal grant.
This painting is either by Kandinsky or Picasso. If Kandinsky painted
it, then its unusual. But the painting is neither unusual nor inexpensive. Therefore Picasso painted it.

P
T
F
T
T
F
F
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F
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F
P&Q
PQ
PQ
PQ
4. Assuming that A has the truth-value F and B has the truth-value

a. A
b. B A
c. B A
d. A A
e. A & B
J: Judy Garland was a childhood star.
S: Shirley Temple was a childhood star.
M: My memory fails me.
H: Hollywood is falling apart.
a. M (S & J)
b. ((M & S) & J) H
c. S J
a. ((B & D) B) D
b. ((B & D)B)
c. (A B) (D G)
d. ( P ( C H)
e. A & B & D
ANSWERS
1. a. If Mary is here then Mary will tell us how to set the lenses.
MT
b. It is not the case that both Bill will be able to come today and Rob
will be able to come today.
(B & R)
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c. Both if food prices decline then wholesale costs decline as well, and
if it is not the case that ination is halted, then it is not the case that wholesale costs decline.
(F W) & ( W I)
d. This is not a truth-functional compound. It is its own paraphrase
and can be symbolized as D.
e. The museum is open on Sundays if and only if the museum received
a new federal grant.
MB
2. Either this painting is by Kandinsky or this painting is by Picasso.
If this painting is by Kandinsky then this painting is unusual.
It is not the case that either this painting is unusual or the painting is
inexpensive.
This painting is by Picasso.
KP
KU
(U I)
P
3. P
T
F
P&Q
PQ
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b. T
c. T
d. F
e. F
5. a. My memory fails me just in case Shirley Temple but not Judy
Garland was a childhood star.
b. If my memory fails me and Shirley Temple and Judy Garland were
childhood stars, then Hollywood is falling apart.
c. If Shirley Temple was a childhood star, so was Judy Garland.
6. a. Sentence
b. Not a sentence: missing a binary connective
c. Not a sentence: is not a binary connective
d. Not a sentence: missing right parenthesis
e. Not a sentence: missing parentheses
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LOGIC TEST 4
a. Neither the football team nor the soccer team won yesterday.
b. Probably ice or butter will soothe your burn.
c. If were in Hartford, then we must be close to New Haven, and, if
that is the Prudential Building, then were in Hartford.
d. Our efforts are not in vain if and only if at least one student learns
how to symbolize sentences.
e. This novel isnt so bad; Ive either read or imagined worse.
The duplicating machine hasnt worked for days, and the local
scribe will be looking for work. If I dont have fteen copies of this
manuscript by ve oclock, Ill lose my job and will be looking for
work. Neither the local scribe nor I will be looking for work if I dont
lose my job. So the local scribe will be looking for work if and only
if I dont have fteen copies of this manuscript by ve oclock.
P
T
F
T
T
F
F
T
F
T
F
P&Q
PQ
PQ
PQ

a. B B
b. A & B
c. B B
d. B
e. B A
Q: The quality of Scandinavian rugs has declined.
R: This rug cleaner works well.
D: Dry cleaning is good for quality rugs.
O: Oriental rugs are as good as ever.
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a. (O & Q) D
b. D & (O Q)
c. R O
a. (A, B) (B, A)
b. K
c. (A B) A)
d. G (G (G (G G)))
e. C B (A B)
ANSWERS
1. a. It is not the case that either the football team won yesterday or the
soccer team won yesterday.
(F S)
b. Not a truth-functional compound. The sentence is its own paraphrase and can be symbolized as P.
c. Both if we are in Hartford then we must be close to New Haven and
if that is the Prudential Building then we are in Hartford.
(W M) & (P W)
d. (It is not the case that our efforts are in vain) if and only if at least
one student learns how to symbolize sentences.
OL
e. Both it is not the case that this novel is so bad and either Ive read
worse or Ive imagined worse.
N & (R I)
2. Both it is not the case that the duplicating machine has worked for
days and the local scribe will be looking for work.
If it is not the case that I have fteen copies of this manuscript by ve
oclock then both Ill lose my job and Ill be looking for work.
If it is not the case that I lose my job then it is not the case that
either the local scribe will be looking for work or Ill be looking for
work.
The local scribe will be looking for work if and only if it is not the case
that I have fteen copies of this manuscript by ve oclock.
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D&S
F ( J & L)
J (S L)
SF
3. P
T
F
4. a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
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PQ
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5. a. Oriental rugs and Scandinavian rugs are as good as ever just in case
dry cleaning isnt good for quality rugs.
b. Dry cleaning is good for quality rugs and, if Oriental rugs are as
good as ever, then the quality of Scandinavian rugs has declined.
c. Either this rug cleaner doesnt work well or Oriental rugs arent as
good as ever.
6. a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
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Sentence
Not a sentence: left parenthesis missing
Sentence
Not a sentence: parentheses missing
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CHAPTER THREE
LOGIC TEST 1
1. Dene
a. Truth-functional consistency
b. Truth-functional truth
2. Circle the main connective of each of the following sentences and
underline the immediate component(s).
a. [A [B (C D)]] A
b. [(B M) & (B M)]
c. [ (A B) & B] A
d. [(A & B) C] [A (B C)]
3. Which of the sentences in question 2 are of the form P Q?
4. Using appropriate sentences letters, symbolize the following in SL.
a. George will arrive safely only if his uncle and brother are good drivers.
b. Nine out of ten doctors recommend either aspirin or Bufferin in case
of a headache.
c. If food prices rise beyond current levels, then widespread famine will
result if government policies are not changed. Government policies will not
change and food prices will rise. So widespread famine will result.
d. We wont buy a painting by Picasso unless we have sufcient funds.
5. Use the truth-table method to answer the following questions. In
each case construct a full truth-table. Be sure to state your results.
a. Is the following sentence truth-functionally true, truth-functionally
false, or truth-functionally indeterminate?
[F & (H J)] ( H J)
b. Is the following argument truth-functionally valid?
A (C A)
(H A) C
C (A H)
6. Construct a shortened truth-table that shows that the following set
is truth-functionally consistent.
{(A & B) C, B C, A C}
Why is it necessary to construct a full truth-table to show a set is truthfunctionally inconsistent, whereas a shortened truth-table sufces to establish
truth-functional consistency?
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7. Assume that the argument

P
Q
is truth-functionally valid, no matter what sentence P is. What kind of sentence
must Q be? Explain.
ANSWERS
1. a. A set of sentences of SL is truth-functionally consistent if and only if
there is at least one truth-value assignment on which all of the members of the
set are true.
b. A sentence P of SL is truth-functionally true if and only if P is true on
every truth-value assignment.
2. a.
b.
c.
d.
[A [B (C D)]] A
[(B M) & (B M)]
[ (A B) & B] A
[(A & B) C] [A (B C)]
3. a, c
4. a. G (U & B)
b. N
c. F ( G W)
G&F
W
d. B S
5. a. Truth-functionally indeterminate
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b. Truth-functionally valid
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A B C
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A full table is necessary to establish truth-functional inconsistency, since we

must show that there is no assignment on which all the set members are true.
A shortened truth-table sufces to establish truth-functional consistency
because here we need only show that there is at least one truth-value assignment
on which all the set members are true.
7. Q must be a truth-functionally true sentence, for Q must be true on
every truth-value assignment on which P is true, whatever sentence P may be.
In particular, if P is truth-functionally true, then, given the validity of the argument, Q must be true on every assignment on which P is trueQ must be true
on every truth-value assignment.
LOGIC TEST 2
1. Dene
a. Truth-functional equivalence
b. Truth-functional falsity
a. B [H (A [B (H A)])]
b. [(B C) (C & A)]
c. [A (B C)] (A B)
d. [(B A) (B A)] B
3. Which of the sentences is question 2 are of the form P Q?
4. Using appropriate sentence letters, symbolize the following in SL.
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a. The dictator will be assassinated only if his countrymen rebel or the

CIA intervenes.
b. It is a common police view that capital punishment will both deter
crime and curb population growth, and theyll defend it to the death.
c. As we all know, everyone has a price; but Milos price is too high to
pay.
d. Although neither of the two candidates, Smith and Jones, is worthy
of holding public ofce, one of them will be elected.
a. Is the following sentence truth-functionally true, truth-functionally
[(M M) ( N N)] (N K)
b. Is the following set of sentences truth-functionally consistent?
{ B, D (B & D), D B}
6. Construct a shortened truth-table that shows that the following argument is truth-functionally invalid.
A ( B & C)
BA
B
Why is it necessary to construct a full truth-table to show that an argument is
truth-functionally valid, whereas a shortened truth-table sufces to establish
truth-functional invalidity?
7. What is a corresponding material conditional? What important relationship holds between arguments and their corresponding material conditionals?
ANSWERS
1. a. Sentences P and Q of SL are truth-functionally equivalent if and only
if there is no truth-value assignment on which P and Q have different truthvalues.
b. A sentence P of SL is truth-functionally false if and only if P is false
on every truth-value assignment.
2. a.
b.
c.
d.
B [H (A [B (H A)])]
[(B C) (C & A)]
[A (B C)] (A B)
[(B A) (B A)] B
3. a, c, d
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4. a.
b.
c.
d.
A (R I)
C&D
E&M
(S J) & (M D)
5. a. Truth-functionally true
K
M N
T
T
T
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F
F
F
F
T
T
F
F
T
T
F
F
[(M
T
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T
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F
T
F
T
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F
M) ( N N)]
(N
K)
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b. Truth-functionally consistent
B
T T
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F T
F F
FT T
FT F
TF T
TF F
(B
& D)
D B
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B C
( B
&
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B A
T T
TF
FTF
6.
T
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A full table is necessary to establish truth-functional validity, for we must show

that there is no truth-value assignment on which all the premises are true and
the conclusion is false. A shortened truth-table sufces to establish truthfunctional invalidity because here we need only show that there is at least one
truth-value assignment on which all premises are true and the conclusion is false.
7. The corresponding material conditional for an argument
P1
Pn
Q
is the sentence
(. . .(P1 & P2) & . . . Pn) Q
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An argument with a nite number of premises is truth-functionally valid if and

only if its corresponding material conditional is truth-functionally true.
LOGIC TEST 3
1. Dene
b. Truth-functional validity
a. ([A (B D)] K) (B & D)
b. ( A B) C
c. [ (B C) ( B & C)] D
d. [ (A & B) (D & E)]
3. Which of the sentences in question 2 are of the form P?
a. Milo can make money on his egg transactions if but only if he can
sell them for three times what he pays for them and he doesnt have to bribe
more than three generals for his use of army aircraft.
b. If were only two days behind schedule, we may be able to catch up
if we are lucky.
c. Milo will agree to bomb his own aireld only if the Germans pay in
advance and in cash, but if the Germans pay in cash they will pay in counterfeit
bills.
d. William doesnt know that Bill loves either Joan or Maude.
a. Is the following argument truth-functionally valid?
H (K J)
(K & H) J)
J
b. Is the following sentence truth-functionally true, truth-functionally
[(A B) [(B A) A]]
6. Construct a shortened truth-table that shows that the following set
is truth-functionally consistent.
{A & D, D M, M}
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Why is it necessary to construct a full truth-table to show that a set is truthfunctionally inconsistent, whereas a shortened truth-table sufces to establish
that a set is truth-functionally consistent?
7. Assume that the argument
P
Q
is truth-functionally valid. Given this assumption, is it possible that
P
Q
is also truth-functionally valid? Explain.
ANSWERS
1. a. Sentences P and Q of SL are truth-functionally equivalent if and only if
there is no truth-value assignment on which P and Q have different truth-values.
b. An argument of SL is truth-functionally valid if and only if there is no
truth-value assignment on which all the premises are true and the conclusion
is false.
2. a.
b.
c.
d.
([A (B D)] K) (B & D)

( A B) C
[ (B C) ( B & C)] D
[ (A & B) (D & E)]
3. d
4. a.
b.
c.
d.
M (S & B)
T (L C)
[B (G & C)] & (C F)
W
5. a. Truth-functionally invalid
H J
H (K
J)
(K
&
H) J
T
T
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F
F
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b. Truth-functionally false
A
[(A
B) [(B A)
A]]
T
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A full table is necessary to establish truth-functional inconsistency, for we must

show that there is no truth-value assignment on which all the set members are
true. A shortened truth-table sufces to establish truth-functional consistency
because here we need only show that there is at least one truth-value assignment
on which all the set members are true.
7. Yes, if P is truth-functionally false. For then, as there is no truth-value
assignment on which P is true, it follows that there is no truth-value assignment
on which P is true and Q is false, as well as no truth-value assignment on
which P is true and Q is false.
LOGIC TEST 4
1. Dene
b. Truth-functional indeterminancy
a. (B & D) [A (B & C)]
b. [ (B & D) [A (B & C)]]
c. [A (B & C)]
d. ( B A) B
3. Which of the sentences in question 2 are of the form P Q?
a. Russian astronauts will land on the moon only if Russian scientists
perfect a soft-landing technique, and Russian scientists will perfect a softlanding technique if and only if their space program is well nanced.
b. Neither Israel nor Egypt presently has a fondness for the Russians,
but Libya does.
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c. The United Nations will not survive unless it is signicantly strengthened and becomes a world government.
d. Henry doesnt believe a word Charles says.
(G & B) [(E B) G]
(B E) G
EB
b. Is the following set truth-functionally consistent?
{B D, (B D), (B & D) B}
6. Construct a shortened truth-table that shows that the following sentence is not truth-functionally false.
([(A B) A] & B) A
Why is it necessary to construct a full truth-table to show that a sentence is
truth-functionally false, whereas a shortened truth-table sufces to establish that
a sentence is not truth-functionally false?
7. Let be a truth-functionally consistent set of sentences and P a
truth-functionally indeterminate sentence. Is it possible that {P} is truthfunctionally inconsistent? Explain.
ANSWERS
1. a. Sentences P and Q of SL are truth-functionally equivalent if and only if
there is no truth-value assignment on which P and Q have different truth-values.
b. A sentence P of SL is truth-functionally indeterminate if and only if
P is neither truth-functionally true nor truth-functionally false, that is, if and
only if P is true on at least one truth-value assignment and false on at least one
truth-value assignment.
2. a.
b.
c.
d.
(B & D) [A (B & C)]

[ (B & D) [A (B & C)]]
[A (B & C)]
( B A) B
3. a, d
4. a.
b.
c.
d.
(L P) & (P S)
(I E) & L
U (S & W)
H
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B
T
T
T
T
F
F
F
F
T
T
F
F
T
T
F
F
T
F
T
F
T
F
T
F
(G & B) [(E
T
F
T
F
T
F
T
F
F
F
F
F
T
F
T
F
FT
FT
FT
FT
TF
TF
TF
TF
T
T
T
T
F
T
T
T
T
T
F
F
T
T
F
F
B) G] (B
E)
G E
B
T
T
T
T
T
T
F
F
T
T
T
T
F
F
F
F
T
T
T
T
T
T
F
F
T
T
F
F
T
T
F
F
T
T
T
T
T
T
F
T
FT
TF
FT
TF
FT
TF
FT
TF
F
F
T
T
T
T
F
F
F
T
F
T
F
T
T
F
FT
TF
FT
TF
FT
TF
FT
TF
T
T
T
T
F
F
F
F
FT
FT
TF
TF
FT
FT
TF
TF
T
T
T
T
F
F
F
F
(B
D) (B &
D) B
T
T
F
F
T
F
T
F
T
T
F
F
T
F
T
T
FT
FT
TF
FF
FT
TF
FT
TF
FT
TF
FT
TF
([(A B) A]
T
F
T
F
T
T
F
T
T
T
F
F
F
T
F
F
T
F
T
T
FT
FT
TF
TF
6.
T T
T T
&
B) A
A full table is necessary to establish truth-functional falsity, for we

must show that the sentence is false on every truth-value assignment.
A shortened truth-table sufces to establish that a sentence is not
truth-functionally false because in that case we only have to show
that the sentence is true on at least one truth-value assignment.
7. Yes. For example, let be {A & B, C} and let P be B. Then, although
is truth-functionally consistent and P is truth-functionally indeterminate,
{P}which is {A & B, C, B}is truth-functionally inconsistent.
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CHAPTER FOUR
LOGIC TEST 1
1. Explicate in terms of open and/or closed truth-trees:
a. Truth-functional validity*
b. Truth-functional indeterminacy
*Note: we are here considering only arguments with a nite number of
premises.
2. Use the truth-tree method to answer a and b below. In each case
state your result. Where appropriate, recover a fragment of a truth-value
assignment that supports your answer.
C (D E)
(D E) & C
EC
C
b. Is the following set truth-functionally consistent?
{(A B) (B & C), C, B A}
3. Suppose a truth-tree for a set of sentences closes. What do we know
about any argument that has all of the sentences in the set among its premises?
Explain.
ANSWERS
1. a. An argument of SL is truth-functionally valid if and only if the set consisting of the premises and the negation of the conclusion has a closed truthtree.
b. A sentence P of SL is truth-functionally indeterminate if and only if neither the set {P} nor the set { P} has a closed truth-tree.
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C
T
C (D E)
(D E) & C
E C
C
C
D E
C
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
E
9.
10.
11.
15.
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3 D
8D
D
E
6 D
6 D
11 D
12.
13.
14.
C
D
E
SM
SM
SM
SM
4D
2 &D
2 &D
C
C
D E
D
1 D
13 D
13 D
A
F
T
F
T
F
F
F
F
F
(A B) (B & C)
C
B A
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
(B & C)
(A B)
A
B
B
B
9.
SM
SM
SM
1
4
4
6
A
C
D
D
D
D
3 D
C
4 &D
3. Any such argument is truth-functionally valid. For, if the truth-tree for

the set closes, the set is truth-functionally inconsistent; there is no truth-value
assignment on which every member of the set is true. So, for any argument
that has all those set members among its premises, there is no assignment on
which all of its premises are true and its conclusion is false.
LOGIC TEST 2
a. Truth-functional entailment
b. Truth-functional equivalence
state your result. Where appropriate, recover a fragment truth-value assignment
that supports your answer.
[C (A & U)] (C A)
(A & B)
(B & A) ( C U)
CB
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b. Are the following sentences truth-functionally equivalent?

A (B C)
(A B) C
3. Suppose that the truth-tree for a sentence P has at least one open
branch and that the truth-tree for a sentence Q has at least one open branch.
Does it follow that the tree for P & Q must have at least one open branch?
Explain, using an example.
ANSWERS
1. a. A nite set of sentences of SL truth-functionally entails a sentence
P of SL if and only if the set { P} has a closed truth-tree.
b. Sentences P and Q of SL are truth-functionally equivalent if and only
if the set { (P Q} has a closed truth-tree.
2. a. Truth-functionally valid
[C (A & U)] (C A)
(A & B)
(B & A) ( C U)
(C B)
C
B
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
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B
B
C (A & U) (C (A & U))

C A
(C A)
C
SM
SM
SM
SM
4 D
4 D
2 &D
7D
1 D
1 D
10 D
A

C
(A & U)
9 D
9 D
b. Not truth-functionally equivalent

A
F
F
T
F
F
F
([A (B C)]) [(A B) C])
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
[(A (B C)]
[(A B) C]
A B
C
6.
7.
8.
SM
[A (B C)]
(A B) C
A
B
C
D
D
D
D
4 D
6 D
B C

A
(B C)
B
C
9.
10.
11.
12.
2 D
B C
1
1
3
3
13.
(A B)
14.
15.
A
B
C
2 D
2 D
10 D
10 D
3 D
13 D
13 D
3. No. For example, the truth-tree for A & B has an open branch,
and the truth-tree for A & B has an open branch, but the truth-tree for
(A & B) & ( A & B) is closed:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
(A & B ) & ( A & B)

A & B
A & B
A
B
A
B
SM
1 &D
1 &D
2 &D
2 &D
3 &D
3 &D
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LOGIC TEST 3
a. Truth-functional truth
b. Truth-functional validity
state your result. Where appropriate, recover a fragment of a truth-value assignment that supports your answer.
[E (G T)] A
AE
(G & T)
A
b. Is the following sentence truth-functionally false?
(A [(A & B) (A & B)])
3. Suppose that P is truth-functionally true and that we construct a
truth-tree for P (not for the negation of P). Must all the branches of this truthtree remain open? Explain, using an example.
ANSWERS
1. a. A sentence P of SL is truth-functionally true if and only if the set { P}
has a closed truth-tree.
b. An argument of SL is truth-functionally valid if and only if the set
consisting of the premises and the negation of the conclusion has a closed
truth-tree.
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[E (G T)] A
A E
(G & T)
A
A
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
A
E
SM
SM
SM
SM
4D
2 D
2 D
6.
7.
A
E
8.
[E (G T)]
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
E
(G T)
G
T
T
8 D
8 D
10 D
10 D
12 D
14.
3 &D
A
T
1 D
b. Truth-functionally false
(A [(A & B) (A & B)])
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
A
[(A & B) (A & B)]
(A & B)
(A & B)
6.
A
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
SM
A
(A & B) (A & B)
D
D
D
D
4 &D
B
A
1
1
3
3
B
5 &D
7D
B

A & B
A
B
A & B
A
B
3 D
9 &D
9 &D
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3. No. For example, the sentence (A A) (B & B) is truthfunctionally true, yet the tree for the sentence has a closed branch:
1.
(A A) (B & B)
SM
2.
3.
4.
A A
1 D
2 &D
2 &D
5.
B & B
B
B
2 D
LOGIC TEST 4
a. Truth-functional falsity
b. Truth-functional equivalence
state your result. Where appropriate, recover a fragment of a truth-value assignment that supports your answer.
J (K L)
K ( L M)
(L M) N
JN
b. Is the following sentence truth-functionally true?
A [( A B) & ( A B)]
3. Suppose that all the branches of a tree for a sentence P remain open.
Does it follow that P is truth-functionally true? Explain, using an example.
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ANSWERS
1. a. A sentence P of SL is truth-functionally false if and only if the set {P}
has a closed truth-tree.
b. Sentences P and Q of SL are truth-functionally equivalent if and only
if the set { (P Q} has a closed truth-tree.
J
J (K L)
K ( L M)
(L M) N
( J N)
J
N
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
K L
J
8.
(L M)
9.
10.
L
M
13.
14.
3 D
7 D
2 D
L M
L
N
L
L
1 D
8 D
8 D
11.
12.
SM
SM
SM
SM
4 D
4 D
M
12 D
13 D
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b. Not truth-functionally true

A
F
F
T
F
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
(A [( A B) & ( A B)])
A
[( A B) & ( A B)]
SM
1 D
1 D
( A B)
3
4
4
6
4
4
8
A
B
( A B)
A
B
B
A
B
A
&D
D
D
D
D
D
D
3. No. For example, the sentence A B is not truth-functionally true,

yet no branch on its truth-tree closes:
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1.
A B
SM
2.
1 D
CHAPTER FIVE
LOGIC TEST 1
1. Dene
a. Validity in SD
b. Inconsistency in SD
2. Construct derivations in SD that establish the following:
a. {(A C) B, B (Q & Q), C A} is inconsistent in SD.
b. [A (B C)] [(A & B) C] is a theorem in SD.
3. Sherlock Holmes considered the following evidence and then
announced correctly who the murderer was. What did Holmes conclude? Justify
your answer by symbolizing the following argument in SL (using the suggested
sentence letters) and constructing a derivation that shows that the symbolic
argument is valid in SD.
The maid did it or the cook did it unless the butler did it or the
gardener did it. If the maid did it, then it was done silently; but, if
the cook did it, then it was done quickly. However, it was done neither silently nor quickly. The gardener did it if and only if it was
done with a rope. If it was done with a rope, then it was not done
quickly. On the other hand, if the cook did it or the butler did it,
then a pistol was the weapon. But, if a pistol was the weapon, then
it was not done silently. It was not done with a rope. (M, C, B, G, S,
Q , R, P)
Therefore the ________ did it.
4. Show that the following argument is valid in SD:
[B & (E G)] & ( F G)
(B & G) H
( F H) & E
CF
5. Explain why any argument of SL whose premises form a set that is
inconsistent in SD is valid in SD.
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ANSWERS
1. a. An argument of SL is valid in SD if and only if the conclusion of the
argument is derivable in SD from the set consisting of the premises.
b. A set of sentences of SL is inconsistent in SD if and only if a sentence
P of SL and its negation P are derivable in SD from .
2. a. 1
2
3
(A C) B
B (Q & Q )
CA
Assumption
Assumption
Assumption
Assumption
5
6
7
AC
B
Q&Q
4 I
1, 5 E
2, 6 E
Assumption
9
10
11
12
13
14
AC
B
Q&Q
Q&Q
Q
Q
8 I
1, 9 E
2, 10 E
3, 47, 811 E
12 &E
12 &E
b. Derive: [A (B C)] [(A & B) C]

1
A (B C)
Assumption
A&B
Assumption
3
4
5
6
7
8
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A
BC
B
C
(A & B) C
[A (B C)] [(A & B) C]
2 &E
1, 3 E
2 &E
4, 5 E
26 I
17 I
3. The butler did it.

Derive: B
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
(M C) (B G)
(M S) & (C Q)
S&Q
GR
RQ
(C B) P
PS
R
Assumption
Assumption
Assumption
Assumption
Assumption
Assumption
Assumption
Assumption
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
MS
S
M
CQ
Q
C
M&C
(M C)
BG
(G R) & (R G)
GR
G
B
2 &E
3 &E
9, 10 MT
2 &E
3 &E
12, 13 MT
11, 14 &I
15 DeM
1, 16 DS
4 Equiv
18 &E
8, 19 MT
17, 20 DS
4. Derive: C F
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
[B & (E G)] & ( F G)

(B & G) H
( F H) & E
C
Assumption
Assumption
Assumption
Assumption
B & (E G)
B
EG
E
G
B&G
H
FH
HF
F
CF
1 &E
5 &E
5 &E
3 &E
7, 8 DS
6, 9 &I
2, 10 E
3 &E
12 Trans
11, 13 E
414 I
5. Consider an argument whose premises form a set that is inconsistent

in SD. Since the set is inconsistent in SD, there is a derivation of some sentence
P and a sentence P from that set. We can continue the derivation as follows,
where Q is the conclusion of the argument in question:
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i
n
n1
n2
n3
n4
P
P
Assumption
P
P
iR
nR
n1n3E
Hence there is a derivation of Q from the set consisting of the

premises; so the argument is valid in SD.
LOGIC TEST 2
1. Dene
a. Theorem in SD
b. Equivalence in SD
2. Construct derivations in SD that establish the following:
a. A B and B A are equivalent in SD
b. The following argument is valid in SD
A (B & C)
CB
CA
3. Sherlock Holmes considered the following evidence and then announced correctly who the murderer was. What did Holmes conclude? Justify
The butler did it only if the maid did it; and the maid did it if and only
if it was done with a revolver. Now either the butler did it or the maid
did it unless, of course, the gardener or the cook did it. If the cook did
it, then it was not done with a revolver. Furthermore, if it was not done
with an axe, then the gardener didnt do it. If it was done with an axe
or a revolver, then it was done both swiftly and with premeditation.
Now, the facts indicate it was not done swiftly. (B, M, R, G, C, A, S, P)
Therefore the ______ did it.
BM
BC
(M G) & (G Z)
(E R) (C Z)
EK
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5. Explain why any argument of SL whose conclusion is a theorem in

SD is valid in SD.
ANSWERS
1. a. A sentence P of SL is a theorem in SD if and only if P is derivable in
SD from the empty set.
b. Sentences P and Q of SL are equivalent in SD if and only if Q is derivable in SD from {P} and P is derivable in SD from {Q}.
2. a. Derive: B A
1
AB
Assumption
Assumption
3
4
5
6
7
A
B
B
A
BA
Assumption
1, 3 E
2R
35 I
26 I
Derive: A B
1
BA
Assumption
Assumption
3
4
5
6
7
B
A
A
B
AB
Assumption
1, 3 E
2R
35 I
26 I
b. Derive: C A
1
2
A (B & C)
CB
Assumption
Assumption
Assumption
CA
3 I
Assumption
7
8
9
10
11
12
B&C
B
B
A
CA
CA
Assumption
1, 6 E
7 &E
5R
69 I
10 I
2, 34, 511 E
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3. The cook did it.

Derive: C
1
2
3
4
5
6
(B M) & (M R)
(B M) (G C)
CR
AG
(A R) (S & P)
S
Assumption
Assumption
Assumption
Assumption
Assumption
Assumption
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
SP
(S & P)
(A R)
A&R
A
G
MR
(M R) & (R M)
MR
R
M
BM
B
B&M
(B M)
GC
C
6 I
7 DeM
5, 8 MT
9 DeM
10 &E
4, 11 E
1 &E
13 Equiv
14 &E
10 &E
15, 16 MT
1 &E
17, 18 MT
19, 17 &I
20 DeM
2, 21 DS
12, 22 DS
4. Derive: E K
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
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BM
BC
(M G) & (G Z)
(E R) (C Z)
Assumption
Assumption
Assumption
Assumption
Assumption
ER
(C Z)
C&Z
C
B
M
MG
G
GZ
K
5 I
4, 6 E
7 DeM
8 &E
2, 9 MT
1, 10 DS
3 &E
11, 12 E
3 &E
Assumption
Z
Z
K
EK
13, 14 E
8 &E
1517 I
518 I
5. Consider an argument whose conclusion is a theorem in SD. Since the

conclusion is a theorem, there is a derivation in SD of that conclusion from the
empty set. We may add the premises of the argument in question as primary
assumptions at the top of this derivation, renumbering other lines appropriately, and thus we obtain a derivation of the conclusion of the argument from
the set consisting of the premises. Therefore the argument is valid in SD.
LOGIC TEST 3
1. Dene
a. Inconsistency in SD
b. Equivalence in SD
2. Construct derivations in SD that establish parts a and b below.
a. The following sentence is a theorem in SD:
( A B) (A B)
b. The following claim holds:
[( A & B) (A & B)] (A B)
The cook did it or the gardener did it unless, of course, the maid
or butler did it. If the crime was done in the study, then the revolver
was the murder weapon. Furthermore, if the revolver was the murder weapon, then the butler did it. The cook did it if and only if it
was done in the dining room. But it was done neither in the dining
room nor in the study. The gardener did it only if he was in love
with the maid; and, if he was in love with the maid, then poison was
the cause. On the other hand, if poison was not the cause, then
either the cook did it or the maid didnt do it. It is not the case that
either the revolver was the murder weapon or poison was the cause.
(C, G, M, B, S, R, D, L, P)
Therefore, the _______ did it.
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J ( Z H)
[ J (L & M)] & H
[ (K K) (L & M)] & Z
K
5. Explain the difference between the rules of inference and the rules
of replacement in SD.
ANSWERS
1. a. A set of sentences of SL is inconsistent in SD if and only if a sentence P and its negation P are derivable in SD from .
b. Sentences P and Q of SL are equivalent in SD if and only if Q is
derivable in SD from {P} and P is derivable in SD from {Q}.
2. a. Derive: ( A B) (A B)
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AB
Assumption
Assumption
Assumption
4
5
6
A
A
B
1, 3 E
2R
35 I
Assumption
Assumption
9
10
11
12
13
B
B
1, 8 E
7R
810 E
26, 711 I
112 I
A
AB
( A B) (A B)
b. Derive: [( A & B) (A & B)] (A B)

1
2
( A & B) (A & B)
A
Assumption
Assumption
A&B
Assumption
Assumption
5
6
7
A
A
B
2R
3 &E
46 E
A&B
Assumption
9
10
8 &E
1, 37, 89 E
11
Assumption
12
A&B
Assumption
13
Assumption
14
15
16
B
B
A
11 R
12 &E
1315 E
17
A&B
Assumption
18
19
20
21
A
A
AB
[( A & B) (A & B)] (A B)
17 &E
1, 1216, 1718 E
210, 1119 I
120 I
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3. The butler did it.

Derive: B
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
(C G) (M B)
SR
RB
CD
D&S
(G L) & (L P)
P (C M)
(R P)
Assumption
Assumption
Assumption
Assumption
Assumption
Assumption
Assumption
Assumption
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
R&P
P
CM
D
(C D) & (D C)
CD
C
M
GL
LP
GP
G
C&G
(C G)
MB
B
8 DeM
9 &E
7, 10 E
5 &E
4 Equiv
13 &E
12, 14 MT
11, 15 DS
6 &E
6 &E
17, 18 HS
10, 19 MT
15, 20 &I
21 DeM
1, 22 DS
16, 23 DS
4. Derive: K
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
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J ( Z H)
[ J (L & M)] & H
[ (K K) (L & M)] & Z
K
(K K) (L & M)
( K K) (L & M)
K (L & M)
K (L & M)
(L & M)
J (L & M)
J
J
ZH
H
Z
Z
K
Assumption
Assumption
Assumption
Assumption
3 &E
5 Impl
6 Idem
7 DN
4, 8 E
2 &E
9, 10 MT
11 DN
1, 12 E
2 &E
13, 14 MT
3 &E
416 I
5. The rules of inference must be applied to entire sentences on a line

and are one-way rules. Rules of replacement may be applied to sentential components within a sentence and are two-way rules.
LOGIC TEST 4
1. Dene
a. Validity in SD
b. Theorem in SD
2. Construct derivations in SD that establish parts a and b below.
a. The following set is inconsistent in S D:
{A & ( B C), A (C B), C B}
b. The following argument is valid in SD:
(A C) B
(A B) (B C)
If the maid did it, then it was neatly done; and, if it was neatly done,
then it was done with the revolver. The butler did it if and only if
his affair with the maid needed to be hidden. If the butler didnt
do it, then either the maid did it, the gardener did it, or the cook
did it. Neither the gardener nor the cook did it, provided that it
was done with the revolver. If it was done with a knife, then the
cook did it. However, it was not done with a knife. Although it was
done neatly, the butlers affair with the maid did not need to be
hidden. (M, N, R, B, A, G, C, K)
Therefore the ______ did it.
( A C) & ( G W)
(A C) & (A H)
[( C & H) K] W
W
5. Give a routine using only the derivation rules of SD that could be
used in place of Modus Tollens in SD.
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ANSWERS
1. a. An argument of SL is valid in SD if and only if the conclusion of
the argument is derivable in SD from the set consisting of the premises.
b. A sentence P of SL is a theorem in SD if and only if P is derivable in
SD from the empty set.
2. a. 1
2
3
A & ( B C)
A (C B)
CB
Assumption
Assumption
Assumption
Assumption
5
6
BC
B
1 &E
Assumption
7
8
9
10
11
C
C
B
CB
A
5, 6 E
4R
68 E
9I
2, 10 E
12
Assumption
13
14
15
16
CB
A
A
A
12 I
2, 13 E
3, 411, 1215 E
1 &E
b. Derive: (A B) (B C)
1
(A C) B
Assumption
AC
Assumption
Assumption
4
5
AB
(A B) (B C)
3 I
4 I
Assumption
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
BC
(A B) (B C)
(A B) (B C)
6 I
7 I
2, 35, 68 E
Assumption
BC
(A B) (B C)
(A B) (B C)
10 I
11 I
1, 29, 1012 E
3. The maid did it.

Derive: M
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
(M N) & (N R)
BA
B [M (G C)]
R ( G & C)
KC
K
N&A
Assumption
Assumption
Assumption
Assumption
Assumption
Assumption
Assumption
(B A) & (A B)
BA
A
B
M (G C)
N
NR
R
G&C
(G C)
M
2 Equiv
8 &E
7 &E
9, 10 MT
3, 11 E
7 &E
1 &E
13, 14 E
4, 15 E
16 DeM
12, 17 DS
4. Derive: W
1
2
3
( A C) & ( G W)
(A C) & (A H)
[( C & H) K] W
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
Assumption
Assumption
Assumption
Assumption
[( C & H) K]
[ ( C & H) K]
( C & H) & K
( C & H) & K
C&H
C
AC
A
AC
A
3, 4 MT
5 Impl
6 DeM
7 DN
8 &E
9 &E
1 &E
10, 11 MT
2 &E
10, 13 MT
414 E
n1
n2
PQ
Q
P
Assumption
n3
n4
n5
Q
Q
P
n, n 2 E
n1R
n2n4I
5. n
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CHAPTER SIX
No tests.
CHAPTER SEVEN
LOGIC TEST 1
1. List the logical operators of PL.
2. Give the recursive denition of formula of PL. (You may assume
that the atomic formulas have been specied.)
3. Indicate which of the following are formulas of PL, and which of
those are sentences of PL. For each formula, underline the main logical operator and indicate whether the formula is atomic, truth-functionally compound,
or quantied. For those that are not formulas, explain why not, and for those
that are formulas but not sentences, explain why they are not sentences.
a. (y)Fya
b. (z)(Faz Gz)
c. (x)Fxa (y)Gay
d. (z)(Fza Gwy)
e. (a)Fa
4. List all the subformulas of each of the following:
Ga (y)(x)Fxy
(y)(x)(Fxy Fyx)
5. Symbolize English sentences ad in PL, and give English readings

for eh, using the following symbolization key:
UD:
Lxy:
Axy:
Fx:
Nx:
Bx:
Gx:
Rx:
j:
a:
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living things
x likes y
x is afraid of y
x is friendly
x is a nut-eater
x is a black squirrel
x is a gray squirrel
x is a red squirrel
Julia
Aaron
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
f.
g.
h.
All gray squirrels are nut-eaters.

No gray squirrels are nut-eaters.
Some gray squirrels are nut-eaters.
Some gray squirrels are not nut-eaters.
(x)(Gx & Fx) & (y)(Gy Fy)
(y)[(Gy Ry) Ny]
(x)(y)[(Gx & Ry) & Lxy]
Ra & (y)(Ry Lay)
6. Symbolize ad in PL and give English readings of eh, using the symbolization key given in Exercise 5.
a. Julia likes all gray squirrels and all red squirrels, but no black
squirrels.
b. All black squirrels are afraid of Aaron and Aaron is afraid of all gray
squirrels.
c. Every gray squirrel likes at least one red squirrel.
d. No gray squirrel is afraid of any red squirrel.
e. (x)[Rx & (Axa & Axj)]
f. (y)[(Ry & Fy) Ljy]
g. (z)[Rz & (y)(Gy Lyz)]
h. (y)[(By & Ljy) (z)(Rz Lzy)]
7. Indicate which of the listed expressions are substitution instances of
(x)(y)(Bxy Byx).
a. Bab Bba
b. (y)(Bay Bya)
c. (y)Bay Bya
d. (y)(Bcy Byc)
8. Using the symbolization key given below, symbolize English sentences ac in PLE, and give English readings of df.
UD:
a:
b:
Gxy:
Ox:
Ex:
f(x):
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
f.
Positive integers
1
3
x is greater than y
x is odd
x is even
the successor of x
The successor of 3 is greater than the successor of 1.

The successor of an odd number is even.
The successor of the successor of an even number is even.
(x)x f(x)
(x)(y)x f(y)
(x)(y)y f(x).
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ANSWERS
1. , &, , , , (x), (x)
2. 1. Every atomic formula of PL is a formula of PL.
2. If P is a formula of PL, so is P.
3. If P and Q are formulas of PL, so are (P & Q), (P Q), (P Q),
and (P Q).
4. If P is a formula of PL that contains at least one occurrence of x
and no x-quantier, then (x)P and (x)P are both formulas of PL.
5. Nothing is a formula of PL unless it can be formed by repeated applications of clauses 1 to 4.
3. a. (y)Fya
b.
c.
d.
e.
(z)(Faz Gz)
(x) Fxa (y)Gay
(z)(Fza Gwy)
(a)Fa
4. Ga (y)(x)Fxy
Ga
(y)(x)Fxy
Ga
(x)Fxy
Fxy
5. a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
f.
g.
h.
6. a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
of Julia.
f.
g.
h.
formula and sentence

formula, not a sentence (free w)
not a formula: a is not a variable
(y)(x)(Fxy Fyx)
(y)(x)(Fxy Fyx)
(x)(Fxy Fyx)
Fxy Fyx
Fxy
Fyx
(x)(Gx Nx)
(x)(Gx Nx)
(x)(Gx & Nx)
(x)(Gx & Nx)
Some, but not all, gray squirrels are friendly.
Gray squirrels and red squirrels are nut-eaters.
At least one gray squirrel likes at least one red squirrel.
Aaron is not a red squirrel, and he likes red squirrels.
(y)[(Gy Ry) Ljy] & (y)(By & Ljy)
(x)(Bx Axa) & (y)(Gy Aay)
(z)[Gz (x)(Rx & Lzx)]
(x)(y)[(Gx & Ry) & Axy]
There is a red squirrel who is afraid of Aaron and who is not afraid
Julia likes all friendly red squirrels.
There is a red squirrel whom every gray squirrel likes.
Every black squirrel that Julia likes is liked by every red squirrel.
7. b and d are substitution instances.
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truth-functional
quantied
truth-functional
quantied
8. a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
f.
Gf(b)f(a)
(x)(Ox Ef(x))
(x)(Ex Ef( f(x))
No positive integer is identical to its successor.
Not every positive integer is the successor of a positive integer.
Every positive integer has a successor.
LOGIC TEST 2
1. Specify the atomic formulas of PL.
2. Give the recursive denition of formula of PL.
3. Indicate which of the following are formulas of PL, and which of
those are sentences of PL. For each formula, underline the main logical operator and indicate whether the formula is atomic, truth-functionally compound,
or quantied. For those that are not formulas, explain why not, and for those
that are formulas but not sentences, explain why they are not sentences.
a. (x)[Fxa (x)Gax]
b. (z)Fza (z)Gaz
c. (y)Gyy
d. Faz (x)Fxa
e. (x)Fab
(x)[(y)Fxy Gax]
Fab (x) Fxb

UD:
Lxy:
Tx:
Ux:
Bx:
s:
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
f.
g.
h.
living things
x likes y
x is a toad
x is ugly
x is brown
Sarah
All toads are ugly.

No toads are ugly.
Some toads are not ugly.
Some toads are ugly.
(x)[(Tx & Bx) Lsx]
(y)[(By & Ty) & Lys] & (y)[(Ty & By) Lys]
(y)[Ty (Lsy By)]
(z)(Tz & Lsz) & (w)(Tw & Lws)
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6. Symbolize ad in PL and give English readings of eh, using the

symbolization key given in Exercise 5 plus:
Fx:
Gx:
Cxy:
c:
s:
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
f.
g.
h.
x is a frog
x is a green
x is chasing y
Charles
Sarah
Charles is chasing Sarah and Sarah is chasing a green frog.

No frog likes every toad.
No frog likes any toad.
Every frog Sarah likes is liked by every toad.
(x)(y)[(Fx & Ty) & Lxy]
(x)[Fx & (y)(Ty Lyx)]
(x)(y)([(Fx & Gx) & (Ty & By)] Lxy)
(x)([Tx & (y)(Fy & Lyx)] Lsx)

(x) (w) Mwx.
a. (w) Mwc
b. (w)Mwc
c. (w) Maa
d. (w) Mwb
UD:
a:
Gxy:
Px:
f(x):
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
f.
Positive integers
2
x is greater than y
x is prime
the successor of x
Two is prime and its successor is prime.

The successor of an integer is greater than that integer.
No integer other than 2 is prime and has a successor that is prime.
(x)x f (x)
(x)[Px (y)x f (y)]
(x)(y)[ x y & f (x) f (y)]
ANSWERS
1. Every sentence letter of SL is an atomic formula of PL.
Every n-place predicate of PL followed by n individual terms is an
atomic formula of PL.
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and (P Q).
and no x-quantifier, then (x)P and (x)P are both formulas
of PL.
3. a. (x)[Fxa (x)Gax]
b.
c.
d.
e.
(z)Fza (uQz)Gaz
(y)Gyy
Faz (x)Fxa
(x)Fab
4. (x)[(y)Fxy Gax]
(y)Fxy Gax
(y)Fxy
Gax
Fxy
not a formula, (x) occurs in [Fxa (x)Gax]

truth-functional
truth-functional
formula, not a sentence (z is free) truth-functional
not a formula, x does not occur in Fab
Fab (x) Fxb

Fab
(x) Fxb
Fab
Fxb
Fxb
5. a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
f.
g.
h.
(x)(Tx Ux)
(z)(Ty & Uy)
(z)(Tz & Uz)
(z)(Tz & Uz)
Sarah likes all brown toads.
At least one brown toad likes Sarah, but not all brown toads do.
Among toads, Sarah likes all and only brown ones.
Sarah likes no toad and no toad likes Sarah.
6. a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
f.
g.
h.
Ccs & (x)[(Fx & Gx) & Csx]

(x)[Fx & (y)(Ty Lxy)]
(x)(y)[(Fx & Ty) & Lxy]
(y)[(Fy & Lsy) (z)(Tz Lzy)]
No frog likes any toad.
There is a frog whom every toad likes.
Green frogs like brown toads.
Sarah likes every toad who is liked by at least one frog.
7. a and d are substitution instances.

8. a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
f.
Pa & Pf (a)
(x)G f (x)x
(x)[( x 2 & Px) & P f (x)]
No integer is its own successor.
Every prime is the successor of an integer.
No two integers have the same successor.
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LOGIC TEST 3
1. Give the recursive denition of formula of PL. (You may assume
that the atomic formulas have been specied.)
2. Dene sentence of PL.
3. Indicate which of the following are formulas, and which of those are
sentences, of PL. For each formula, underline the main logical operator and
indicate whether the formula is atomic, truth-functionally compound, or quantied. For those that are not formulas, explain why not, and for those that are
formulas but not sentences, explain why they are not sentences.
a. (x)[Fxa (y)Gay]
b. (y)Gyx
c. (x)(y)( Fxy Fyx)
d. (z)Faz (x)Fxa
e. (x)Fabx
(x)[(y)Fxy Gax]
Fab (x) Fxb

UD:
Oxy:
Rxy:
Fx:
Tx:
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
f.
g.
h.
living things
x is on y
x respects y
x is a frog
x is a toad
Lx:
Gx:
Bx:
Hx:
k:
x is a lily pad
x is green
x is brown
x is happy
Kermit
All happy frogs are green.

No green toads are happy.
Some brown toads are happy.
Some green frogs are not happy.
(x)(Gx & Fx) & (y)(Gy Fy)
(y)[(Fy Ty) Hy]
(x)(y)[(Fx & Ty) & Rxy]
Tk & (y)(Ty Ryk)
a. There is a frog on every lily pad.
b. There are no toads on lily pads.
c. Every green frog respects Kermit and Kermit respects every green frog.
d. Every self-respecting frog is on a lily pad.
e. (x)[(Bx & Tx) & Rkx]
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f. (y)[(Fy & Ryy) Rky]

g. (z)[Tz & (y)(Fy Ryz)]
h. (y)[(Ly & Oky) & (z)((Fz & Rkz) Ozy)]
(y)(z)(w)[(My & Nzy) & Owy].
a. (Ma & Nab) & Oab
b. (z)(w)[(Ma & Nzb) & Owc]
c. (z)(w)[(Ma & Nza) & Owa]
d. (z)(w)[(Mc & Nzc) & Owc]
UD:
a:
b:
Gxy:
Ex:
f(x):
g(x,y):
h(x,y):
Positive integers
2
3
x is greater than y
x is even
the successor of x
the product of x and y
the sum of x and y
a. The product of two and three is greater than the sum of two and
three.
b. There is a pair of integers such that the product of those integers
equals the sum of those integers.
c. Every integer is such that the product of it and its successor is even.
d. (x)Gg(x,x)h(x,x)
e. (x)f(x) h(x,x)
f. (x)(y)Gg(x,y)h(x,y)
ANSWERS
and (P Q).
4. If P is a formula of PL that contains at least one occurrence of
x and no x-quantier, then (x)P and (x)P are both formulas
of PL.
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2. A sentence of PL is a formula of PL in which there are no free

variables.
3. a. (x)[Fxa
(y)Gay]
b. (y)Gyx
c. (x)(y)( Fxy
Fyx)
d. (z)Faz (x)Fxa
e. (x)Fabx
truth-functional
formula, not a sentence x is a free

variable
truth-functional
quantied

truth-functional
truth-functional
4. (x)[(y)Fxy Gax]
(y)Fxy Gax
(y)Fxy
Gax
Fxy
5. a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
f.
g.
h.
Fab (x) Fxb

Fab
(x) Fxb
Fab
Fxb
Fxb
(x)[(Hx & Fx) Gx]

(x)[(Gx & Tx) & Hx]
(y)[(By & Ty) & Hy]
(z)[(Gz & Fz) & Hz]
Some green things are frogs, but not all are.
All frogs and toads are happy.
At least one frog respects at least one toad.
Kermit is not a toad, and all toads respect Kermit.
6. a. (x)[Lx (y)(Fy & Oyx)]

b. (x)(y)[(Tx & Ly) & Oxy]
c. (x)[(Gx & Fx) (Rxk & Rkx)]
d. (x)[(Fx & Rxx) (y)(Ly & Oxy)]
e. There is a brown toad whom Kermit respects.
f. Kermit respects every self-respecting frog.
g. There is a toad whom every frog respects.
h. Kermit is on a lily pad and every frog whom Kermit respects is also
on that lily pad.
7. c and d are substitution instances.
8. a. Gg(a,b)h(a,b)
b. (x)(y)g(x,y) h(x,y)
c. (x)Eg(x,f(x))
d. The product of an integer and itself is not always greater than the
sum of that integer and itself.
e. There is an integer whose successor is identical to the sum of that
integer and itself.
f. The product of a pair of integers is not always greater than the sum
of those integers.
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LOGIC TEST 4
1. Specify the atomic formulas of PL.
2. Give the recursive denition of formula of PL.
3. Indicate which of the following are formulas, and which of those are
sentences, of PL. For each formula, underline the main logical operator and
indicate whether the formula is atomic, truth-functionally compound, or quantied. For those that are not formulas, explain why not, and for those that are
formulas but not sentences, explain why they are not sentences.
a. (a)Fax
b. (z)Faz Gza
c. (x)[Fxa & (y)Gxy]
d. (w)(x)Fwax
e. (x)(y)[Fxy (w)Gwyx]
4. List all of the subformulas of each of the following
(y)(x)(Fxy Fyx)
(y)(z) Lyz (x)(y) Lxy

UD:
Lxy:
Gx:
Rx:
Rxy:
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
f.
g.
h.
living things
x is larger than y
x is a gray squirrel
x is a red squirrel
x respects y
Bx:
Fx:
Tx:
a:
x is a black squirrel
x is friendly
x is timid
Aaron
All red squirrels are timid.

Some black squirrels are timid and some are not.
No gray squirrels are timid.
Aaron is a timid red squirrel whom all gray squirrels respect.
(x)(Gx & Tx)
(y)[(Fy & Gy) Ty]
(z)[(Gz Bz) Fz] & (x)(Rx Fx)
(w)[Gw (Fw & Tw)]
a. Every black squirrel is larger than at least one gray squirrel.
b. Aaron is a timid black squirrel and he is larger than every red
squirrel.
c. Every gray squirrel is larger than every red squirrel.
d. There is a timid, friendly, black squirrel who is respected by every
gray squirrel and every red squirrel.
e. (x)[Gx Rx) Lax]
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f. (x)[(Bx & Lxa) & (y)(By Lya)]

g. (x)[(Bx & Lxa) (y)(Gy Lxy)]
h. (x)(y)([Rx & By) & Lxy] Ryx)
(z)[Bz (x)Czxz]
a. Ba (x)Cbxc
b. Ba (x)Caxa
c. (z)Bz Czaz
d. Bc (x)Ccxc
UD:
a:
b:
Gxy:
Ex:
f(x):
g(x,y):
h(x,y):
Positive integers
1
2
x is greater than y
x is even
the successor of x
the product of x and y
the sum of x and y
a. The sum of 1 and itself is greater than the product of 1 and itself.
b. For every integer greater than 2, the product of that integer and
itself is greater than the sum of that integer and itself.
c. The sum of 1 and an integer is always greater than the product of
1 and that integer.
d. (x)g(a,x) x
e. (x)h(x,x) g(x,x)
f. (x)(y)[(Gxb & Gyb) Gg(x,y)h(x,y)]
ANSWER
1. Every sentence letter of SL is an atomic formula of PL.
Every n-place predicate of PL followed by n individual terms is an
atomic formula of PL.
and (P Q).
and no x-quantier, then (x)P and (x)P are both formulas of PL.
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3.
a. (a)Fax
b. (z)Faz Gza
c. (x)[Fxa & (y)Gxy]
d. (w)(x)Fwax
e. (x)(y)[Fxy (w)Gwyx]
4. (y)(x)(Fxy Fyx)
(y)(x)(Fxy Fyx)
(x)(Fxy Fyx)
Fxy Fyx
Fxy
Fyx
Fyx
5. a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
f.
g.
h.
not a formula ((a) is not a quantier)

formula, not a sentence (z in Gza truth-functional
is free)
quantied
truth-functional
quantied
(y)(z) Lyz (x)(y) Lxy

(y)(z) Lyz
(x)(y) Lxy
(z) Lyz
Lyz
Lyz
(y) Lxy
Lxy
Lxy
(x)(Rx Tx)
(z)(Bz & Tz) & (z)(Bz & Tz)
(y)(Gy Ty)
(Ta & Ra) & (x)(Gx Rxa)
There are no timid gray squirrels.
Friendly gray squirrels are not timid
Gray squirrels and black squirrels are not friendly, but red squirrels are.
Not all gray squirrels are both friendly and timid.
6. a. (y)[By (w)(Gw & Lyw)]

b. (Ta & Ba) & (x)(Rx Lax)
c. (w)(z)] (Gw & Rz) Lwz]
d. (x)([Tx & (Fx & Bx)] & (y[(Gy Ry) Ryx])
e. Aaron is larger than all gray squirrels as well as all red squirrels.
f. At least one black squirrel is larger than Aaron but not all black
squirrels are.
g. Every black squirrel that is larger than Aaron is also larger than every
gray squirrel.
h. Every black squirrel respects every red squirrel that is larger than it.
7. b and d are substitution instances.
8. a. Gh(a,a)g(a,a)
b. (x)[Gxb Gg(x,x)h(x,x)]
c. (x)Gh(a,x)g(a,x)
d. The product of 1 and any integer is that integer.
e. There is an integer such that the sum of that integer and itself equals
the product of that integer and itself.
f. Every pair of integers such that both integers are greater than 2 is
such that their product is greater than their sum.
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CHAPTER EIGHT
LOGIC TEST 1
1. Dene
a. Quanticational validity
b. Quanticational consistency
2. Symbolize the following sentences, using the symbolization key given.
UD: Everything
Px: x is a person
Tx: x is a time
Fxyz: x fools y at z
a. No one can fool all of the people all of the time.
b. Someone is never fooled.
3. Determine the truth-values of ad on the following interpretation.
UD:
Ox:
Sx:
Txy:
Dxy:
a.
b.
c.
d.
Set of people
x is one year old
x is sixteen years old
x is taller than y
x is older than y
(x)[Sx (y)(Oy Dxy)]

(x)(y)Dyx
(x)(y)( Txy Tyx)
(x)(y)( y x Txy)

UD:
Bxyz:
n:
c:
s:
a.
b.
c.
d.
Set of U.S. cities

x is between y and z
New York City
Chicago
San Francisco
Bnsc Bsnc
(x)Bxcs (x) Bxcs
(x)( Bxsc Bscn)
(x)(y)(z)(Bxyz y z)
5. Construct an expansion of the following sentence for the set of constants {a, b, s}.
(w)( Dsw (x)Nx)
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6. Show that the following argument is not quanticationally valid, both

by the interpretation method and by the truth-functional expansion method.
(w)(Nw & Sw)
(w)(Hw Sw)
(w)Hw
7. Suppose some sentence of PL is true on every interpretation with a
one-member UD. Does it follow that the sentence is quanticationally true?
Explain.
ANSWERS
1. a. An argument of PL is quanticationally valid if and only if there is no
interpretation on which all the premises are true and the conclusion is false.
b. A set of sentences of PL is quanticationally consistent if and only if
there is at least one interpretation on which all the members of the set are true.
2. a. (x)[Px (y)(z)((Py & Tz) Fxyz)]
b. (x)[Px & (y)(z)((Py & Tz) & Fyxz)]
3. a.
b.
c.
d.
True
True
False
True
4. a.
b.
c.
d.
False
True
False
True
5. [( Dsa [(Na Nb) Ns)] & ( Dsb [(Na Nb) Ns])] &
( Dss [(Na Nb) Ns])
6. Interpretation method:
UD: Set of positive integers
Hx: x is negative
Nx: x is prime
Sx: x is odd
Truth-functional expansion method:
Ha
Na
Sa
Na
&
Sa
Ha Sa Ha
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7. No. For example, the following sentence is true on every interpretation with a one-member UD:
~ [(x)Fx & (x) ~ Fx]
since the one member of the UD is either F or not F but not both. But the
sentence is not quanticationally true, since it is false on some interpretations
with larger UDs, for example,
Fx: x is even
LOGIC TEST 2
1. Dene
a. Quanticational truth
b. Quanticational equivalence
UD:
Ixy:
Mx:
Lx:
Sxy:
Everything
x is identical to y
x is a math problem
x is a logic problem
x is easier to solve than is y
a. Math problems are easier to solve than are logic problems.

b. Some logic problems are easier to solve than are others.
UD:
Hx:
Lxy:
Px:
Sx:
e:
a.
b.
c.
d.
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Set of people and planets

x is a human being
x lives on y
x is a planet
x is in the solar system
earth
(x)(y)[Hx & (Py Lxy)]

(Pe & Se) & (w)(Hw & Lwe)
(x)(Hx & Lxe) Se
(x)(y)[(Hx & Py) x y]

UD:
Mx:
Sx:
Oxy:
a:
a.
b.
c.
d.
Set of people
x is a male
x is a scientist
x is older than y
Albert Einstein
(x)(Mx & Sx) Sa

(x)[(Mx & Sx) Sa]
(x)(y)(Oxy Oyx)
(x)( y a & (My & Sy))
5. Construct an expansion of each of the following sentences for the

set of constants {a, s}.
a. (x)(y)Sxy & D
b. (x)Fx (y)Gsy
6. Show that the following argument is not quanticationally valid, both
by the interpretation method and by the truth-functional expansion method.
(y)(x)(Py Cyx)
(x) Cxx
(x) Cxx
7. Are the sentences
(y)Fy
and
(y) Fy
quanticationally equivalent?
ANSWERS
1. a. A sentence P of PL is quanticationally true if and only if P is true on
every interpretation.
b. Sentences P and Q of PL are quanticationally equivalent if and only
if there is no interpretation on which they have different truth-values.
2. a. (x)[Mx (y)(Ly Sxy)]
b. (x)(y)[(Lx & Ly) & ( Ixy & Sxy)]
3. a.
b.
c.
d.
False
True
True
True
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4. a.
b.
c.
d.
True
False
True
True
5. a. [(Saa Sas) & (Ssa Sss)] & D

b. (Fa Fs) (Gsa & Gss)
Py: y is prime
Cxy: x equals y
Caa
Pa
Pa Caa Caa Caa
FT
7. Yes. First assume that (y)Fy is true on the interpretation. Then everything in the UD is F. So nothing in the UD is not F; hence (y) Fy is true.
Now assume that (y)Fy is false on an interpretation. Then something in the
UD is not F. So (y) Fy is true, and (y) Fy is false.
LOGIC TEST 3
1. Dene
a. Quanticational entailment
b. Quanticational falsehood
UD:
Px:
Bx:
Lxy:
Rx:
m:
Everything
x is a person
x is a New York banker
x lives in y
x is rich
Manhattan
a. Every New York banker lives in Manhattan.

b. No rich Manhattan dweller is a New York banker.
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UD: Set of people
Cx: x is a child
Pxy: x is a parent of y
Mx: x is male
a.
b.
c.
d.
(x)[Mx (y)(My & Pyx)]

(x)(Cx & Mx) (x)[(y)Pxy Mx]
(x)(y)(Pxy Pyx)
(x)(y)(Pxy x y)

UD:
Nx:
Dxyz:
Ex:
t:
s:
a.
b.
c.
d.
Set of positive integers

x is greater than 16
x plus y equals z
x is even
10
7
(x)(y)[(Ex & Ey) & Dtxy]

(x)(Ex Dtss)
(x)Nx Es
(x)(Nx x t)
5. Construct an expansion of the following sentences for the set of

constants {a, b}.
a. D (x)Mx
b. (x)(Mx D)
6. Show that the following sentences are not quanticationally equivalent, both by the interpretation method and by the truth-functional expansion
method.
(x)(y)Fxy
(y)(x)Fxy
7. Is the following argument quanticationally valid? Explain.

(x)(Bx G)
(x)Bx
G
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ANSWERS
1. a. A set of sentences of PL quanticationally entails a sentence P of
PL if and only if there is no interpretation on which every member of is true
and P is false.
b. A sentence P of PL is quanticationally false if and only if P is false
on every interpretation.
2. a. (x)(Bx Lxm)
b. (x)[((Px & Rx) & Lxm) Bx]
3. a.
b.
c.
d.
True
True
True
True
4. a.
b.
c.
d.
True
True
True
False
5. a. D (Ma & Mb)

b. (Ma D) & (Mb D)
Fxy: x is greater than y
Faa
Fab
Fba
Fbb
(Faa
&
Fab)
(Fba
&
Fbb)
(Faa
Fba)
& (Fab
Fbb)
7. Yes. The rst premise says that everything is such that, if it is B, then G.
The second premise says that at least one thing is B. Then, since that thing satises the condition in the rst premise, G must be true.
LOGIC TEST 4
1. Dene
b. Quanticational indeterminacy
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UD:
Px:
Gx:
Hx:
Txy:
Sx:
Lxy:
Everything
x is a person
x is made of glass
x is a house
x throws y
x is a stone
x lives in y
a. People who live in glass houses dont throw stones.

b. If anyone throws stones, then everyone does.
UD:
Gxy:
Exyz:
o:
t:
f:
a.
b.
c.
d.
Set of natural numbers

x is greater than y
x plus y equals z
0
2
4
(x)(y)(Gxy Exoy)
Ettf Eooo
(x)(y)(z) (Exyz Exyx)
(x)( x o Gxt)

UD:
Px:
Ax:
Rx:
Oxy:
a.
b.
c.
d.
Set of people and automobiles

x is a person
x is an automobile
x is rich
x owns y
(x)[(Px & (y)(Oxy & Ay)) Rx]

(x)Rx
(x)(Px Ax)
(x)(Rx & (y)(Ry y x))
5. Construct an expansion of the following sentences for the set of constants {n, p}.
a. (Snn & Snp) (x)Sxx
b. (x)(y)Bxy
6. Show that the following set is quanticationally consistent, both by
the interpretation method and by the truth-functional expansion method.
{(x)(Fx Gx), (x)(Hx Gx), (x) (Fx Hx)}
7. Is the sentence (x)Mx Ma quanticationally true? Explain.
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ANSWERS
1. a. An argument of PL is quanticationally valid if and only if there is no
interpretation on which all the premises are true and the conclusion is false.
b. A sentence P of PL is quanticationally indeterminate if and only if P is
neither quanticationally true nor quanticationally falsethat is, if and only if
P is true on at least one interpretation and false on at least one interpretation.
2. a. (x)[[Px & (y)((Gy & Hy) & Lxy)] (z)(Sz & Txz)]
b. (x)(y)[(Px & Sy) & Txy] (x)[Px (y)(Sy & Txy)]
3. a.
b.
c.
d.
True
True
True
False
4. a.
b.
c.
d.
False
False
True
False
5. a. (Snn & Snp) (Snn & Spp)

b. (Bnn & Bnp) (Bpn & Bpp)
Fx: x is odd
Gx: x is positive
Hx: x is prime
Fa
Ga
Ha
Fa
Ga
Ha
Ga (Fa Ha)
T F
7. Yes. If every member of the UD is M, then any member that a designates is M.
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CHAPTER 9
LOGIC TEST 1
2. Use the tree method to determine whether the arguments a and b
are quanticationally valid, whether sentence c is quanticationally true, and
whether set d is quanticationally consistent. In each case state your result; if
no result is obtainable, explain why. Where a result is obtained way what it is
about your tree that shows that this is the result. (If a result is unobtainable,
make sure the tree you start is a systematic tree.)
a. (x)[(y)Gyx Fx]
(x)Fx
(x)(y)Gxy
b. [(x)Fx (y)Hy]
(y) Hy
c. (x)(y)[(Gxy & Gyx) Gxx]
d. {(x)(y)y f(x), (x) (y)y f(x)}
3. Why does The System require, at stage 2, that, for each universally
quantied sentence being decomposed, every constant occurring on the branch
must be used as an instantiating constant?
ANSWERS
1. a. A nite set of sentences of PL/PLE quanticationally entails a sentence P of PL/PLE if and only if { P} has a closed truth-tree.
b. Sentences P and Q of PL/PLE are quanticationally equivalent if and
only if the set { P Q} has a closed truth-tree.
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2. a. The tree is closed, so the argument is quanticationally valid.

1.
2.
3.
(x)[(y)Gyx Fx]
(x)Fx
(x)(y)Gxy
4.
5.
6.
7.
(x)(y)Gxy
(x) Fx
(y)Gya Fa
Fa
8.
(y)Gya
9.
10.
11.
12.
(y) Gya
Gba
(y)Gby
Gba
SM
SM
SM
3
2
1
5
Fa
D
D
D
D
6 D
8 D
9 D
4 D
11 D
b. The tree has a completed open branch, so the argument is quanticationally invalid.
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1.
2.
[(x)Fx (y)Hy]
(y) Hy
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
(x)Fx
(y)Hy
(y) Hy
Ha
Ha
(y) Hy
Hb
(x) Fx
Fa
Fb
SM
SM
1 D
1 D
2 D
5 D
6D
4 D
8 D
3 D
10 D
10 D
c. This systematic tree has a completed open branch (left-most branch).

Therefore the sentence being tested is not quanticationally true.
1.
(x)(y)[(Gxy & Gyx) Gxx]
SM
2.
3.
4.
(x) (y)[(Gxy & Gyx) Gxx]

(y)[(Gay & Gya) Gaa]
(y) [(Gay & Gya Gaa]
1 D
3 D
3 D
5. [(Gaa & Gaa) Gaa]

6.
Gaa & Gaa
7.
Gaa
8.
Gaa
9.
Gaa
10.

11.
[(Gab & Gba) Gaa]

Gab & Gba
Gaa
Gab
Gba
(y)[(Gby & Gyb) Gbb]
(y) [(Gby & Gyb) Gbb]
12. [(Gba & Gab) Gbb] [(Gbb & Gbb) Gbb] [(Gbc & Gcb) Gbb]
13.
Gba & Gab
Gbb & Gbb
Gbc & Gcb
14.
Gbb
Gbb
Gbb
15.
Gba
Gbb
Gbc
16.
Gab
Gbb
Gcb

o
4 D2
5 D
5 D
6 &D
6 &D
2 D
10 D
11
12
12
13
13
D2
D
D
&D
&D
d. The tree is closed. Therefore, the set is quanticationally inconsistent.

1.
2.
(x)(y)y f(x)
(x) (y)y f(x)
3.
4.
5.
6.
(y)y f(a)
(y) y f(a)
(y)y f(a)
a f(a)
7.
8.
9.
a f(a)
b f(a)
(y)y f(b)
~ b f(a)
SM
SM
2
3
1
4
D2
D
D
D
5 D2
1 D
4 D
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3. The System is designed to nd closed trees for quanticationally

inconsistent sets in a nete number of steps. If we do not follow the requirement at stage 2, we will sometimes fail to nd a closed tree when testing a set
that is quanticationally inconsistent. For Example,
1.
2.
(x)Fx
(x) Fx
3.
4.
5.
6.
Fa
Fb
Fc
Fd
o
SM
SM
2
1
1
1
D
D
D
D
Here the branch will go on indenitely unless the sentence on line 1 is instantiated with the constant a, which occurs on the tree on line 3. The System
ensures that we shall do this.
LOGIC TEST 2
1. Explicate, in terms of open and/or closed truth-trees:
2. Use the tree method to determine whether sentence a is quanticationally true, whether argument b is quanticationally valid, whether the
sentences in c are quanticationally equivalent, and whether the alleged entailment d holds. In each case state your result. If no result is obtainable, explain
why. Where a result is obtained, say what it about your tree that shows that this
is the result. (If a result is unobtainable make sure the tree you start is a
systematic tree.)
a. [Fa (x)Fx] [(x)Fx (x)Fx]
b. (x)[Nx (y)Rxy]
(x)Rxx & Na
(y)Ray
c. (x)Fx Ga
(x)(Fx Ga)
d. {(x)[(y)Hg(x,y) Bg(x,x), Ha, a g(a,b)} |= (y)Bg(y,y)

3. Why does the rule Existential Decomposition require that the instantiating constant a be foreign to all preceding lines of the branch?
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ANSWERS
1. a. An argument of PL/PLE is quanticationally valid if and only if the
set consisting of the premises and the negation of the conclusion has a closed
truth-tree.
b. Sentences P and Q of PL/PLE are quanticationally equivalent if
and only if the set { P Q} has a closed truth-tree.
2. a. The tree has a completed open branch. Therefore, the given sentence is not quanticationally true.
1.
([Fa (x)Fx] [(x)Fx (x)Fx])
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
Fa (x)Fx
[(x)Fx (x)Fx]
(x)Fx
(x)Fx
(x) Fx
Fb
Fc
Fa
9.
10.
(x)Fx
Fc
SM
1
1
3
3
5
4
6
D
D
D
D
D
D
D
2 D
9 D
b. The tree is closed, so the argument is quanticationally valid.

1.
2.
3.
(x)[Nx (y)Rxy]
(x)Rxx & Na
(y)Ray
4.
5.
6.
(x)Rxx
Na
Na (y)Ray
7.
8.
9.
10.
Na
(y)Ray
Rab
(y) Ray
Rab
SM
SM
SM
2 &D
2 &D
1 D
6 D
7 D
3 D
9 D
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c. The tree is closed, so the sentences are quanticationally equivalent.

1.
([(x)Fx Ga] (x)(Fx Ga))
SM
2.
3.
4.
(x)Fx Ga
(x)(Fx Ga)
(x) (Fx Ga)
1 D
1 D
3 D
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
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(x)Fx
(x) Fx
Fb
(Fb Ga)
Fb
Ga
[(x)Fx Ga]
(x)(Fx Ga)
Ga
2
5
6
4
8
8
(Fb Ga)
Fb
Ga

Fc Ga
(x)Fx
Ga
14.
Fc
15.
Fc
D
D
D
D
D
D
3 D
2 D
2 D
Ga
11 D
12 D
d. The tree is closed. Therefore, the alleged entailment does hold.

1.
2.
3.
4.
(x)[(y)Hg(x,y) Bg(x,x)
Ha
a g(a,b)
(y)Bg(y,y)
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
(y) Bg(y,y)
(y)Hg(a,y) Bg(a,a)
(y)Hg(b,y) Bg(b,b)
Bg(a,a)
Bg(b,b)
(y)Hg(a,y)
(y) Hg(a,y)
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
16.
17.
18.
(y)Hg(b,y)
(y) Hg(b,y)
Hg(a,a)
Hg(a,b)
Hg(b,a)
Hg(b,b)
Ha
Bg(b,b)
Bg(a,a)
SM
SM
SM
SM
4
1
1
5
5
D
D
D
D
D
6 D
10 D
7D
12 D
11 D
11 D
13 D
13 D
3,15 D
3. Because otherwise the instantiating constant we choose may not be

arbitrary. In violating the restriction we may incorrectly show that a quanticationally consistent set is inconsistent. Here is an example:
1.
Fa & (x) Fx
2.
3.
4.
Fa
(x) Fx
Fa
SM
1 &D
1 &D
3 D
MISTAKE!
The tree is closed, yet the set {Fa & (x) Fx} is obviously quanticationally
consistent.
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LOGIC TEST 3
b. Quanticational truth
2. Use the tree method to determine whether arguments a and b are
quanticationally valid, whether sentence c is quanticationally false, and
whether set d is quanticationally consistent. In each case state your result. If
no result is obtainable, explain why. Where a result is obtained, say what it
about your tree that shows that this is the result. (If a result is unobtainable
make sure the tree you start is a systematic tree.)
a. (x) Fxx
(x) (y)( Fyx Fxy)
b. (x)(Gx & Fx)
(x)Fx & (x) Gx
c. (x)(y)[(Fxy & Ga) Fay]
d. {(x) Lxf(x), (y) Lf(y)y}
3. Can a sentence that contains no universal quantiers have a systematic
tree with a nonterminating branch? Explain.
ANSWERS
1. a. An argument of PL/PLE is quanticationally valid if and only if the
set consisting of the premises and the negation of the conclusion has a closed
truth-tree.
b. A sentence P of PL/PLE is quanticationally true if and only if the
set { P} has a closed truth-tree.
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2. a. The tree is closed. Therefore, the argument is quanticationally valid.

1.
2.
(x) Fxx
(x) (y)( Fyx Fxy)
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
Faa
(x) (y)( Fyx Fxy)
(y)( Fya Fay)
(y)( Fya Fay)
Faa Faa
8.
9.
Faa
SM
SM
1
2
4
5
6
D
D
D
D
D
7 D
Faa
8D
Faa
b. The tree has a completed open branch, so the argument is quanticationally invalid.
1.
2.
(x)(Gx & Fx)

[(x)Fx & (x) Gx]
3.
4.
5.
Ga & Fa
Ga
Fa
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
(x)Fx
(x) Fx
Fa
(x) Gx
(x) Gx
Gb
Gb
SM
SM
1 D
3 &D
3 &D
2 &D
6 D
7 D
8D
6 D
10 D
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c. The following systematic tree contains a completed open branch

(the second branch from the left). Therefore the sentence being tested is not
quanticationally false.
(x)(y)[(Fxy & Ga) Fay]
1.
SM
2.
3.
4.
(y)[(Fay & Ga) Fay]

(Faa & Ga) Faa
(y)[(Fby & Ga) Fay]

(Fba & Ga) Faa
(Fbb & Ga) Fab
1 D2
2 D
2 D
5.
(Faa & Ga)

o
(Fba & Ga)

o
3 D
Faa
Faa
o
d. The tree has a completed open branch. Therefore, the set is quanticationally consistent.
1.
2.
(x) Lxf(x)
(y) Lf(y)y
3.
4.
Lf(a)a
Laf(a)
5.
6.
7.
a f(a)
Laa
Laa
8.
SM
SM
2 D2
1 D
b f(a)
Lba
Lab
4 CTD
5,3 D
5,4 ID
bb
5,5 D
3. Yes, for example,

1.
(x) (y)Fxy
2.
3.
4.
(x) (y)Fxy
(y)Fay
(y)Fay
5.
Faa
SM
1 D
2 D
3 D
Fab
o
4 D2
While this tree has a completed open branch (the left branch), the right branch
will generate at least one nonterminating branch.
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LOGIC TEST 4
b. Quanticational falsity
2. Use the tree method to determine whether sentence a is quanticationally true, whether argument b is quanticationally valid, whether the sentences in c are quanticationally equivalent, and whether alleged entailment d
holds. In each case state your result. If no result is obtainable, explain why. Where
a result is obtained, say what it about your tree that shows that this is the result.
(If a result is unobtainable make sure the tree you start is a systematic tree.)
a. (x)(y)Hxy (x) (y)Hxy
b. (x)[Fx (y)Hy]
(x) Hx
Fa
c. (x)(y)Gxy
(x)(y)Gxy
d. {(x)(Gx Gh(x)} |= (x) ( Gx & Gh(x))

3. Can a nonsystematic tree for a quanticationally valid argument have
an innite branch? Explain, using an example.
ANSWERS
1. a. A nite set of sentences of PL/PLE quanticationally entails a sentence P of PL/PLE if and only if { P} has a closed truth-tree.
b. A sentence P of PL/PLE is quanticationally false if and only if the set
{P} has a closed truth-tree.
2. a. The tree for the negation of the given sentence is closed. Therefore,
the given sentence is quanticationally true.
1.
[(x)(y)Hxy (x) (y)Hxy]
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
(x)(y)Hxy
(x) (y)Hxy
(x) (y)Hxy
(y)Hay
(y)Hay
Hab
(x) (y)Hxy
(y)Hay
(y) Hay
Hab
SM
1 D
1 D
3 D
4 D
5D
6 D
2 D
8 D
9 D
10 D
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b. The tree is closed, so the argument is quanticationally valid.

1.
2.
3.
(x)[Fx (y)Hy]
(x) Hx
Fa
4.
5.
Fa
Fa (y)Hy
6.
7.
8.
Fa
(y)Hy
Hb
Hb
SM
SM
SM
3D
1 D
5 D
6 D
2 D
c. The tree has a completed open branch (the rightmost branch).

Therefore, the sentences are not quanticationally equivalent. The left-hand
branch will generate at least one nonterminating branch.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
90
[(x)(y)Gxy (x)(y)Gxy]
(x)(y)Gxy
(x)(y)Gxy
(x) (y)Gxy
o
SM
(x)(y)Gxy
(x)(y)Gxy
(x) (y)Gxy
(y)Gay
(y) Gay
(y)Gay
Gaa
Gaa
(y)Gby
Gaa
Gba
Gbb
Gab
1 D
1 D
3 D
2 D
5 D2
6 D
3
7
8
8
7
D2
D
D
D
D
d. The tree has a completed open branch (the left branch). Therefore,
the alleged entailment does not hold.
1.
2.
(x)(Gx Gh(x)
(x) ( Gx & Gh(x))
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
(x) (Gx & Gh(x))

Ga Gh(a)
( Ga & Gh(a))
( Ga & Gh(a))
Ga
Gh(a)
Ga
9.
10.
11.
12.
a h(a)
Ga
aa
SM
SM
2
1
3
5
6
6
Gh(a)

b h(a)
Gb
bb
D
D
D
D
&D
&D
4 D
8 CTD
10,8 D
10,10 D
3. Yes. For example, the argument

(x)Fxx
Fcc
is quanticationally valid. Yet, if we always use constants other than c as the
instantiating constant in applications of universal decomposition, the tree will
not close and will not be completed in a nite number of steps.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
(x)Fxx
Fcc
Fdd
Fee
Fff
o
SM
SM
1 D
1 D
1 D
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CHAPTER TEN
LOGIC TEST 1
1. Dene
a. Validity in PD
b. Inconsistency in PD
2. Construct derivations that show each of the following:
a. (x)(Fx (y)Gxy) (x)(y)(Fx Gxy) is a theorem in PD
b. [(x)(Fx Ga)] | (x)Fx Ga
3. Casino Slim, world-renowned riverboat gambler, reasons as follows:
Sneaky Sallys hand is a ush. Every full house beats Sneaky Sallys
hand. Sneaky Sallys hand beats any pair. The relation of one hand
beating another is transitive (that is, for any poker hand, if the rst
beats the second and the second beats the third, then the rst beats
the third). Thus any full house beats any pair.
Use the following symbolization key to symbolize Casino Slims reasoning and
construct a derivation in PD showing that the symbolized argument is valid
in PD.
U.D.:
Hx:
Fx:
Px:
Bxy:
s:
set of poker hands

x is a full house
x is a ush
x is a pair
x beats y
Sneaky Sallys hand
4. Show that the following argument is valid in PD:

(x)[Sx & (y)(Ty Lxy)]
(x)(Tx & Fx)
(x)[(y)(Fy & Lxy) Fx]
(x)(Sx & Fx)
5. Universal Elimination, Existential Elimination, Universal Introduction, and Existential Introduction are rules of inference, not rules of replacement. Give an example that illustrates the misuse of one of these rules as a
rule of replacement, and give an interpretation that shows that such a misuse
could lead from true sentences to a false one.
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6. Show in PDE that { a b} | b a

7. Complete the following derivation in PDE:
Derive: (x)Kf(x)f(x)
1
2
(x)(y)(Hx Kxy)
(x)Hf(x)
Assumption
Assumption
ANSWERS
1. a. An argument of PL is valid in PD if and only if the conclusion of the
argument is derivable in PD from the set consisting of the premises.
b. A set of sentences of PL is inconsistent in PD if and only if a sentence P and its negation P are derivable in PD from .
2. a. Derive: (x)(Fx (y)Gxy) (x)(y)(Fx Gxy)
1
(x)(Fx (y)Gxy)
Assumption
2
3
Fa (y)Gay
Fa
1 E
Assumption
4
5
Fa Gab
(y)(Fa Gay)
3 I
4 I
(y)Gay
Assumption
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
Gac
Fa Gac
(y)(Fa Gay)
(y)(Fa Gay)
(y)(Fa Gay)
(x)(y)(Fx Gxy)
(x)(Fx (y)Gxy) (x)(y)(Fx Gxy)
Assumption
7 I
8 I
6, 79 E
2, 35, 610 E
11 I
112 I
b. Derive: (x)Fx Ga
1
(x)(Fx Ga)
Assumption
Fb Ga
Assumption
3
4
5
6
7
(x)Fx
Fb
Ga
(x)Fx Ga
(x)Fx Ga
Assumption
3 E
2, 4 E
35 I
1, 26 E
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3. Derive: (x)(y)[(Hx & Py) Bxy]

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
Fs
(x)(Hx Bxs)
(x)(Px Bsx)
(x)(y)(z)[(Bxy & Byz) Bxz]
Ha & Pb
Ha Bas
Ha
Bas
Pb Bsb
Pb
Bsb
Bas & Bsb
(y)(z)[(Bay & Byz) Baz]
(z)[(Bas & Bsz) Baz]
(Bas & Bsb) Bab
Bab
(Ha & Pb) Bab
(y)[(Ha & Py) Bay]
(x)(y)[(Hx & Py) Bxy]
Assumption
Assumption
Assumption
Assumption
Assumption
2 E
5 &E
6, 7 E
3 E
5 &E
9, 10 E
8, 11 &I
4 E
13 E
14 E
12, 15 E
516 I
17 I
18 I
4. Derive: (x)(Sx & Fx)

1
2
3
(x)[Sx & (y)(Ty Lxy)]

(x)(Tx & Fx)
(x)[(y)(Fy & Lxy) Fx]
Assumption
Assumption
Assumption
Sa & (y)(Ty Lay)
Assumption
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
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Tb & Fb
(y)(Fy & Lay) Fa
(y)(Ty Lay)
Tb Lab
Tb
Lab
Fb
Fb & Lab
(y)(Fy & Lay)
Fa
Sa
Sa & Fa
(x)(Sx & Fx)
(x)(Sx & Fx)
(x)(Sx & Fx)
Assumption
3 E
4 &E
7 E
5 &E
8, 9 E
5 &E
11, 10 &I
12 I
6, 13 E
4 &E
15, 14 &I
16 I
2, 517 E
1, 418 E
5. 1
2
(x)Vxs Es
Assumption
Vss Es
1 E
MISTAKE!
On the following interpretation, the rst sentence is true and the second false:
U.D.:
Vxy:
Ex:
s:
set of positive integers

x is equal to y
x is even
seven
6. Derive: b a
1
ab
ba
3
4
5
6
aa
ab
ab
ba
Assumption
Assumption
2, 2 E
2, 3 E
1R
25 I
7. Derive: (x)Kf(x)f(x)
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
(x)(y)(Hx Kxy)
(x)Hf(x)
Hf(a)
(y)(Hf(a) Kf(a)y)
Hf(a) Kf(a)f(a)
Kf(a)f(a)
(x)Kf(x)f(x)
(x)Kf(x)f(x)
Assumption
Assumption
Assumption
1 E
4 E
3, 5 E
6 I
2, 37 E
LOGIC TEST 2
1. Dene
a. Theorem in PD
b. Equivalence in PD
a. { (x)(y)Lxy, (y)(x) Lxy} is inconsistent in PD
b. ((x)Fx (x)Gx) (x)(Fx Gx) is a theorem in PD
In poker, a ush beats a straight. Either Wild-Eyed Harrys hand or
Fast Fingers Floras hand is a ush, but Slippery Sams hand is a
straight. Hence either Wild-Eyed Harrys hand or Fast Fingers
Floras hand beats some hand.
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Use the following symbolization key to symbolize Casino Slims reasoning and construct a derivation in PD showing that the symbolized argument is valid in PD.
U.D.:
Fx:
Sx:
Bxy:
h:
f:
s:
set of poker hands

x is a ush
x is a straight
x beats y
Wild-Eyed Harrys hand
Fast Fingers Floras hand
Slippery Sams hand

(x)[(x)(Byb & Lxyb) Fx]
(x)(Cxb & Lxab)
(x)(Cxb Fx) Bab
5. Suppose that a set is inconsistent in PD. Is an argument that has the
sentences in the sets as premises valid in PD? Prove that you are right.
6. Show in PDE that {a b, b c} | c a
Derive: (x)(Rf(x)g(x) Rg(x)f(x))
1
(x)(y)(Ryx Rxy)
Assumption
ANSWERS
1. a. A sentence P of PL is a theorem in PD if and only if P is derivable in
PD from the empty set.
b. Sentences P and Q of PL are equivalent in PD if and only if Q is derivable in PD from {P} and P is derivable in PD from {Q}.
(x)(y)Lxy
(y)(x)Lxy
Assumption
Assumption
(x)Lxa
Assumption
2. a. 1
4
5
6
7
8
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Lba
(y)Lby
(x)(y)Lxy
(x)(y)Lxy
(x)(y)Lxy & (x)(y)Lxy
3 E
4 I
5 I
2, 36 E
7, 1 &I
b. Derive: ((x)Fx (x)Gx) (x)(Fx Gx)

1
(x)Fx (x)Gx
(x)Fx
Fa
Assumption
Assumption
Assumption
4
5
6
Fa Ga
(x)(Fx Gx)
(x)(Fx Gx)
3 I
4 I
2, 35 E
(x)Gx
Assumption
8
9
10
11
12
13
Gb
Fb Gb
(x)(Fx Gx)
(x)(Fx Gx)
(x)(Fx Gx)
((x)Fx (x)Gx) (x)(Fx Gx)
Assumption
8 I
9 I
7, 810 E
1, 26, 711 E
112 I
3. Derive: (x)(Bhx Bfx)

1
2
(x)(y)[(Fx & Sy) Bxy]

(Fh Ff) & Ss
Assumption
Assumption
3
4
Fh Ff
Fh
2 &E
Assumption
5
6
7
8
9
10
(y)[(Fh & Sy) Bhy]

(Fh & Ss) Bhs
Ss
Fh & Ss
Bhs
Bhs Bfs
1 E
5 E
2 &E
4, 7 &I
6, 8 E
9 I
11
Ff
Assumption
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
(y)[(Ff & Sy) Bfy]

(Ff & Ss) Bfs
Ss
Ff & Ss
Bfs
Bhs Bfs
Bhs Bfs
(x)(Bhx Bfx)
1 E
12 E
2 &E
11, 14 &I
13, 15 E
16 I
3, 410, 1117 E
18 I
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4. Derive: (x)(Cxb Fx) Bab

1
2
(x)[(y)(Byb & Lxyb) Fx]

(x)(Cxb & Lxab)
Assumption
Assumption
(x)(Cxb Fx)
Assumption
Cib & Liab
Assumption
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
Cib
Cib Fi
Fi
(y)(Byb & Liyb) Fi
(y)(Byb & Liyb)
(y) (Byb & Liyb)
(Bab & Liab)
Bab Liab
Liab
Liab
Bab
Bab
(x)(Cxb Fx) Bab
4 &E
3 E
5, 6 D
1 E
7, 8 MT
9 QN
10 E
11 DeM
4 &E
13 DN
12, 14 DS
2, 415 E
316 I
5. Yes. If the premises of a given argument form a set that is inconsistent in PD, then there is a derivation of a sentence P and its negation P from
the set. We can continue that derivation as follows, where Q is the conclusion
of the argument in question:
i
n
P
P
n1
Assumption
n2
n3
n4
P
P
iR
nR
n1n3E
Thus we obtain a derivation of the conclusion from the set consisting

of the premises, which establishes the validity of the argument in PD.
6. Derive: c a
98
1
2
ab
bc
Assumption
Assumption
3
4
5
cc
cb
ca
2, 2 E
2, 3 E
1, 4 E
7. Derive: (x)(Rf(x)g(x) Rg(x)f(x))

1
(x)(y)(Ryx Rxy)
Assumption
Rf(a)g(a)
Assumption
3
4
5
(y)(Ryg(a) Rg(a)y)
Rf(a)g(a) Rg(a)f(a)
Rg(a)f(a)
1 E
4 E
2, 6 E
Rg(a)f(a)
Assumption
7
8
9
10
11
(y)(Ryf(a) Rf(a)y)
Rg(a)f(a) Rf(a)g(a)
Rf(a)g(a)
Rf(a)g(a) Rg(a)f(a)
(x)(Rf(x)g(x) Rg(x)f(x))
1 E
7 E
6, 8 E
26, 69 I
10 I
LOGIC TEST 3
1. Dene
a. Inconsistency in PD
b. Equivalence in PD
a. (x)(Fx Gx) ((x) Fx (x)Gx) is a theorem in PD
b. (x)(Fx Ga) and (x)Fx Ga are equivalent in PD
In poker, any ush is a good hand, but there is a hand that beats
every ush. One hand beats another if and only if the latter hand
loses to the former. So every ush loses to some hand.
Use the following symbolization key to symbolize Casino Slims reasoning and construct a derivation in PD showing that the symbolized argument is valid in PD.
U.D.:
Fx:
Gx:
Bxy:
Lxy:
set of poker hands

x is a ush
x is a good hand
x beats y
x loses to y

(x)( Fx Gx) (x)[Kx & (y)(My Nxy)]
(x)[Gx & (y)(My Nxy)] (x)(Rx & (y)Sxy)
(x)(y)Sxy (x)( Fx Gx)
5. One of the restrictions on the use of Existential Elimination is that
the instantiating constant must not occur in an undischarged assumption.
Explain, using an example, why this restriction is necessary.
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6. Show in PDE that | a b b a

Derive: Jf( f(a,b))
1
2
(x)( Jx Kx)
(x) Kx
Assumption
Assumption
ANSWERS
1. a. A set on sentences of PL is inconsistent in PD if and only if a sentence P and its negation P are derivable in PD from .
b. Sentences P and Q of PL are equivalent in PD if and only if Q is derivable in PD from {P} and P is derivable in PD from {Q}.
2. a. Derive: (x)(Fx Gx) ((x) Fx (x)Gx)
1
2
(x)(Fx Gx)
(x) Fx
Assumption
Assumption
Fa Ga
Assumption
Fa
Assumption
Ga
Assumption
6
7
8
Fa
Fa
Ga
4R
2 E
57 E
Ga
Assumption
10
11
12
13
14
15
Ga
Ga
(x)Gx
(x)Gx
(x) Fx (x)Gx
(x)(Fx Gx) ((x) Fx (x)Gx)
9R
3, 48, 910 E
11 I
1, 312 E
213 I
114 I
b. Derive: (x)Fx Ga
1
2
(x)(Fx Ga)
(x)Fx
Assumption
Assumption
Fb
Assumption
4
5
6
7
Fb Ga
Ga
1 E
3, 4 E
2, 35 E
26 I
Ga
(x)Fx Ga
Derive: (x)(Fx Ga)

1
2
3
4
5
6
(x)Fx Ga
Fb
Assumption
Assumption
(x)Fx
Ga
Fb Ga
(x)(Fx Ga)
2 I
1, 3 E
24 I
5 I
3. Derive: (x)(Fx (y)Lxy)

1
2
(x)(Fx Gx) & (y)(x)(Fx Byx)

(x)(y)(Bxy Lyx)
Assumption
Assumption
Fa
Assumption
4
5
(y)(x)(Fx Byx)
(x)(Fx Bbx)
1 &E
Assumption
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
Fa Bba
Bba
(y)(Bby Lyb)
Bba Lab
Lab
(y)Lay
(y)Lay
Fa (y)Lay
(x)(Fx (y)Lxy)
5 E
3, 6 E
2 E
8 E
7, 9 E
10 I
4, 511 E
312 I
13 I
4. Derive: (x)(y)Sxy (x)( Fx Gx)

1
2
(x)( Fx Gx) (x)[Kx & (y)(My Nxy)]

(x)[Gx & (y)(My Nxy)] (x)(Rx & (y)Sxy)
Assumption
Assumption
(x)( Fx Gx)
Assumption
4
5
6
(x)[Kx & (y)(My Nxy)]

(x) ( Fx Gx)
( Fa Ga)
1, 3 E
3 QN
Assumption
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
Fa & Ga
Ga
Ga
Ka & (y)(My Nay)
(y)(My Nay)
Ga & (y)(My Nay)
(x)[Gx & (y)(My Nxy)]
(x)[Gx & (y)(My Nxy)]
(x)(Rx & (y)Sxy)
Rb & (y)Sby
(y)Sby
(x)(y)Sxy
(x)( Fx Gx) (x)(y)Sxy
6 DeM
7 &E
8 DN
4 E
10 &E
9, 11 &E
12 I
5, 613 E
2, 14 E
15 E
16 &E
17 I
318 I
19 Trans
20 DN
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5. Without the restriction our derivation might not be truth-preserving;

for example:
1
2
Et
(x)Ox
Assumption
Assumption
Ot
Assumption
4
5
6
Et & Ot
(x)(Ex & Ox)
(x)(Ex & Ox)
1, 3 &I
4 I
2, 35 E
MISTAKE!
The rst two sentences in the derivation are true and the last one is false on
the following interpretation:
U.D.:
Ex:
Ox:
t:

x is even
x is odd
2
6. Derive: a b b a
1
ab
ba
3
4
5
6
7
aa
(x)x x
aa
ba
abba
Assumption
Assumption
1, 2 E
I
4 E
25 I
16 I
7. Derive: Jf(f(a,b))
1
2
(x)( Jx Kx)
(x) Kx
Assumption
Assumption
Jf( f(a,b))
Assumption
4
5
6
7
Jf( f(a,b)) Kf(f(a,b))

Kf(f(a,b))
Kf(f(a,b))
Jf(f(a,b))
1 E
3, 4 E
2 E
36 I
LOGIC TEST 4
1. Dene
a. Validity in PD
b. Theorem in PD
2. Construct derivations showing that

a. (x)Gx and (x)( Gx Gx) are equivalent in PD
b. (x) Px (x)Px is a theorem in PD
In poker, three of a kind is not a royal ush. Any royal ush beats
every hand that is not a royal ush. One hand beats another if and
only if the latter loses to the former. Sneaky Sallys hand is a royal
ush, and Hairy Harrys hand is three of a kind. Hence some hand
loses to Sneaky Sallys hand.
Use the following symbolization key to symbolize Casino Slims reasoning, and construct a derivation in PD that shows that the symbolized argument is valid in PD.
U.D.:
Rx:
Tx:
Bxy:
Lxy:
s:
h:
set of poker hands

x is a royal ush
x is three of a kind
x beats y
x loses to y
Sneaky Sallys hand
Hairy Harrys hand

(x)(y)(z)[(Lxy & Lyz) Lxz]
(x)(y) Lxy
(x)(y)(Lxy Lyx)
(x)Lxx
5. Give a routine using the rules of PD that shows that Universal.
Elimination can be eliminated, that is, that, given the other rules of PD, the
rule E need never be used. (Hint: It will be useful to appeal to I and QN.)
6. Show in PDE that {a b, (x)(x a Gx)} | Gb
7. Complete the following derivation in PDE
Derive: (x)Bf(g(x))
1
2
3
(x)(Zx Gx)
(x)(Zx Bx)
(x)(Gx Bx)
Assumption
Assumption
Assumption
103
ANSWERS
1. a. An argument of PL is valid in PD if and only if the conclusion of the
argument is derivable in PD from the set consisting of the premises.
b. A sentence P of PL is a theorem in PD if and only if P is derivable in
PD from the empty set.
2. a. Derive: (x)( Gx Gx)
1
2
(x)Gx
Ga
Assumption
Assumption
3
4
5
Ga
Ga Ga
(x)( Gx Gx)
1 E
23 I
4 I
Derive: (x)Gx
1
(x)( Gx Gx)
Assumption
Ga
Assumption
3
4
5
6
7
Ga Ga
Ga
Ga
1 E
2, 3 E
2R
25 E
6 I
Ga
(x)Gx
b. Derive: (x) Px (x)Px

1
(x) Px
Assumption
(x)Px
Assumption
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
Pa
Assumption
(x)Px
Pa
Pa
(x)Px
(x)Px
(x)Px
(x)Px
(x) Px (x)Px
Assumption
1 E
3R
46 I
2, 37 E
2R
29 I
110 I
3. Derive: (x)Lxs
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
(x)(Tx Rx)
(x)[Rx (y)( Ry Bxy)]
(x)(y)(Bxy Lyx)
Rs & Th
Assumption
Assumption
Assumption
Assumption
Rs (y)( Ry Bsy)
Rs
(y)( Ry Bsy)
Rh Bsh
Th Rh
Th
Rh
Bsh
(y)(Bsy Lys)
Bsh Lhs
Lhs
(x)Lxs
2 E
4 &E
5, 6 E
7 E
1 E
4 &E
9, 10 E
p8, 11 E
3 E
13 E
12, 14 E
15 I
4. Derive: (x)Lxx
1
2
3
(x)(y)(z)[(Lxy & Lyz) Lxz]

(x)(y) Lxy
(x)(y)(Lxy Lyx)
Assumption
Assumption
Assumption
4
5
(x) (y) Lxy

(y) Lay
2 QN
Assumption
6
7
(y) Lay
Lab
5 QN
Assumption
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
(y)(Lay Lya)
Lab Lba
(y)(z)[(Lay & Lyz) Laz]
(z)[(Lab & Lbz) Laz]
(Lab & Lba) Laa
Lab
Lba
Lab & Lba
Laa
(x)Lxx
(x)Lxx
(x)Lxx
3 E
8 E
1 E
10 E
11 E
7 DN
9, 13 E
13, 14 &I
12, 15 E
16 I
6, 717 E
4, 518 E
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5.
n
n
n
n

i
n
(x)P
P(a/x)
Assumption
1
2
3
4
(x) P
(x)P
(x)P
P(a/x)
n I
n 1 QN
iR
nn3E
6. Derive: Gb
1
2
ab
(x)(x a Gx)
Assumption
Assumption
3
4
5
6
b a Gb
bb
ba
Gb
2 E
1, 1 E
1, 4 E
3, 5 E
7. Derive: (x)Bf(g(x))
1
2
3
(x)(Zx Gx)
(x)(Zx Bx)
(x)(Gx Bx)
Assumption
Assumption
Assumption
4
5
Zf(g(a)) Gf(g(a))
Zf(g(a))
1 E
Assumption
6
7
Zf(g(a)) Bf(g(a))
Bf(g(a))
2 E
5, 6 E
Gf(g(a))
Assumption
9
10
11
12
Gf(g(a)) Bf(g(a))
Bf(g(a))
Bf(g(a))
(x)Bf(g(x))
3 E
8, 9 E
4, 57, 810 E
11 I
SOLUTIONS TO EXERCISES
CHAPTER ONE
Section 1.3E
1. b. This sentence is either true or false, though we do not know which.
d. This is a lament or expression of regret, it is neither true nor false,
and therefore does not fall within the scope of this text.
f. This sentence does have a truth-value (it is false), and does fall
within the scope of this text. (Two, not one, is the smallest prime number.)
h. This sentence is either true or false, though we do not know which.
On the date and time in question there either was, or was not, a snowstorm.
It is true the concept of Eastern Standard Time had not been developed in
1134, but we can apply that concept to the date in question. If, for example,
we knew that the sun was shining and no snow was falling on January 15, 1134,
when the sun was so and so many degrees above the western horizon, we would
know the sentence in question is false.
j. This sentences, which expresses a wish, is (if we are to believe
StarTrek) used as a greeting or salutation. It is neither true nor false and hence
does not fall within the scope of this text.
l. This sentence is a question. Since questions are neither true nor
false, it does not fall within the scope of this text. The answer, by the way, is
Jack Nelson.
n. This sentence gives advice and is neither true nor false. Hence it
does not fall within the scope of this text. Note that the advice this sentence
gives is the opposite of that given by sentence k.
2. b. This passage is best construed as an explanation for a fact (that the
press releases are always clear and upbeat), rather than an argument intended
to establish that point. However, it may be construed as an argument and, if
so, it would have the following form:
Jack doesnt like sound bytes.
Mike does.
Mike is the press ofcer.
Our press releases are always crisp and upbeat.
d. Shelby and Noreen are wonderful in dealing with irate students and
faculty.
Stephanie is wonderful at managing the Chancellors very
demanding schedule, and Tina keeps everything moving and cheers
everyone up.
This is a great ofce to work in.
f. The galvanized nails, both common and nishing, are in the rst
drawer.
The plain nails are in the second drawer.
The third drawer contains sheet rock screws of various sizes, and
the fourth drawer contains wood screws.
The bottom drawer contains miscellaneous hardware.
We should have everything we need to repair the broken deck chair.
h. The new kitchen cabinets are done and the installers are scheduled
to come Monday.
The old cabinets havent been removed.
The carpenter who is to do the removal is off for a week of duck
hunting in North Dakota.
There will probably be a delay of at least a week.
j. Sarah, John, Rita, and Bob have all worked hard and all deserve
promotion.
The Company is having a cash ow problem and is offering those
over 55 a $50,000 bonus if they retire at the end of this year.
Sarah, John, and Bob are all over 55 and will take early
retirement.
Rita will be promoted.
l. I
I
I
I
didnt
didnt
didnt
didnt
die
die
die
die
yesterday.
the day before yesterday.
the day before the day before yesterday.
any day in the past fty some years.
I am not going to die today.

n. The given passage can be read as expressing the following argument:
The perceived need for the military security offered by the Soviet
Union disappeared with the end of the cold war.
Over 70 years of union produced few economic benets.
The Soviet Union never successfully addressed the problem how
to inspire loyalty to a single state by peoples with vastly different
cultures and history.
The Soviet Union disintegrated.
p. This passage is probably not an argument. Rather it is the recitation
of a fanciful series of events. The So of the last sentence has the force of And
then or After giving up their efforts to reassemble Humpty Dumpty . . .
Section 1.4E
1. b. False. Many invalid arguments have true premises. Here is an
example:
The fourth of July is a national holiday in the United States.
Memorial Day is a national holiday in the United States.
Labor Day is a national holiday in the United States.
Bastille Day is a holiday in the United States.
d. False. A valid argument is sound if all of its premises are true, but
not otherwise. Valid arguments can have one or more false premises and, therefore, be unsound. Here is an example:
All Doberman pinschers are dogs and all Doberman pinschers are
friendly.
All Doberman pinschers are dogs.
f. False. For an argument to be valid it must be impossible for the
premises to be true and the conclusion false. That a conclusion is true does
not show that it is impossible for the premises in question to be true and the
conclusion false. Consider:
Temple University became part of the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania System of Higher Education in 1965.
Temple University is today part of the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania System of Higher Education.
Both the premises and the conclusion of this argument are true. But the premise could be true and the conclusion false. This would be so, for example, if
Temple had disafliated itself from the Commonwealth system in 1982 and
remained disafliated.
h. True. If an argument does have true premises and a false conclusion, then it is possible for the premises to be true and the conclusion false,
and the argument is therefore invalid.
j. False. A sound argument is, by denition, a valid argument with true
premises, and an argument is valid if and only if it is impossible for the premises to be true and the conclusion false. So a sound argument, being a valid
argument with true premises, cannot have a false conclusion.
2. b. If collies are reptiles, then collies are warm blooded.
Collies are reptiles.
Collies are warm blooded.
d. Temple University is in Pennsylvania.
Smith College is in Massachusetts.
Dartmouth College is in New Hampshire.
UCLA is in California.
f. Temple University is in Pennsylvania.
Smith College is in Nevada.
UCLA is in New Hampshire.
Section 1.5E
1. b. This passage is perhaps best construed as an inductive argument.
Even if some unstated assumptions of the argument are added, that sound bytes
tend to be crisp and upbeat and that the press ofcer tends to get his way with
press releases, the argument is deductively invalid.
d. This is a reasonably strong inductive argument. The conclusion, that
this is a great ofce to work in, doesnt follow from the premises, but the premises do make it probable.
f. This is a strong inductive argument. Because there is no guarantee

we wont need things other than those specied, it is not, construed as a deductive argument, deductively valid.
h. This is a strong inductive argument. It is not, construed as a deductive
argument, deductively valid because the premises do not rule out the possibility
that the carpenter scheduled to remove the old cabinets wont return early, or
the possibility that someone else will remove the old cabinets, or even the unlikely
possibility that the new cabinets can be installed before the old ones are removed.
j. This passage about Sarah, John, Rita and Bob is best construed as an
inductive argument. The plausibility of the conclusion rests on the assumptions,
not stated, that those who take early retirement will not be promoted, and that
if all four of the named individuals deserve promotion at least one will be promoted. Unless these assumptions are made explicit (the rst is reasonable, the
second less clearly so), the argument is inductively weak.
l. This old argument is best construed as an inductive argument. It is
a reasonably strong argument, but it is also possible, of course, that the conclusion is false. And we know that one day the conclusion will be false.
n. This passage is best construed as a purported explanation of why the
Soviet Union disintegrated. It is best to construe this passage as an inductive
argument (it is clearly invalid when construed as a deductive argument). How
strong the argument is we leave to historians and political scientists to decide.
p. As noted in the answers to Exercise Set 1.3E, this passage is probably best construed not as an argument but as the recitation of a fanciful series
of events. The So of the last sentence has the force of And then or After
giving up their efforts to reassemble Humpty Dumpty . . . Construed as an
argument it is deductively invalid and inductively weak.
Section 1.6E
1. b. {Kansas City is in Missouri. St. Paul is in Wisconsin. San Francisco is
in California.} The claims about, respectively, Kansas City and San Francisco are
true. The claim about St. Paul is false.
d. {The Soviet Union placed an astronaut on the moon in 1972. The
Mariners won the World Series in 2001.} Both members of this set are, as a matter of history, false. But things could have gone otherwiseboth could be true.
So the set is consistent.
2. b. This set is inconsistent. It is not possible that both Henry likes real ice
cream, which is a dairy product, and that Henry doesnt like any dairy product.
d. This set is consistent. The claims about Washington, D.C. and Paris
are both true. The claim about Toronto would be true if Canada made that
city its capital, which is possible.
f. This set is inconsistent. If Sue is taller than Tom and Tom is taller
than Henry, then Sue is clearly taller than Henry. And if this is so Henry cannot be as tall as Sue. So not all the members of the set can be true.
h. This set is inconsistent. If it is true that the United States supported

Iraq in the 1980s (it is), and true that Iraq has been a dictatorship since 1979
(it is), then it is clearly not true that the United States does not support
dictatorships.
j. This set is inconsistent. It cannot be true that Jones and his relatives
own all the land in Gaylord, and that Smith owns land in Gaylord, and that
Smith is not a relative of Jones.
l. This set is inconsistent. If it is true that Sarah likes lm classics, and
true that everyone who likes lm classics likes Casablanca, then it cannot also
be true that Sarah cant stand Casablanca.
3. b. Everyones a scoundrel, but Im not is logically false. If everyone
is a scoundrel then I, being someone, am a scoundrel. Similarly, if I am not a
scoundrel, then at least one person, namely me, is not a scoundrel, so not everyone is a scoundrel.
4. b. Logically indeterminate. Some, but not all, doctors are M.D.s. (Consider veterinarians, doctors of osteopathy, dentists, Ph.D.s . . .). So Helen may
well be a doctor but not an M.D.
d. Logically indeterminate. Most of us, nding ourselves in London,
would have our hearts somewhere other than Texas. But Bob may be an
exception.
f. Logically indeterminate. Robin might not be enrolled in the class.
If so, then she might not make it to the class by starting time but not be late
only those who are in the class, or have promised to attend the class session in
question, can be late.
h. Logically false. Ocean sh are a kind of sh, so if Sarah likes all
kinds of sh she likes ocean sh, contrary to what the last part of this sentence
says.
j. Logically indeterminate. Those committed to raising emus would
like us to believe this sentence, and indeed the sentence may be true, but if so
it is because emu tastes like beef, or looks like beef, or whatever, not because
of any principle of logic.
l. True, but not logically true. If a disaster strikes and all but ve people in the world are killed, then there could be someone who likes everyone
but only likes ve people.
5. b. Seattle is the largest city in Washington State.
George W. Bush succeeded Bill Clinton as President of the
United States.
d. Gore succeeded Clinton as President.
Clinton was succeeded by Gore as President.
f. Not possible. Sentences that are logically equivalent are such that is
impossible for one of them to be true and the other false. A pair of sentences,
one of which is logically true and the other of which is logically false is such
that one is true and the other false. So they are not equivalent.
6. b. These sentences are logically equivalent. Person A cannot marry

person B without B also marrying A.
d. These sentences are logically equivalent. If both Bill and Mary were
admitted, then each of them was admitted, and vice-versa.
f. These sentences are not logically equivalent. Having a judge pronounce a couple husband and wife is not the only way for a couple to be
married. In most states cohabiting for a set period of time constitutes being
married. There are also individuals other than judges who can marry people.
h. These sentences are not logically equivalent. The rst sentence is
true. The second is almost certainly false, no matter who is speaking. It is certainly false when I say it, for there are many large cities in America where I do
not know anyone.
j. These sentences are logically equivalent. If a bad day sailing is better
than a good day at work, then of course a good day at work isnt as good as a
bad day sailing, and vice-versa.
l. These sentences are equivalent. If the rst is true, they wont both
be elected, then of course the second is true, either Sara or Anna will not be
elected. And if the second is true, then of course they will not both be elected,
that is, the rst is also true.
n. These sentences are not logically equivalent. If the total group of
people were small enough, then everyone could dislike someone, but there still
be a person whom everyone likes.
p. These sentences are logically equivalent. If not everyone likes someone, then there is a person who doesnt like anyone, and vice-versa.
Section 1.7E
1. b. False. Stevenson defeated Eisenhower in 1952 and Eisenhower was
defeated by Stevenson in 1952 are logically equivalent and are both false.
d. True. These two sentences cannot both be true. Therefore, any argument that has both of them as premises cannot have all true premises, and,
hence, cannot have all true premises and a false conclusion. Such an argument
is, therefore, deductively valid.
f. False. The sentence in question is logically false, and any argument
that has that sentence as a conclusion will, therefore, always have a false conclusion. But such an argument will be deductively invalid only if it is possible
for its premises to be true. If the premises are logically inconsistent, this is not
possible. So not every such argument is deductively invalid.
2. b. No. Arguments, in our sense, are of use when one is interested in nding out how well founded a claim is or what the consequences of accepting it are.
These interests do not arise only in the context of a dispute or disagreement.
d. If an argument is valid but has a false conclusion, then at least one
of the premises must be false. Otherwise the argument would be invalid,
because it would have true premises and a false conclusion.
f. Yes. If an argument has a premise that is logically equivalent to a

logical falsehood, then that premise is itself a logical falsehood. An argument
with a logical falsehood among its premises cannot have all true premises and
a false conclusion, hence such an argument is deductively valid.
h. If the premises of an argument form an inconsistent set, then not
all the premises can be true. If this is so, obviously the argument cannot have
true premises and a false conclusion. Such an argument is, therefore, deductively valid, no matter what the conclusion is. However, no such argument can
be sound, for a sound argument has all true premises, and premises that form
an inconsistent set cannot all be true.
CHAPTER TWO
Section 2.1E
1. b. Both it is not the case that Bob jogs regularly and Carol jogs
regularly.
B&C
d. Both Albert jogs regularly and Carol jogs regularly.
A&C
f. Both Bob jogs regularly and it is not the case that Albert jogs
regularly.
B&A
h. Both (both it is not the case that Albert jogs regularly and it is
not the case that Bob jogs regularly) and it is not the case that Carol jogs
regularly.
( A & B) & C
j. Both it is not the case that Carol jogs regularly and (either Bob jogs
regularly or Albert jogs regularly).
C & (B A)
l. It is not the case that either (either Albert jogs regularly or Bob jogs
regularly) or Carol jogs regularly.
((A B) C)
n. It is not the case that either (either Albert jogs regularly or Carol
jogs regularly) or Bob jogs regularly.
[(A C) B]
(or)
Both (both it is not the case that Albert jogs regularly and it is not the case
that Carol jogs regularly) and it is not the case that Bob jogs regularly.
( A & C) & B
2. b.
d.
f.
h.
j.
Either Albert jogs regularly or he doesnt.

Neither Albert nor Carol jogs regularly.
It isnt the case that Bob doesnt jog regularly.
Either Albert or Carol, but not both, jogs regularly.
Either Albert or Bob or Carol does not jog regularly.
3.
4.
b and j are true; d, f, and h are false.

Paraphrases:
b. It is not the case that Bob is a marathon runner.
d. It is not the case that all joggers are healthy.
Symbolizations:
b. Using B for Bob is a marathon runner:
B
d. Using H for All joggers are healthy:
H
5. b. If it is not the case that Bob is lazy then Bob jogs regularly.
LB
d. If Carol is a marathon runner then Carol jogs regularly.
MC
f. If Carol jogs regularly then (if it is not the case that Bob is lazy then
Bob jogs regularly).
C ( L B)
h. If (either Carol jogs regularly or Bob jogs regularly) then Albert jogs
regularly.
(C B) A
j. If it is not the case that (either Carol jogs regularly or Bob jogs regularly) then it is not the case that Albert jogs regularly.
(C B) A
l. If Albert is healthy then (Albert jogs regularly if and only if Bob jogs
regularly).
H (A B)
n. Both (both Albert is healthy and it is not the case that Albert jogs
regularly) and (if Bob jogs regularly then Carol jogs regularly).
(H & A) & (B C)
p. If Albert jogs regularly then (if Bob jogs regularly then Carol jogs
regularly).
A (B C)
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r. If (if Albert jogs regularly then Albert is healthy) then (if Bob is lazy
then it is not the case that Bob jogs regularly).
(A H) (L B)
t. If it is not the case that Albert is healthy, then it is not the case that
both Bob jogs regularly and Albert jogs regularly.
H (B & A)
6. b. If Carol is a marathon runner, then she jogs regularly.
d. Carol jogs regularly but Bob does not.
f. If Albert, Bob, or Carol jogs regularly, then they all do.
h. If neither Albert nor Carol is a regular jogger, then Bob is.
j. Bob jogs regularly if and only if both Bob is not lazy and Albert jogs
regularly.
l. Albert is a regular jogger, but Carol is a regular jogger if and only
if Bob is.
n. It isnt the case that Albert is not healthy, but he isnt a regular jogger either.
p. If Carol jogs regularly, then so does Albert, but if Albert does, so
does Bob.
r. If Albert is healthy only if he jogs regularly, then Bob is not lazy only
if he jogs regularly.
7. b. Both it is not the case that this dog will hunt and it is not the case
that this dog is even a good pet.
H&P
d. Either it is not the case that the tea will taste robust or the tea steeps
for awhile.
RS
(or another possibility)
If it is not the case that the tea steeps for awhile then it is not the
case that the tea will taste robust.
SR
f. Both both it is not the case that wind will stop the mail and it is not
the case that rain will stop the mail and it is not the case that night will stop
the mail.
( W & R) & N
h. Either snow storms arrive or both skiing will be impossible and snowboarding will be impossible.
A (S & B)
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8.
T
T
F
F
T
F
T
F
(P Q) & (P & Q) (P Q)
F
T
T
F
F
T
T
F
Section 2.2E
1. b. Either it is not the case that either the French team will win at least
one gold medal or the German team will win at least one gold medal or either
it is not the case that either the French team will win at least one gold medal
or the Danish team will win at least one gold medal or it is not the case that
either the German team will win at least one gold medal or the Danish team
will win at least one gold medal.
(F G) [ (F D) (G D)]
d. It is not the case that either the French team will win at least one gold
medal or either it is not the case that the German team will win at least one gold
medal or it is not the case that the Danish team will win at least one gold medal.
F ( G D)
f. Either it is not the case that the French team will win at least one
gold medal or either it is not the case that the German team will win at least
one gold medal or it is not the case that the Danish team will win at least one
gold medal.
F ( G D)
h. Both the French team will win at least one gold medal and both the
German team will win at least one gold medal and the Danish team will win at
least one gold medal.
F & (G & D)
2. b.
d.
f.
h.
two teams
Not all of them will win a gold medal.

At most one of them will win a gold medal.
At least two of them will win gold medals.
The French team will win a gold medal and at least one of the other
will win a gold medal.
3. b. If the French team will win at least one gold medal then it is not
the case that the French team is plagued with injuries.
FP
d. If both it is not the case that it rains during most of the competition and it is not the case that the star German runner is disqualied then if
either the French team will win at least one gold medal or the Danish team
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will win at least one gold medal then the German team will win at least one
gold medal.
( R & S) [(F D) G]
f. If the German team will win at least one gold medal then both it is
not the case that it rains during most of the competition and it is not the case
that the star German runner is disqualied.
G ( R & S)
h. Both if it is not the case that it rains during most of the competition, then the Danish team will win at least one gold medal and if it rains during most of the competition then both it is not the case that the Danish team
will win at least one gold medal and both the French team will win at least one
gold medal and the German team will win at least one gold medal.
( R D) & (R [ D & (F & G)])
4. b. If neither the French nor the German team will win a gold medal,
the Danish team will.
d. If the French team is plagued with injuries and the star German runner is disqualied, then the Danish team will win a gold medal.
f. If it rains during most of the competition, then none of the three
teams will win a gold medal.
h. The Danish team will win a gold medal unless the French team, not
plagued with injuries, will win or the German team, with its star runner not
disqualied, will win.
5. b. Either it is not the case that George does have a high cholesterol
level or cholesterol is trapped in the walls of his arteries.
Both if cholesterol is trapped in the walls of his arteries then plaque
will build up and block his arteries and if plaque will build up and
block his arteries then George is a candidate for a heart attack.
George is a candidate for a heart attack.
L: George does have a high cholesterol level.
W: Cholesterol is trapped in the walls of his arteries.
P: Plaque will build up and block his arteries.
H: George is a candidate for a heart attack.
LW
(W P) & (P H)
H
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d. Both [if it is not the case that (either Henry will play the part of
the lawyer or Fred will play the part of the lawyer) then it is not
the case that Morris will be upset] and (if it is not the case that
Morris will be upset then the drama will be a success).
Both (both it is not the case that Henry will play the part of
the lawyer and it is not the case that Fred will play the part of the
lawyer) and (the drama will get good reviews if and only if the
drama will be a success).
The drama will get good reviews.
D: The drama will be a success.
H: Henry will play the part of the lawyer.
F: Fred will play the part of the lawyer.
U: Morris will be upset.
R: The drama will get good reviews.
[ (H F) U] & ( U D)
( H & F) & (R D)
R
f. If Betty is the judge then it is not the case that Peter will get a
suspended sentence.
Both (if it is not the case that the district attorney is brief, then
the trial will be long) and it is not the case that the district
attorney is brief.
Fred is the defense lawyer.
Both (if Fred is the defense lawyer then Peter will be found
guilty) and (if Peter will be found guilty then Peter will be given
a sentence).
Both the trial will be long and both Peter will be given a sentence
and it is not the case that Peter will get a suspended sentence.
J:
G:
L:
B:
D:
F:
S:
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Betty is the judge.

Peter will get a suspended sentence.
The trial will be long.
The district attorney is brief.
Fred is the defense lawyer.
Peter will be found guilty.
Peter will be given a sentence.
JG
( B L) & B
D
(D F) & (F S)
L & (S & G)
Section 2.3E
1.
Since we do not know how these sentences are being used (e.g., as
premises, conclusions, or as isolated claims), it is best to symbolize those which
are non-truth-functional compounds as atomic sentences of SL.
b. This sentence is a disjunctive and can be paraphrased truthfunctionally.
Either Rocky knows who will arrive on the train or George knows
who will arrive on the train.
A symbolization is R G.
d. Because has no truth-functional sense. Hence the entire sentence
should be abbreviated by a capital letter such as L.
f. This is a subjunctive conditional that is not a truth-functional compound. Abbreviate the entire sentence by one letter such as L.
h. And is the main connective and it is here used as a truth-functional
connective. However, notice that the two conjuncts of this conjunction are not
truth-functional compounds and must be treated as single sentences. The paraphrase is
Both John believes that our manuscript has been stolen and
Howard believes that our manuscript has been lost.
which can be symbolized as J & H.
2. b. The second and third sentences in the argument have component
sentences embedded in belief contexts. The overall belief sentences must be
treated as non-truth-functional.
If this piece of metal is gold then this piece of metal has atomic
number 79.
Nordvik believes this piece of metal is gold.
Nordvik believes this piece of metal has atomic number 79.
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G:
A:
N:
M:
This piece of metal is gold.

This piece of metal has atomic number 79.
Nordvik believes this piece of metal is gold.
Nordvik believes this piece of metal has atomic number 79.
GA
N
M
Section 2.4E
1. b. True.
d. False. The name of copper is not copper.
f. True.
2. b. In its rst occurrence Deutschland is being used, and refers to
Germany. In its second occurrence Deutschland occurs within single quotation marks and is thus being mentioned, not used. Note that the expression
the German name of Germany also refers to the word Deutschland.
d. Here the word Deutschland is being mentioned and is claimed to
be the same as itself.
f. Here the word Deutschland is being used, and hence we have a
false claim, namely the claim that Deutschland, a country (Germany), is the
name of Germany. It is not. Deutschland is Germany.
3. b. Not a sentencethe left conjunct is missing.
d. Not a sentence cannot be used to join two sentences.
f. Not a sentence of SLthe boldfaced letters are metavariables in the
metalanguage.
h. Not a sentenceparentheses are missing. It could be transformed
into a sentence by writing it as (U & (C & L)) or ((U & C) & L).
j. Not a sentencea right parenthesis is missing. It should be
[(G E) ( H & (K B))].
4. b. The main connective is . The immediate sentential component is
(A & H). (A & H) is a component of itself. The remaining sentential components, which are also the atomic components, are A and H.
d. The main connective is the rst occurrence of the . The immediate sentential components are K and ( K K). The sentential components are these immediate sentential components, the sentence itself, and K
and K. The atomic component is, of course, K.
f. The main connective is the rst occurrence of the . The immediate sentential components are M and [ N ((B & C) [(L J) X])].
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Additional sentential components are the sentence itself, N, ((B & C)

[(L J) X]), (B & C), [(L J) X], [(L J) X], (L J), N,
B, C, L, J, and X. The last six sentential components listed, along with
M, are atomic components.
5. b.
d.
f.
h.
j.
Yes.
Yes.
Yes.
Yes.
No.
Here P is the sentence A and Q is the sentence B.

Here P is A and Q is B.
Here P is A and Q is B.
Here P is (A B) and Q is C D.
This sentence is a conjunction, not a conditional.
6. b. & may occur immediately to the left of as well as immediately

to the right of A. An example in which & occurs in both ways is (A & B).
d. ) may occur immediately to the right of A, as in (B & A), but
not immediately to the left of . ) marks the end of a sentence, and a sentence can be followed by a binary but not by a unary connective.
f. may not occur immediately to the right of A but may occur
immediately to the left of another , as in (B & A). is a unary
connective and as such can precede but not follow sentences of SL.
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CHAPTER THREE
Section 3.1E
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4. b. True. If one disjunct of P Q is true on every truth-value assignment, then the disjunction itself must be true on every truth-value assignment.
d. True. If one conjunct is truth-functionally false, then on every truthvalue assignment the conjunction will have at least one false conjunct.
f. False. For example, although (A & A) is truth-functionally false,
A (A & A) is not.
h. True. P is true on a truth-value assignment if and only if P is false
on that assignment, and P is false on a truth-value assignment if and only if P
is true on that assignment. So P is true on at least one truth-value assignment
and false on at least one truth-value assignment if and only if P is false on at
least one truth-value assignment and true on at least one truth-value assignment.
j. False. In fact, a material conditional with a truth-functionally false
antecedent must itself be truth-functionally true. If there is no truth-value
assignment on which the antecedent is true, then there is no truth-value
assignment on which the antecedent is true and the consequent false.
5. b. No. For example, A and A are each truth-functionally indeterminate, but A & A is truth-functionally false.
d. It is truth-functionally indeterminate. Because Q is truth-functionally
indeterminate, there are some truth-value assignments on which it is true, and
P Q will be true on these assignments. There are also some truth-value assignments on which Q is false, and, because P is true on every truth-value assignment, P Q will be false on these assignments.
Section 3.3E
1. b. Truth-functionally equivalent
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h. Not truth-functionally equivalent
C D
T
T
T
T
F
F
F
F
T
T
F
F
T
T
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
T
F
T
T
F
T
F
T
F
T
F
(D
T
F
T
F
T
F
T
F
T
T
T
T
T
F
T
F
B) (C
B)
T
T
T
T
F
F
F
F
T
T
T
T
F
F
T
T
T
T
T
T
F
F
F
F
T
T
F
F
T
T
F
F
T
T
T
T
T
F
T
T
T
T
F
F
T
T
F
F
T
F
T
T
F
F
T
T
(D &
T
F
T
F
T
F
T
F
T
F
T
F
F
F
F
F
B)
T
T
T
T
F
F
F
F
j. Truth-functionally equivalent
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[B (A
B)]
T
T
F
F
T
F
T
F
T
T
F
F
T
T
T
T
T
F
T
T
T T
F T
T T
F T
T
F
T
F
T
T
T
T
T
T
F
F
T
F
T
F
[A
T
T
F
F
(B A)]
T
T
T
T
T
F
T
F
T
T
F
T
T
T
F
F
2. b. Not truth-functionally equivalent
A B
(B
A B
& A)
T T
TF
T T
H J
F T
& (J
F F
H)
(F
&
J)
T T T
T T
f. Not truth-functionally equivalent

C D
T T T
( B ( C D))
FT F
FT F
(D
FT
C)
T T T
&
FT
3. b. Not truth-functionally equivalent

F:
C:
A:
The new play at the Roxy is a op.

Critics will ignore the new play at the Roxy.
The new play at the Roxy is canceled.
C F
&
T
T
T
T
F
F
F
F
T
T
F
F
T
T
F
F
T
F
T
F
T
F
T
F
T
F
T
F
F
F
T
F
T
F
T
F
T
F
T
F
( C
FT
FT
TF
TF
FT
FT
TF
TF
T
T
T
T
F
F
T
T
A)
&
T
T
T
T
F
F
F
F
T
F
T
F
T
F
T
F
T
F
F
F
T
F
T
F
(A C)
T
T
T
T
F
F
F
F
T
T
F
F
T
T
T
T
T
T
F
F
T
T
F
F
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A:
B:
C:
D:
1972
1973
1974
1975
was
was
was
was
a
a
a
a
good
good
good
good
vintage
vintage
vintage
vintage
year.
year.
year.
year.
C D
( A
&
B)
& (C
D)
(C
A)
& (B
&
D)
T
T
T
T
T
T
T
T
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
T
T
T
T
F
F
F
F
T
T
T
T
F
F
F
F
T
T
F
F
T
T
F
F
T
T
F
F
T
T
F
F
FT
FT
FT
FT
FT
FT
FT
FT
TF
TF
TF
TF
TF
TF
TF
TF
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
T
T
T
T
F
F
F
F
T
T
T
T
F
F
F
F
T
T
T
T
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
T
F
F
F
F
T
T
T
F
T
T
T
F
T
T
T
F
T
T
T
F
T
F
T
F
T
F
T
F
T
F
T
F
T
F
T
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
T
T
F
F
T
T
T
T
T
T
T
T
T
T
T
T
F
F
T
T
F
F
T
T
T
T
T
T
T
T
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
T
F
F
T
T
T
F
T
F
F
F
F
F
T
F
T
F
F
F
F
F
T
F
T
F
T
F
T
F
T
F
T
F
T
F
T
F
T
F
T
F
T
F
T
F
T
F
T
F
T
F
T
F
F
F
F
T
F
F
F
T
F
F
F
T
F
F
F
T
T
T
F
F
T
T
F
F
T
T
F
F
T
T
F
F
T
T
F
F
T
T
F
F
T
T
F
F
T
T
F
F
F
T
F
T
T
T
T
T
F
T
F
T
T
T
T
T
T
T
T
T
F
F
F
F
T
T
T
T
F
F
F
F
f. Truth-functionally equivalent
B:
R:
The blue team will win the tournament.

The red team will win the tournament.
(B
R)
&
T
T
F
F
T
F
T
F
T
T
F
F
T
T
T
F
T
F
T
F
F
T
T
F
F
T
T
T
(B
&
R)
B
T
T
F
F
T
F
F
F
T
F
T
F
T
F
T
F
F
T
T
F
FT
FT
TF
TF
4. b. P and Q have the same truth-value on every truth-value assignment.

On every truth-value assignment on which P is true so is Q; hence so is P & Q.
On every truth-value assignment on which P is false so is P & Q. So P and
P & Q are truth-functionally equivalent.
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Section 3.4E
1. b. Truth-functionally inconsistent
(J &
K)
T
T
T
T
F
F
F
F
T
T
F
F
T
T
F
F
T
F
T
F
T
F
T
F
T
T
T
T
F
F
F
F
T
F
F
F
F
T
T
T
T
F
T
F
T
F
T
F
FT
FT
TF
TF
FT
FT
TF
TF
FT
FT
FT
FT
TF
TF
TF
TF
T
T
T
T
F
F
F
F
T
T
F
F
T
T
F
F
T
F
F
F
T
F
F
F
T
T
T
T
F
F
F
F
d. Truth-functionally consistent
A B C
T
T
T
T
F
F
F
F
T
T
F
F
T
T
F
F
T
F
T
F
T
F
T
F
(A & B) & C
T
T
T
T
F
F
F
F
T
T
F
F
F
F
F
F
T
T
F
F
T
T
F
F
T
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
T
F
T
F
T
F
T
F
C (B A)
A (B C)
T
F
T
F
T
F
T
F
T
T
T
T
F
F
F
F
T
T
T
T
T
T
T
F
T
T
F
F
T
T
F
F
T
T
T
T
T
T
F
F
T
T
T
T
F
F
F
F
T
F
T
T
F
T
F
F
T
T
F
F
T
T
F
F
T
F
T
T
T
F
T
T
T
F
T
F
T
F
T
F
f. Truth-functionally consistent
H U W
U (W & H)
W (U H)
H H
T
T
T
T
F
F
F
F
T
T
F
F
T
T
F
F
T
F
T
F
T
F
T
F
T
T
T
T
F
F
F
F
T
T
F
F
T
T
F
F
T
F
T
F
T
F
T
F
T
T
T
F
T
T
F
F
T
F
T
F
T
F
T
F
T
F
T
F
F
F
F
F
T
T
T
T
F
F
F
F
T
F
T
F
T
F
F
T
T
T
F
F
T
T
F
F
T
T
T
T
T
T
F
F
T
T
T
T
F
F
F
F
T
T
T
T
T
T
T
T
FT
FT
FT
FT
TF
TF
TF
TF
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h. Truth-functionally consistent
A B C
(A & B)
(B & C)
(A & C)
(B & C)
T
T
T
T
F
F
F
F
F
F
T
T
T
T
T
T
F
T
T
T
F
T
T
T
F
T
F
T
T
T
T
T
T
T
T
T
F
F
F
F
T
T
T
T
T
F
F
F
T
T
F
F
T
T
F
F
T
F
T
F
T
F
T
F
T T T
T T T
T F F
T F F
F F T
F F T
F F F
F F F
T T T
T F F
F F T
F F F
T T T
T F F
F F T
F F F
T T T
T F F
T T T
T F F
F F T
F F F
F F T
F F F
j. Truth-functionally consistent
(B (C A))
T
T
T
T
F
F
F
F
T
T
F
F
T
T
F
F
T
F
T
F
T
F
T
F
T
T
T
T
F
F
F
F
T
T
T
T
T
T
T
T
T
T
F
F
T
T
F
F
F
F
T
T
T
T
T
T
T
T
F
F
T
T
F
F
T
T
T
T
F
T
T
T
T
F
T
F
T
F
T
F
T
T
T
T
F
T
F
T
T
T
T
T
F
F
F
F
FT
FT
FT
FT
TF
TF
TF
TF
2. b. Truth-functionally consistent
H ( H H)
FT
d. Truth-functionally inconsistent
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T
T
T
T
F
F
F
F
T
T
F
F
T
T
F
F
T
F
T
F
T
F
T
F
T
F
F
F
T
F
F
F
( C
FT
TF
FT
TF
FT
TF
FT
TF
F
T
T
T
F
T
T
T
B)
& A
C
FT
FT
TF
TF
FT
FT
TF
TF
T
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
T
T
T
T
F
F
F
F
F
T
F
T
T
F
T
F
T
T
T
T
F
F
F
F
FT
TF
FT
TF
FT
TF
FT
TF
T T T
T F F
F F T
F F F
T T T
T F F
F F T
F F F
H J
H J
T
T
T
T
F
F
F
F
T
F
T
F
T
F
T
F
T
T
T
T
F
F
F
F
T
T
F
F
T
T
F
F
T
F
T
T
T
F
T
T
T
F
T
F
T
F
T
F
F
T
F
T
T
T
T
T
T
T
F
F
T
T
F
F
T
T
F
F
T
T
T
T
T
T
F
F
T
T
F
F
T
F
T
F
T
F
T
F
FT
FT
FT
FT
TF
TF
TF
TF
3. b. Truth-functionally consistent
N:
E:
S:
Newtonian mechanics is right.

Einsteinian mechanics is right.
Space is non-Euclidean.
N S
S
T
T
T
T
F
F
F
F
T
T
F
F
T
T
F
F
T
T
T
T
F
F
F
F
F
F
T
T
T
T
T
T
T
T
T
T
F
F
F
F
T
F
T
F
F
T
F
T
T
F
T
F
T
F
T
F
T
T
T
F
T
T
T
F
T
T
F
F
T
T
F
F
T
F
T
F
T
F
T
F
FT
FT
TF
TF
FT
FT
TF
TF
T
F
T
F
T
F
T
F
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d. Truth-functionally consistent
U:
A:
G:
C:
Sugar is desirable.
Saccharin is desirable.
Sugar is lethal.
Saccharin is lethal.
A C G U
T
T
T
T
T
T
T
T
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
T
F
T
F
T
F
T
T
T
T
T
F
F
F
F
T
T
T
T
F
F
F
F
T
T
F
F
T
T
F
F
T
T
F
F
T
T
F
F
T
F
T
F
T
F
T
F
T
F
T
F
T
F
T
F
(U A) (G & C) G A
T
F
T
F
T
F
T
F
T
F
T
F
T
F
T
F
T
T
T
T
T
T
T
T
T
F
T
F
T
F
T
F
T
T
T
T
T
T
T
T
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
T
T
T
T
T
T
F
T
T
F
T
F
T
F
T
T
F
F
T
T
F
F
T
T
F
F
T
T
F
F
T
T
F
F
F
F
F
F
T
T
F
F
F
F
F
F
T
T
T
T
F
F
F
F
T
T
T
T
F
F
F
F
T
T
F
F
T
T
F
F
T
T
F
F
T
T
F
F
T
T
F
F
T
T
F
F
F
F
T
T
F
F
T
T
T
T
T
T
T
T
T
T
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
U C
FT
TF
FT
TF
FT
TF
FT
TF
FT
TF
FT
TF
FT
TF
FT
TF
T
F
T
F
F
T
F
T
T
F
T
F
F
T
F
T
FT
FT
FT
FT
TF
TF
TF
TF
FT
FT
FT
FT
TF
TF
TF
TF
J:
H:
N:
Johnson pleaded guilty.

Hartshorne pleaded guilty.
The newspaper story is correct.
H J
(J
T
T
T
T
F
F
F
F
T
F
T
F
T
F
T
F
T
T
F
F
T
T
F
F
T
T
F
F
T
T
F
F
H) ( J H)
N & H
T
T
T
T
T
T
F
F
T
T
F
F
T
T
F
F
F
T
T
T
F
T
T
T
T
F
T
F
T
F
T
F
T
T
T
T
F
F
F
F
T
T
T
T
T
T
T
T
F
F
F
F
F
F
T
T
T
T
F
F
T
T
F
F
T
T
T
T
T
T
F
F
T
T
T
T
F
F
F
F
FT
TF
FT
TF
FT
TF
FT
TF
T
F
T
F
F
F
F
F
T
T
T
T
F
F
F
F
4. b. Not necessarily. For example, {A A} is truth-functionally consistent,

but { (A A)} is truth-functionally inconsistent. Do note, however, that if P is
truth-functionally indeterminate, both {P} and { P} are truth-functionally
consistent.
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d. Assume that P Q is truth-functionally true. Then on any truth-value

assignment, either both P and Q are true or both are false. {P, Q} is truthfunctionally consistent if and only if there is at least one truth-value assignment
on which P is true and Q is false (thus making Q true). But, on our assumption,
this is impossible. Therefore the set is truth-functionally inconsistent.
Section 3.5E
1. b. Truth-functionally invalid
A B C
B (A & C) (C A) B
B A
(A C)
T
T
T
T
F
F
F
F
T
T
F
F
T
T
F
F
FT
FT
TF
TF
FT
FT
TF
TF
F
F
F
F
F
T
F
T
T
T
F
F
T
T
F
F
T
F
T
F
T
F
T
F
T
T
F
T
T
T
F
F
T F FT
T T TF
T F FT
T T TF
F F FT
F F TF
F F FT
F F TF
T
F
T
F
T
F
T
F
T
T
T
T
F
T
F
T
T
T
T
T
F
F
F
F
T
T
F
F
F
T
T
F
T
T
F
F
T
T
F
F
T
T
T
T
F
F
T
T
T
T
T
T
F
F
F
F
T
T
T
T
F
F
F
F
T
T
T
T
T
F
T
F
T
F
T
F
T
F
T
F
[ B ( D C)] & [( D C) ( B C)]
d. Truth-functionally valid
A
W Y
T
T
T
T
F
F
F
F
T
T
F
F
T
T
F
F
F
T
F
T
T
F
T
F
T
F
T
F
T
F
T
F
(Y A)
T
F
T
F
T
F
T
F
T
F
T
F
F
T
F
T
T
T
T
T
F
F
F
F
W &
FT
TF
FT
TF
FT
TF
FT
TF
FT
FT
FT
FT
TF
TF
TF
TF
T
T
F
F
T
T
F
F
FT
FT
TF
TF
FT
FT
TF
TF
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
f. Truth-functionally invalid
B C D
B B
T
T
T
T
F
F
F
F
T
T
T
T
F
F
F
F
T
T
F
F
T
T
F
F
T
F
T
F
T
F
T
F
T
T
T
T
F
F
F
F
T
T
T
T
F
F
F
F
FT
FT
FT
FT
TF
TF
TF
TF
T
T
T
T
F
T
T
T
FT
TF
FT
TF
FT
TF
FT
TF
F
T
T
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3. b. Truth-functionally valid
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& J) ( K
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M:
W:
N:
P:
Many people believe that war is inevitable.

War is inevitable.
Our planets natural resources are nonrenewable.
Many people believe that our planets natural resources are
nonrenewable.
M N P
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d. Truth-functionally valid
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O:
E:
The town hall is now a grocery store.

Im mistaken.
The little red schoolhouse is a movie theater.
The old school bus is a boutique.
The old theater is an elementary school.
O T
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O & (L
E)
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The
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butler murdered Devon.

maid is lying.
gardener murdered Devon.
weapon was a slingshot.
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5. b. If {P} |= Q, then there is no truth-value assignment on which P is

true and Q is false. If {Q} |= P, then there is no truth-value assignment on which
Q is true and P is false. So there is no truth-value assignment on which P and
Q have different truth-values; they are truth-functionally equivalent. Conversely,
assume that P and Q are truth-functionally equivalent. Then Q is true on every
truth-value assignment on which P is true, so {P} |= Q; and P is true on every
truth-value assignment on which Q is true, so {Q} |= P.
d. Assume that {P} |= Q and {Q} |= R. Then, by the rst entailment, if
P is true on a truth-value assignment, Q is also true. By the second entailment,
R must be true as well. Therefore {P} |= R.
Section 3.6E
1. b. If P Q is true on every truth-value assignment, then P and Q have
the same truth-value on every truth-value assignment. Hence P and Q are truthfunctionally equivalent.
2. b. Assume |= P Q. Then there is no truth-value assignment on which
every member of is true and P Q is false. But P Q is false on a truthvalue assignment if and only if P is true and Q false on that assignment. Hence
it follows from our assumption that there is no truth-value assignment on which
every member of is true, P is true, and Q is false; that is, {P} |= Q.
Assume {P} |= Q. Then there is no truth-value assignment on
which every member of {P} is true and Q is false. This means that there
is no truth-value assignment on which every member of is true and P Q
is false; that is, |= P Q.
d. Let be an arbitrary set of sentences of SL, and let P be a truthfunctionally false sentence. There is no truth-value assignment on which P is
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true. Hence there is no truth-value assignment on which every member of

{P} is true (since P is false on every assignment). So {P} is truthfunctionally inconsistent.
3. b. Assume that |= P and that |= P. Also assume, contrary to what
we wish to show, that is truth-functionally consistent. Then there is at least
one truth-value assignment on which every member of is true. Since |= P, P
is true on this truth-value assignment; and since |= P, P is also true on
this truth-value assignment. But this is impossible; a sentence and its negation
cannot both be true on a single truth-value assignment. So our supposition that
is truth-functionally consistent is false is truth-functionally inconsistent.
4. b. Assume that P and Q are truth-functionally equivalent. If {P} |= R
then, for every assignment on which P is true, so is R. Because Q is truthfunctional equivalent to P, P is true on every truth-value assignment on which
Q is true. So whenever Q is true, so is P and hence so is R. Therefore {Q} |= R
as well. Similar reasoning shows that if {Q} |= R, then {P} |= R.
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CHAPTER FOUR
Section 4.2.E
A & (B & A)
A
(B & A)
1. b. 1.
2.
3.
4.
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3 &D
Since the truth-tree has at least one completed open branch, the set is truthfunctionally consistent. The recoverable fragment is
A
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A & (A & B)
B
A
(A & B)
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2.
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(A & B) (A & C)

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(A B) (A C)
C & A
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[ A (B C)]
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B D
B D
l. 1.
2.
5.
6.
7.
B
D
B
D
3.
4.
B
D
SM
SM
B
D
1 D
1 D
B
D
D
B
D
2 D
2 D
6D

n. 1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
[B (A C)] & B
A B
B (A C)
B
B
SM
SM
1 &D
1 &D
4D
A C
B
7.
8.
9.
2 D
2 D
8D
A
B
B
A
B
A
10.
3 D
6 D
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A [B (C A)]
(B A)
B
A
A
p. 1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
SM
SM
2 D
2 D
4D
B (C A)
A
C A
B
7.
1 D
8.
6 D
7 D
A
T
T
T
T
F
T
2. b. 1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
[(A B) (B A)]
( A B)
A
B
AB
(B A)
B
A
SM
SM
2
2
1
1
6
6
D
D
D
D
D
D
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J K
K J
( J K)
d. 1.
2.
3.
6.
7.
J
K
J
K
4.
5.
J
SM
SM
SM
SM
J
K
3 D
3 D
2 D
J
1 D
K

(A & B) A
( A & B) B
B & A
B
A
f. 1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
(A & B)
A & B
A
B
10.
11.
12.
13.
SM
SM
SM
3 &D
3 &D
A
( A & B)
A & B
A
B
1
6
7
7
B
D
D
&D
&D
2 D
10 D
11 &D
11 &D
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(A B) A
(A B) B
B
h. 1.
2.
3.
(A B)
A B
4.
5.
6.
(A B)
7.
A B
8.
SM
SM
SM
(A B)
B
2 D
B
A B
B
1 D
4D
6D
7 D
B
A
F
A (B & C)
A B
B C
j. 1.
2.
3.
8.
A
(B & C)
A
B & C
B
C
4.
5.
6.
7.
A
B

B
9.
SM
SM
SM
1
1
5
5
2D
D
D
&D
&D
5 &D
A
F
F
F
F
F
T
T
F
F
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[A ( B C]
A C
A B
A
( B C)
l. 1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
8.
9.
10.
11.
A
C
A
C
6.
7.
A
B
B
C
SM
SM
SM
1 D
1 D
A
B
B
C
2 D
2 D
3 D
3 D
5 D
5 D
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( A & B) (C & E)

A E
B C
n. 1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
A & B
C & E
A
B
C
E
A
E
13.
14.
15.
16.
17.
18.
B
C

A
(A & B)
(C & E)
E
E
B
C
B
C
A
B
B
1
1
4
4
5
5
A
E
A
A
E
A
E
A
B
B
SM
SM
SM
C
B
C
E
E

B
C
C

B A B

B
B

D
D
&D
&D
&D
&D
2 D
2 D
10 D
5 &D
13 D
3 D
3 D
4 &D
17 D
A
F
F
F
T
F
T
T
T
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Section 4.4E
K (M & M)
J & C
J
C
1. b. 1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
SM
SM
2 &D
2 &D
M & M
M
M
1 D
5 &D
5 &D
C
F
F
T
T
T
T
T
F
d. 1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
(M & N)
(K M) & M
K
K
(K M)
M
M
K
M
SM
SM
SM
3D
2 &D
2 &D
6D
5 D
5 D

f. 1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
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[ (L L) & (N N)]
(L L)
L L
(N N)
N
N
N
SM
1 &D
2D
3
2
2
6
D
D
D
D
L
T
T
F
F
T
F
T
F
[ ( J M) ( J & M)]
h. 1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
( J M)
( J & M)
J
M
J
SM
( J M)
J & M
M
1
1
2
2
D
D
D
D
3 &D
6D
M
3 &D
3 &D
2D
J
M
J M
J
M
10 D
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H & ( K M)
K
(H M)
H
K M
H
M
j. 1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
K
9.
K
SM
SM
SM
1 &D
1 &D
3 D
3 D
M
5 D
8D

[(K M) G]
G ( J & U)
U ( G & K)
K & U
K
U
[(K M) G]
KM
G
G
l. 1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
G
J & U
13.
14.
J
U
G
( J & U)
SM
SM
SM
SM
4 &D
4 &D
1 D
7 D
7 D
9 D
2 D
2 D
12 &D
12 &D
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2. b. False. Sometimes fragments of more than one truth-value assignment can be recovered from a single open branch. This occurs when the open
branch contains neither P nor P for some atomic component, P, of one of
the members of the set being tested. Here is an example:
1.
2.
B
K J
3.
SM
SM
2 D
In this example neither J nor J occurs on the left-hand open branch. That
branch tells us that K and B must both be assigned the truth-value T and
allows us to assign either the truth-value T or the truth-value F to J. Thus from
this one branch we can recover the following two fragments:
B
T
T
T
F
T
T
d. True. A closed truth-tree has, by denition, no open branches.

f. False. It can happen that all the branches of a truth-tree close before
all the nonliteral sentences on the tree have been decomposed. Here is an
example:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
HM
(B Z) U
A & A
A
A
SM
SM
SM
3 &D
3D
h. True. Every tree that is not closed is an open tree, and a tree with
a completed open branch is not a closed tree.
j. True. If a set is consistent, so is every subset of that set, for we cannot generate an inconsistent set by removing members of a consistent set. The
tree for a subset of a consistent set will be a part of the tree for that original
set; hence it will not close.
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3. b. 1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
I I
I [(C B) (G R)]
B & R
(E I) & E
B
R
E I
E
I
E
7 D
I
I
10.
I
I
11.
12.
SM
SM
SM
SM
3 &D
3 &D
4 &D
4 &D
13.
(C B) (G R)
C B
14.
1 D
G R
G
B
2 D
11 D
11 D
13 D
Since the truth-tree is open, the set is truth-functionally consistent. The recoverable fragments are
B
F
F
F
F
F
F
T
T
F
F
F
F
T
F
F
T
F
F
F
F
T
T
T
T
d. Some care is necessary in symbolizing this passage. Acquiring work

is described in various ways: nding employment, getting a job, being hired,
and nding work. And we have to extract from the strong claim that Christine
will certainly be hired by a good law rm the weaker claim that she will nd
work. We use the following abbreviations in symbolizing this passage:
A:
B:
C:
L:
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Albert will nd work when he graduates from law school.

Betty will nd work when she graduates from law school.
Christine will nd work when she graduates from law school.
Christine is a rst-rate lawyer.
Here is the truth-tree for the symbolized version of this passage:

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
([(A & B) & C] [(A & C) & B]) [(B & C) & A]
A (B & C)
B A
L & C
L
C
7. [(A & B) & C] [(A & C) & B]

8.
9.
10.
11.
12. (A & B) & C (A & C) & B
A & B
A & C
13.
C
B
14.
SM
SM
SM
SM
4 &D
4 &D
(B & C) & A
B & C
A
B
C
A
C
15.
16.
B
17.
A
18.
13 &D
13 &D
B
A
B & C
B
C
19.
20.
A
1 D
7 &D
7 &D
8 &D
8 &D
7 D
12 &D
12 &D
A
B & C
B
C
3 D
2 D
18 &D
18 &D
The truth-tree closes so the given set is truth-functionally inconsistent.
Section 4.5E
1. b. 1.
2.
3.
4.
(M M)
M
M
M
SM
1 D
1 D
3D
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Since the truth-tree for (M M) is closed, M M is truth-functionally

true.
d. 1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
[(C R) [ R (C & J)]]

C R
[ R (C & J)]
R
(C & J)
C & J
C
J
C
SM
1 D
1 D
3 D
3 D
5D
6 &D
6 &D
2 D
R
Since the truth-tree for [(C R) [ R (C & J)]] is closed, (C R)

[ R (C & J)] is truth-functionally true.
(K W) (A & W)
f. 1.
2.
3.
4.
K W
K
W
A & W
K
W
A
W
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
2 &D
2 &D
[(K W) (A & W)]

(K W)
(A & W)
SM
1 D
1 D
K
W
2 D
2 D
K
W
A
1 D
2 D
2 D
5.
6.
6.
SM
W
3 &D
Since neither of these two trees is closed, the sentence we are testing is truthfunctionally indeterminate.
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h. 1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
[L ( J K)] & (K & [( J L) K])

L ( J K)
K & [( J L) K]
K
( J L) K
( J L)
6.
9.
5 D
K
6 D
6 D
J
L
7.
8.
J K
L
2 D
K
J
10.
SM
1 &D
1 &D
3 &D
3 &D
9 D
Since the truth-tree is closed, the sentence we are testing is truth-functionally

false.
(A B) (A B)
j. 1.
2.
3.
4.
(A B)
A
B
(A B)
A
B
1.
2.
3.
4.
[(A B) (A B)]
A B
(A B)
A B
5.
6.
SM
SM
1 D
1 D
3D
2 D
1 D
2 D
2 D
4 D
Neither the tree for the sentence nor the tree for its negation is closed. Therefore the sentence is truth-functionally indeterminate.
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(D F) (D & F)
l. 1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
(D F)
(D & F)
11.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
(D F)
(D & F)
D F
D & F
D
F
8.
9.
10.
11.
1
1
2
3
5
5
D
D
D
D
&D
&D
4 D
2 D
2 D
D
F
3 &D
F
[ (D F) (D & F)]
(D F)
(D & F)
D
F
D & F
D
F
SM
(D F)
(D & F)
1
1
2
2
3
6
6
D F
9.
10.
SM
D
2D
F
D
D
D
D
D
&D
&D
3 &D
F
9 D
Neither the tree for the sentence nor the tree for its negation is closed. Therefore the sentence is truth-functionally indeterminate.
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[ (D F) ( D & F)]
n. 1.
(D F)
( D & F)
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
10.
11.
D
D
F
8.
9.
D
D
(D F)
D & F
D
F
D F
F
F
F
SM
1
1
3
3
2
D
D
&D
&D
D
6 D
2 D
2 D
3 &D
10 D
The tree for the negation of the sentence is closed. Therefore the sentence is
truth-functionally true.
2. b. 1.
2.
3.
4.
[(B L) & (L B)]

(B L)
B
L
(L B)
L
B
SM
1 &D
2 D
2 D
Since the truth-tree for the negation of the given sentence is not closed, the
given sentence is not truth-functionally true. The recoverable fragments are
B
T
F
F
T
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d. 1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
[(A K) ( A K)]
A K
( A K)
A
K
A
A
K
A
K
7.
8.
SM
1
1
3
3
4
D
D
D
D
D
2 D
2 D
Since the truth-tree for the negation of the given sentence is closed, the given
sentence is truth-functionally true.
f. 1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
[[( J Z) & J] Z]

( J Z) & J
Z
Z
J Z
J
J
7.
SM
1 D
1 D
3D
2 &D
2 &D
5 D
Since the truth-tree for the negation of the given sentence is not closed, the
given sentence is not truth-functionally true. The recoverable fragment is
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[M [L ( M L)]]
M
[L ( M L)]
h. 1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
L
M L
L
( M L)
M
L
SM
1 D
1 D
3 D
3 D
5 D
5 D
M
L

M
L
M
L
L
10.
5 D
5 D
9D
Since the truth-tree for the negation of the given sentence is closed, the given
j. 1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
[(A & B) (A & B)]

A & B
(A & B)
A
B
A & B
A
B
SM
1 D
1 D
2 &D
2 &D
3D
6 &D
6 &D
The tree for the negation of the sentence is closed. Therefore the given
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[(D E) (D E)]
l. 1.
D E
(D E)
2.
3.
7.
8.
D E
9.
D
E
D
E
D
E
D
E
D
E
1 D
1 D
2 D
2 D
5D
D
E
D
E
D
E
E
D
E
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
(D E)
(D E)
D
E
E
4.
5.
6.
SM
D
E
D
E
3 D
3 D
3D
2 D
2 D
11 D
9 D
9 D
The tree for the negation of the sentence is closed. Therefore the given sentence is truth-functionally true.
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[(A (B & C)) (A (B C))]
n. 1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
A (B & C)
(A (B C))
(A (B & C))
A (B C)
A
(B & C)
7.
B
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
B & C
B
C
D
D
D
D
3 D
A
(B C)
B
C
A
1
1
2
2
B C
A
6.
SM
5 &D
C
6 D
3 D
3 D
10 D
10 D
2 D
13 &D
13 &D
The tree for the negation of the sentence is not closed. Therefore the given
sentence is not truth-functionally true. The recoverable fragments are
A
T
T
F
F
T
F
J (K L)
3. b. 1.
2.
3.
SM
K L
K
1 D
2 D
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The tree for the sentence does not close. Therefore the sentence is not truthfunctionally false. The recoverable fragments are
J
F
F
F
F
T
T
T
T
T
F
F
F
F
T
T
F
T
F
T
F
T
Since only seven of the eight relevant fragments are recoverable, the sentence
is not truth-functionally true. Therefore it is truth-functionally indeterminate.
(E H) ( E H)
d. 1.
2.
3.
4.
(E H)
E
H
E H
6.
1 D
2 D
2 D
E
H
E
5.
SM
2 D
5D
E
T
F
T
F
F
T
T
F
Since all four of the four relevant fragments are recoverable, the sentence is
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f. 1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
([(C D) & (D E)] & C) & E

[(C D) & (D E)] & C
E
(C D) & (D E)
C
C D
D E
C
8.
SM
1 &D
2 &D
2 &D
2 &D
4 &D
4 &D
6 D
D
D
9.
E
7 D
The tree for the sentence is closed. Therefore the sentence is truth-functionally
false.
([A B) & (B C)] & ( A & B))
h. 1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
[(A B) & (B C)]

(A B)
A
B
(B C)
B
C
( A & B)
A
B
SM
1 &D
2
3
3
3
&D
D
D
D
A
F
F
T
T
T
T
F
F
F
F
F
T
T
F
T
T
T
F
F
T
F
T
T
F
Since all eight of the eight relevant fragments are recoverable, the sentence is
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B ((B D) D)
j. 1.
2.
3.
SM
(B D) D
B
B
(B D)
B
D
4.
5.
6.
1 D
2D
2 D
4 D
4 D
B
T
T
F
F
T
F
F
T
Since all four of the four relevant fragments are recoverable, the sentence is
4. b. False. There is no relation between the number of atomic components of a truth-functionally true sentence and the number of open branches
on a tree for that sentence. For example, (A A) [(B & C) & D] is truthfunctionally true and has four atomic components. But the tree for the unit
set of this sentence has only three open branches:
1.
(A A) [(B & C) & D]
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
A A
(B & C) & D
B & C
D
B
C
SM
1
2
2
3
3
2
D
&D
&D
&D
&D
D
d. False. Some such unit sets will have closed trees; for example,
{P & Q} will, but not all such unit sets will have closed trees. For example,
{P Q} will not have a closed tree. If P is A & A and Q is B & B, the following tree will result:
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(A & A) (B & B)
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
(A & A)
A
A
B & B
B
B
SM
1 D
2 &D
2 &D
2 &D
5D
f. True. Since the tree for P is not closed, P is not truth-functionally

false. The completed tree has only one open branch. That branch must contain at least one literal (if it did not, it could not be a completed open branch
and the tree could not be a completed tree). If that literal is an atomic sentence, then every truth-value assignment recoverable from that branch will
assign that literal T. If that literal is a negation of an atomic sentence, then
every truth-value assignment recoverable from that branch will assign that
atomic sentence F. In either case, there will be truth-value assignments that are
not recoverable from the branch. So the sentence is not truth-functionally true.
Therefore, P is truth-functionally indeterminate. Since the negation of a truthfunctionally indeterminate sentence is also truth-functionally indeterminate, it
follows that P is truth-functionally indeterminate.
h. True. If P and Q are both truth-functionally true, then P & Q, P Q,
P Q, and P Q will also be truth-functionally true. Since they are truthfunctionally true, each will have a completed open tree from which all the distinct fragments of truth-value assignments for the atomic components of P
and Q can be recovered. There will have to be at least two completed open
branches on each tree since each open branch has to have at least one literal
on it, and such a branch will yield at most half of the relevant fragments (the
half on which the literal is true).
j. True. Since P and Q are truth-functionally false, P & Q and P Q
will also be truth-functionally false, and therefore have closed trees (every truthfunctionally false sentence has a closed tree), and every closed tree has at least
one closed branch. P Q will be truth-functionally true, because on every
truth-value assignment P is false and Q is false and so on every assignment
P Q is true. The rst step in the tree for P Q will yield P on the left
branch and Q on the right branch. Subsequent decomposition of Q will yield
only, and therefore at least one, closed branches, because Q is truth-functionally
false. P Q will also be truth-functionally true, because there can be no truthvalue assignment on which P and Q have different truth values (both are false
on every assignment). The tree for this sentence will yield, at lines 2 and 3, P and
Q on the left and P and Q on the right branch. Since P and Q are both
truth-functionally false, decomposition of each will yield only closed branches.
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Section 4.6E
[ (Z K) ( Z K)]
1. b. 1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
SM
(Z K)
Z K
(Z K)
( Z K)
Z
K
Z
K
K
1
1
2
2
3
3
7
Z K
9.
10.
Z
11.
D
D
D
D
D
D
D
2D
9 D
K
K
K
3 D
Our truth-tree for the negation of the biconditional of the sentences we are
testing is open. Therefore that negation is not truth-functionally false, and the
biconditional of our sentences is not truth-functionally true. Hence the sentences we are testing are not truth-functionally equivalent. The recoverable
fragments are
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F
T
T
F
[[(B C) R] [(B R) & (C R)]]
d. 1.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
[(B C) R]
(B R) & (C R)
(B C) R
[(B R) & (C R)]
2.
3.
(B R)
B
R
(B C)
B
C
R
(C R)
C
R
(B C)
1 D
1 D
3 &D
4 D
4 D
2 D
R
B
C
7 D
7 D
B R
C R
B C
R
10.
11.
12.
13.
B
14.
C
15.
16.
SM
B
R

R
C
3
3
2
2
&D
&D
D
D
10 D
11 D
12 D
Since our truth-tree for the negation of the biconditional of the sentences we
are testing is closed, those sentences are truth-functionally equivalent.
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([A ( & C)] [(A B) & (A C)])
f. 1.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
[A (B & C)] 1 D
(A B) & (A C) 1 D
A (B & C)
[(A B) & (A C)]
2.
3.
(A B)
A
B
A
B & C
B
C
(A C)
A
C
A
3 &D
4 D
4 D
B & C
2 D
7 &D
7 &D
B
C

A B
A C
A
(B & C)
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
SM
A
15.
A
16.
B
C
3
3
2
2
&D
&D
D
D
10 D
11 D
13 &D
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([ J (K L)] [( J K) ( J L)])
h. 1.
J K
( J L)
J
L
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
[ J (K L)]
( J K) ( J L)
J (K L)
[( J K) ( J L)
2.
3.
SM
( J K)
J L
3
3
5
5
4
4
J
K
J
K L
J
K
L
K
L
J
K L
4 D
K

J
5 D
L
J K
J L
J
( J K)
( J L)
J
18 D
J
K
J
L
K
L
3 D
3 D
17 D
21.
22.
23.
24.
25.
26.
2 D
2 D
J
(K L)
17.
18.
20.
D
D
D
D
D
D
10 D
10 D
15.
16.
19.
2 D
K
L
K
L
1 D
1 D
K
L
K
L
17
17
18
18
K
L
D
D
D
D
16 D
16 D
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[(A & A) (B & B)]
j. 1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
A & A
(B & B)
A
A
SM
(A & A)
B & B
1
1
2
2
3
3
B
B
D
D
&D
&D
&D
&D
Since the tree is closed, the sentences being tested are truth-functionally
equivalent.
[ (A B) (A & B)]
l. 1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
(A B)
(A & B)
A & B
A
B
A
B
10.
11.
A
SM
(A B)
(A & B)
1
1
3
4
4
2
2
2
A B
9 D
B
B
D
D
D
&D
&D
D
D
D
B
3 &D
Since the completed tree is open, the sentences being tested are not truthfunctionally equivalent. The recoverable fragments are
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T
F
F
T
[(A (B C)) ((A B) C)]
n. 1.
(A (B C)) 1
(A B) C
1
3
3
A (B C)
((A B) C)
A B
C
2.
3.
4.
5.
B C
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
SM
2 D
4 D
C
B
C
A
(B C)
B
C
(A B)
A
B
13.
14.
15.
16.
D
D
D
D
C
6 D
2 D
2 D
10 D
10 D
3 D
13 D
13 D
A
F
F
F
T
F
F
F
F
F
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[(A (B C)) (A (B & C)]
p. 1.
6.
B C
A

B
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
(A (B C))
A (B & C)
A (B C)
(A (B & C))
A
(B & C)
2.
3.
4.
5.
SM
D
D
D
D
5 &D
C
A
(B C)
B
C
A
13.
14.
15.
2 D
C
1
1
3
3
6 D
1 D
1 D
10 D
10 D
B & C 3 D
B
13 &D
C
13 &D
A
T
T
F
F
T
F
2. b. False. There are three cases to consider: P and Q are both truthfunctionally true, P and Q are both truth-functionally false, and P and Q are
both truth-functionally indeterminate. In the rst two cases P Q will be
truth-functionally false (either P will be truth-functionally true and Q truthfunctionally false, or vice-versa). Hence, in these cases the tree for P Q will
close. In the third case, where P and Q are truth-functionally indeterminate
(and truth-functionally equivalent) P Q is again truth-functionally false. If
it were not, there would be a truth-value assignment on which P and Q have
the same truth-value, and hence on which P and Q have different truth-values.
But there is no such assignment because P and Q are known to be truth-functionally equivalent. So, again, the tree for P Q will close.
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d. The completed tree for { P Q} will be open. If were closed,

there would be no truth-value assignment on which P Q is true, and
thus no truth-value assignment on which P and Q have the same truth
value. That is, on any truth-value assignment P would be true and Q false
(and hence P false and Q true) or viceversa. But this cannot be since we are
assuming that P and Q are truth-functionally equivalent, that is, that they have
the same truth-value on every truth-value assignment.
Section 4.7E
K H
H L
L M
(K M)
K
M
1. b. 1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
SM
SM
SM
SM
4 D
4 D
K

L
8.
H
9.
1 D
M
3 D
2 D
L
Our truth-tree is closed, so the set {K H, H L, L M} does truthfunctionally entail K M.

( A & B)
(A & B)
d. 1.
2.
A
A
3.
4.
5.
A
SM
SM
B
B
1 &D
3 D
B
2 &D
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Our truth-tree is open, so the set { ( A & B)} does not truth-functionally
entail A & B. The relevant fragments of the recoverable truth-value
assignments are
A
T
F
F
T
A & (B C)
[( & C) (A & B)]
A
B C
(A & C)
(A & B)
f. 1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
A
9.
4 D
C
A
A
SM
SM
1 &D
1 &D
2 D
2 D
C
B
5 &D
6 &D
Our tree is open, so the set {A & (B C)} does not truth-functionally entail
(A & C) (A & B). The relevant fragment of the recoverable truth-value
assignment is
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(G ) ( G )
[( G H) (G )]
( G )
(G )
G
h. 1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
G
G
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
G

11.
12.
G
H
G

1 D
G
H
G
G
SM
SM
2 D
2 D
4D
3
3
8
7
D
D
D
D
5 D
5 D
Our tree is closed, so the set {(G H) ( G H)} does truth-functionally

entail ( G H H) (G H).
j. 1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
[[A ((K H) & A)] A]

[A ((K H) & A)]
A
A
A
((K H) & A)
SM
1
1
3
2
2
D
D
D
D
D
Our truth-tree is closed, so the entailment does hold; that is, the empty set, ,
does entail [A ((K H) & A)] A]. Notice that in using the tree
method to determine whether a sentence is entailed by the empty set, , we
proceed just as we would if we were determining whether that sentence is truthfunctionally true.
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l. 1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
[ (C C) (C C)]
SM
(C C)
C C
(C C)
(C C)
C
C
C
1
1
3
3
5
C C
7.
8.
9.
10.
C
D
D
D
D
D
2D
7 D
7 D
C
C
C
C
C
3 D
Our truth-tree is open, so the empty set does not truth-functionally entail
(C C) (C C). The relevant fragment of the recoverable truth-value
assignment is
C
T
F
2. b. 1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
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( J K) (L & M)
( J K)
(L & M)
L & M
L
M
J
K
J
( J K)
J
K
J
L & M
L
M
SM
SM
SM
3D
4 &D
4 &D
2 D
2 D
7D
1 D
10 D
10 D
11 D
10 &D
10 &D
Our truth-tree for the premises and the negation of the conclusion of
the argumen we are testing is open. Therefore, there is a truth-value assignment on which those premises and the negation of the conclusion are true.
This is also an assignment on which the premises are true and the conclusion
false. The recoverable fragment is
J
d. 1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
(D G) & G
(G ((A D) & A)) D
(G D)
DG
G
G
D
D
(G ((A D) & A))
G
((A D) & A)
D
SM
SM
SM
1 &D
1 &D
3 D
3 D
7D
2 D
9 D
9 D
Our truth-tree for the premises and the negation of the conclusion is closed.
Therefore the argument is truth-functionally valid.
f. 1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
( J T) J
(T J) T
( J T)
J
T
J
T
J
( J T)
J
T

(T J)
T
J
SM
SM
SM
3
3
4
5
D
D
1 D
8 D
8 D
2 D
11 D
11 D
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Our truth-tree for the premises and the negation of the conclusion of the argument we are testing is open. Therefore that argument is truth-functionally
invalid. The relevant fragment of the recoverable truth-value assignments is
J
h. 1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
A (B & C)
B
(A C)
A
A
C
(B & C)
A

B
8.
SM
SM
SM
SM
3 D
3 D
1 D
7 &D
invalid. The relevant fragment of the recoverable truth-value assignments is
A
F
(G ) ( G )
[( G ) (G )]
( G )
(G )
G
j. 1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
G
G
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
G

11.
12.
SM
SM
2 D
2 D
4D
G
H
G

G
H
G
G
1 D
3
3
8
7
D
D
D
D
5 D
5 D
Our truth-tree for the premises and the negation of the conclusion is closed.
Therefore that argument is truth-functionally valid.
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B (A & C)
(C A) B
B A
(A C)
A C
l. 1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
C A
B
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
B
15.
B
A & C B

A
C
14.
(C A)
B
C
A
11.
12.
13.
SM
SM
SM
SM
4D
C
A & C
A
C
C

A
2
2
6
6
D
D
D
D
3 D
1 D
11 &D
11 &D
5 D
6 D
invalid. The relevant fragments of the recoverable truth-value assignments are
A
T
T
T
T
T
F
3. b. In symbolizing the argument we use the following abbreviations:

M: A majority of the people support the legislation.
R: The representatives support the legislation.
S: The senators support the legislation.
P: The President supports the legislation.
Here is our tree for the premises and the negation of the conclusion:
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1.
2.
3.
4.
(P & S) (P & R)

M R
M
S
SM
SM
SM
SM
5.
6.
7.
P & S
P
S
1 D
5 &D
5 &D
P & R
P
R
M
8.
2 D
Since our truth-tree is open, the argument is truth-functionally invalid. The

recoverable fragment is
M
d. In symbolizing the argument we use the following abbreviations:

C:
D:
H:
S:
V:
Congress passes the bill.

A majority of Democrats vote for the bill.
The House of Representatives passes the bill.
The Senate passes the bill.
The President will veto the bill.
Here is our tree for the premises and the negation of the conclusion.
(C V) & [C (S & H)]
(H D) & D
V
V
H D
D
C V
C (S & H)
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
8 D
8 D
H
13.
7 D
C
(S & H)
C
S&H
12.
SM
SM
SM
3D
2 &D
2 &D
1 &D
1 &D
11 &D
5 D
Since the truth-tree is open, the argument is truth-functionally invalid. The

recoverable fragments are
C
F
F
F
T
T
T
F
F
T
F
T
F
T
T
T
4. b. The rst of the following arguments is truth-functionally valid, the

second is truth-functionally invalid.
H&H
G&G
The rst argument is truth-functionally valid because there is no assignment

on which the one premises is true, and hence no assignment on which it is
true and the conclusion false. The second is truth-functionally invalid because
there is an assignment on which the premises true and the conclusion false. In
fact every assignment that assigns T to H is of this sort, as the conclusion is
truth-functionally false and thus false on every assignment.
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When we do trees for the premise and the conclusion we generate, in each
case, closed trees.
1.
2.
3.
4.
H & H
G
H
H
SM
SM
1 &D
1 &D
1.
2.
3.
4.
H
G & G
G
G
SM
SM
2 &D
2 &D
Since one of the arguments is truth-functionally valid and the other not, and
both trees close, doing a tree for the premises of an argument and the conclusion of that argument and obtaining a closed tree clearly neither shows that
the argument is valid nor that it is invalid.
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CHAPTER FIVE
Section 5.1.1E
b. Derive: ( S & S) & S
1
Assumption
2
3
S&S
( S & S) & S
1, 1 &I
1, 2 &I
d. Derive: A & (B & C)

1
(C & B) & A
Assumption
2
3
4
5
6
7
A
C&B
B
C
B&C
A & (B & C)
1 &E
1 &E
3 &E
3 &E
4, 5 &I
2, 6 &I
Section 5.1.2E
b. Derive E K
1
2
3
(Q & M) (E K)
M & (E C)
Q&N
Assumption
Assumption
Assumption
4
5
6
7
Q
M
Q&M
EK
3 &E
2 &E
4, 5 &I
1, 6 E
d. Derive: (Z & K) (A & E)

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
(K & Z) (E & A)
Z&K
Z
K
K&Z
E&A
E
A
A&E
(Z & K) (A & E)
Assumption
Assumption
2 &E
2 &E
3, 4 &I
1, 5 E
6 &E
6 &E
7, 8 &I
29 I
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Section 5.1.3E
b. Derive: K
1
M&M
Assumption
Assumption
3
4
5
M
M
1 &E
1 &E
24 E
d. Derive: R & M
1
2
(R & M) (L & N)
N
(R & M)
3
4
5
6
7
L&N
N
N
R&M
Assumption
Assumption
Assumption
1, 3 E
4 &E
2R
36 E
Section 5.1.4E
b. Derive: Y
1
2
3
PC
PY
CY
Assumption
Assumption
Assumption
Assumption
2, 4 E
Assumption
3, 6 E
1, 45, 67 E
7
8
d. Derive: H
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1
2
(K P) H
P
Assumption
Assumption
3
4
KP
H
2 I
1, 3 E
Section 5.1.5E
b. Derive: R E
1
( R E) & (E R)
Assumption
Assumption
3
4
RE
E
1 &E
2, 3 E
Assumption
6
7
8
ER
R
RE
1 &E
5, 6 E
24, 57 I
d. Derive: N
1
2
3
AL
AN
LN
Assumption
Assumption
Assumption
Assumption
2, 4 E
Assumption
3, 6 E
1, 45, 67 E
7
8
Section 5.2E
1. b. Derive: A (B C)
1
2
(A & B) C
A
Assumption
Assumption
4
5
6
7
A&B
C
BC
A (B C)
Assumption
2, 3 &I
1, 4 E
35 I
26 I
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d. Derive: A B
1
2
3
(A & B) ( B & C)
CA
A
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
Assumption
Assumption
Assumption
Assumption
A&B
B&C
C
A
A
3, 4 &I
1, 5 E
6 &E
2, 7 E
5 &E
49 E
310 I
B
AB
f. Derive: (A & B) A
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1
2
3
4
CB
( C A) E
F&E
B (A & B)
Assumption
Assumption
Assumption
Assumption
CA
Assumption
Assumption
7
8
9
10
11
B
A&B
B
C
A
6, 1 E
7, 4 E
8 &E
69 I
5, 10 E
12
Assumption
13
Assumption
14
15
16
17
18
E
E
12 R
3 &E
1315 E
2, 511, 1216 E
17 I
A
A
(A & B) A
h. Derive: A (B C)
1
(A B) & (A C)
Assumption
Assumption
3
4
5
AB
B
BC
1 &E
2, 3 E
4 I
BC
Assumption
Assumption
8
9
AB
A
1 &E
7, 8 E
10
Assumption
11
12
13
14
AC
A
1 &E
10, 11 E
6, 79, 1012 E
25, 613 I
A
A (B C)
2. b. Derive: B
1
2
P (S (A & B))
P&S
Assumption
Assumption
3
4
5
S
A&B
B
2 &E
1, 3 E
4 &E
ERROR!
Biconditional Elimination is a rule of inference and thus must be applied

to a whole sentence which has a biconditional as its main connective.
Here is a corrective derivation:
Derive: B
1
2
P (S (A & B))
P&S
Assumption
Assumption
3
4
5
6
7
S
P
S (A & B)
A&B
B
2 &E
2 &E
1, 4 E
3, 5 E
6 &E
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d. Derive: M
1
(G M) & G
Assumption
2
3
4
5
G
GM
M
M
1 &E
1 &E
2, 3 E
4E
ERROR!
The rule of Negation Elimination requires a subderivation.

Here is a correct derivation:
Derive: M
1
(G M) & G
Assumption
2
3
4
5
G
GM
M
M
1 &E
1 &E
2, 3 E
Assumption
6
7
8
M
M
M
4R
5R
57 E
f. Derive: K
1
SJ
Assumption
Assumption
Assumption
2R
Assumption
2R
1, 34, 56 E
6
7
ERROR!
The inner subderivations 34 and 56 are not accessible from the main
derivation line. K is derivable on line 7 within the subderivation beginning
on line 2.
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SJ
Assumption
Assumption
Assumption
2R
Assumption
2R
1, 34, 56 E
6
7
???
Now line 7 shows a correct use of the rule, but K is no longer derived
from the rst assumption alone for it appears not immediately beside the
main derivation line but within the subderivation. K cannot be derived
from S J.
Section 5.4E
1. Goal Analysis
First Part: Indicating goals and subgoals
b. Derive: A Q
1
2
RA
R
Assumption
Assumption
Subgoal
Goal
A
AQ
d. Derive: L K
1
(K L) & (L K)
L
Subgoal
Assumption
K
K
Subgoal
Goal
Assumption
L
LK
Assumption
, I
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f. Derive: Z
1
2
Subgoal
Goal
B & ( E Z)
E
Assumption
Assumption
EZ
Z
2, E
TW
IW
TI
Assumption
Assumption
Assumption
Assumption
h. Derive: W
1
2
3
Subgoal
W
I
Subgoal
Goal
W
W
Assumption
3, , E
j. Derive: (Y & H) & L

1
2
3
Subgoal
Goal
(C A) (Y & H)
L&P
A
Assumption
Assumption
Assumption
CA
Y&H
L
(Y & H) & L
1, E
2 &E
, &I
l. Derive: ( F & H) K
1
2
3
Subgoal
Goal
K ( F & H)
( F & H) J
JK
Assumption
Assumption
Assumption
F&H
Assumption
J
K
3, E
Assumption
F&H
( F & H) K
96
1, E
, I
Second Part: Completing derivations

b. Derive: A Q
1
2
RA
R
Assumption
Assumption
3
4
A
AQ
1, 2 E
3 I
d. Derive: L K
1
(K L) & (L K)
Assumption
Assumption
3
4
LK
K
1 &E
2, 3 E
Assumption
6
7
8
KL
L
LK
1 &E
5, 6 E
24, 57 I
f. Derive: Z
1
2
B & ( E Z)
E
Assumption
Assumption
3
4
EZ
Z
1 &E
2, 3 E
h. Derive: W
1
2
3
TW
IW
TI
Assumption
Assumption
Assumption
Assumption
1, 4 E
Assumption
2, 6 E
3, 45, 67 E
7
8
j. Derive: (Y & H) & L

1
2
3
(C A) (Y & H)
L&P
A
Assumption
Assumption
Assumption
4
5
6
7
CA
Y&H
L
(Y & H) & L
3 I
1, 4 E
2 &E
5, 6 &I
97
l. Derive: ( F & H) K
1
2
3
K ( F & H)
( F & H) J
JK
Assumption
Assumption
Assumption
F&H
Assumption
5
6
J
K
2, 4 E
3, 5 E
Assumption
8
9
F&H
( F & H) K
1, 7 E
46, 78 I
2. Derivability
b. Derive: R T
1
2
KR
B&K
Assumption
Assumption
3
4
5
K
R
RT
2 &E
1, 3 E
4 I
d. Derive: B & D
1
2
(A B) (B D)
B
Assumption
Assumption
3
4
5
6
AB
BD
D
B&D
2 I
1, 3 E
2, 4 E
2, 5 &I
f. Derive: B
1
2
98
( B H) M
K&M
Assumption
Assumption
Assumption
4
5
6
7
BH
M
M
3 I
1, 4 E
2 &E
36 E
3. Validity
b. Derive: W
1
2
R & (C & F)
(R S) W
Assumption
Assumption
3
4
5
R
RS
W
1 &E
3 I
2, 4 E
d. Derive: D
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
(A F) & (F D)
[(M H) C] A
(M H) & C
Assumption
Assumption
Assumption
C
(M H) C
A
AF
F
FD
D
3 &E
4 I
2, 5 E
1 &E
6, 7 E
1 &E
8, 9 E
f. Derive: C [A (S H)]
1
2
Assumption
C
Assumption
A
Assumption
5
6
7
8
H
SH
A (S H)
C [A (S H)]
Assumption
1R
45 I
36 I
27 I
h. Derive: A (D C)
1
2
3
A (B C)
DB
A
Assumption
Assumption
Assumption
5
6
7
8
9
BC
B
C
DC
A (D C)
Assumption
1, 3
4, 2
6, 5
47
38
E
E
E
I
I
99
j. Derive: H
1
2
3
BZ
NB
Z&N
Assumption
Assumption
Assumption
Assumption
5
6
7
8
9
Z
B
N
B
H
3 &E
1, 5 E
3 &E
2, 7 E
48 I
4. Theorems
b. Derive: A (B A)
1
Assumption
3
4
5
A
BA
A (B A)
Assumption
1R
23 I
14 I
d. Derive: (A & A) (B & B)

1
A&A
(B & B)
3
4
5
6
A
A
B&B
(A & A) (B & B)
Assumption
Assumption
1 &E
1 &E
24 E
15 I
f. Derive: A A
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
(A A)
A
AA
(A A)
A
AA
(A A)
AA
Assumption
Assumption
2 I
1R
2 4 I
5 I
1R
17 E
h. Derive: (A & A) A
1
A&A
Assumption
1 &E
Assumption
4
5
6
A
A&A
(A & A) A
3R
3, 4 &I
12, 35 I
j. Derive: A [(B & A) C]

1
Assumption
B&A
Assumption
Assumption
4
5
6
7
8
A
A
2 &E
1R
35 E
26 I
17 I
C
(B & A) C
A [(B & A) C]
5. Equivalence
b. Derive: A & (B & C)
1
(A & B) & C
Assumption
2
3
4
5
6
7
A&B
A
B
C
B&C
A & (B & C)
1 &E
2 &E
2 &E
1 &E
4, 5 &I
3, 6 &I
Derive: (A & B) & C

1
A & (B & C)
Assumption
2
3
4
5
6
7
A
B&C
B
A&B
C
(A & B) & C
1 &E
1 &E
3 &E
2, 4 &I
3 &E
5, 6 &I
d. Derive: A A
1
A&A
Assumption
2
3
A
AA
1 &E
2 I
101
Derive: A & A
1
AA
Assumption
Assumption
2R
Assumption
5
6
7
8
A
A
A
A&A
4R
1, 23, 45 E
6R
6, 7 &I
f. Derive: B A
1
AB
Assumption
Assumption
1, 2 E
Assumption
5
6
B
BA
1, 4 E
23, 45 I
Derive: A B
1
BA
Assumption
Assumption
1, 2 E
Assumption
5
6
B
AB
1, 4 E
23, 45 I
6. Inconsistency
PP
PP
Assumption
Assumption
Assumption
4
5
6
P
P
P
Assumption
8
9
10
P
P
2, 7 E
7R
79 E
b. 1
2
1, 3 E
3R
35 I
d. 1
2
3
(E F) (G & I)
(G F) I
FE
F
Assumption
E
EF
G&I
G
GF
I
I
F
EF
G&I
G
GF
I
I
3, 4 E
5 I
1, 6 E
7 &E
8 I
2, 9 E
7 &E
411 E
12 I
1, 13 E
14 &E
15 I
16, 2 E
14 &E
1
2
3
FG
FH
( F G) & H
Assumption
Assumption
Assumption
4
5
3 &E
Assumption
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
f.
Assumption
Assumption
Assumption
6
7
8
9
10
11
F
H
H
F
G
FG
F
5, 2 E
4R
57 E
1, 8 E
3 &E
Assumption
12
Assumption
13
14
15
F
F
G
11 R
8R
1214 E
16
Assumption
16 R
10, 1115, 1617 E
17
18
103
7. Derivability
b. Derive: E H
1
2
C ( D H)
C&D
Assumption
Assumption
3
4
5
6
7
C
DH
D
H
EH
2 &E
1, 3 E
2 &E
3 &E
6 I
d. Derive: (A & I)
1
2
AB
IB
Assumption
Assumption
A&I
Assumption
4
5
6
7
8
A
B
I
B
(A & I)
3 &E
1, 4 E
3 &E
2, 6 E
47 I
8. Validity
b. Derive: A
1
2
3
BQ
AB
QA
Assumption
Assumption
Assumption
Assumption
2, 4 E
Assumption
3, 6 E
1, 45, 67 E
7
8
d. Derive: G N
1
2
3
[ (M & F) N] G
NG
G
Assumption
Assumption
Assumption
Assumption
5
6
7
G
G
N
2, 4 E
3R
46 E
Assumption
9
10
11
(M & F) N
G
GN
8 I
1, 9 E
37, 810 I
9. Theorems
b. Derive: (A B) (B A)
1
AB
Assumption
Assumption
BA
2 I
Assumption
5
6
7
BA
BA
(A B) (B A)
4 I
1, 23, 45 E
15 I
d. Derive: (A B) (B A)
1
AB
Assumption
Assumption
3
4
5
A
BA
(A B) (B A)
1, 2 E
23 I
14 I
10. Equivalence
b. Derive: A (A A)
1
AA
Assumption
Assumption
4
5
6
A
AA
A (A A)
Assumption
3R
34 I
25 I
Derive: A A
1
A (A A)
Assumption
Assumption
3
4
A
AA
2R
23, 23, I
105
d. Derive: (A & C) (B & C)

1
(A B) & C
Assumption
2
3
(A B)
A
1 &E
Assumption
4
5
6
C
A&C
(A & C) (B & C)
1 &E
3, 4 &I
5 I
Assumption
8
9
10
11
C
B&C
(A & C) (B & C)
(A & C) (B & C)
1 &E
7 &E
9 I
2, 36, 710 E
Derive: (A B) & C
1
(A & C) (B & C)
Assumption
A&C
Assumption
3
4
5
6
A
AB
C
(A B) & C
2 &E
3 I
2 &E
4, 5 &I
B&C
Assumption
8
9
10
11
12
B
AB
C
(A B) & C
(A B) & C
7 &E
8 I
7 &E
9, 10 &I
1, 26, 711 E
11. Inconsistency
b. { G & Y, Y G}
1
2
G&Y
YG
Assumption
Assumption
3
4
5
Y
G
G
1 &E
1 &E
3, 2 I
d. {P (A & Y), Y ( A & P), P Y}

1
2
3
P (A & Y)
Y ( A & P)
PY
Assumption
Assumption
Assumption
Assumption
5
6
7
8
9
10
A&Y
A
Y
A&P
A
A&A
1, 4 E
5 &E
5 &E
2, 7 E
8 &E
6, 9 &I
11
Assumption
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
A&P
A
P
A&Y
A
A&A
A&A
A
A
2, 11 E
12 &E
12 &E
1, 14 E
15 &E
13, 16 &I
3, 410, 1117 E
18 &E
18 &E
12. Derivability
b. Derive: K
1
K (K K)
Assumption
Assumption
2R
KK
Assumption
4, 23, 23 E
1, 23, 45 E
5
6
d. Derive: A
1
2
AB
B
Assumption
Assumption
Assumption
3R
Assumption
Assumption
7
8
9
10
B
B
2R
5R
68 E
1, 34, 59 E
A
A
107
f. Derive: A
1
2
A ( B C)
BC
Assumption
Assumption
( B C)
Assumption
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Assumption
BC
( B C)
4 I
3R
46 E
2, 7 E
8 I
3R
310 E
1, 11 E
B
C
BC
( B C)
BC
A
h. Derive: P (Q R)
1
(P Q) R
Assumption
PQ
Assumption
Assumption
P (Q R)
3 I
Assumption
6
7
8
QR
P (Q R)
P (Q R)
5 I
6 I
2, 34, 57 E
Assumption
10
11
12
QR
P (Q R)
P (Q R)
9 I
10 I
1, 28, 911 E
j. Derive: H
1
2
RH
RH
Assumption
Assumption
Assumption
3R
Assumption
Assumption
6R
Assumption
9
10
11
12
13
14
H
R
R
H
H
H
Assumption
8R
5R
911 I
1, 67, 812 E
2, 34, 513 E
l. Derive: W (S L)
1
2
(S L) W
(S L) W
Assumption
Assumption
(S L)
Assumption
(S L)
Assumption
Assumption
6
7
8
(S L)
(S L)
W
4R
3R
57 I
Assumption
10
11
W
W
9R
2, 48, 910 E
12
Assumption
13
14
15
16
17
(S L)
W
W
(S L)
W (S L)
Assumption
1, 13 E
12 R
1315 I
311, 1216 I
109
n. Derive: E M
1
2
3
[E (L M)] & (E F)
LD
DL
Assumption
Assumption
Assumption
4
5
E (L M)
E
1 &E
Assumption
6
7
E
EM
5R
6 I
LM
Assumption
Assumption
10
Assumption
11
12
13
14
15
L
D
L
E
EM
9R
11, 2 E
12, 3 E
1013 E
14 I
16
Assumption
17
18
19
EM
EM
EM
16 I
8, 915, 1617 E
4, 57, 818 E
p. Derive: A B
1
(A B)
Assumption
Assumption
3
4
Assumption
Assumption
Assumption
6
7
8
A
A
B
2R
4R
57 E
Assumption
10
Assumption
11
12
13
14
15
16
B
B
9R
3R
1012 E
48, 913 I
1R
3 15 E
17
Assumption
A
AB
(A B)
18
Assumption
19
Assumption
20
17 R
21
Assumption
22
23
24
25
26
A
AB
(A B)
A
AB
18 R
1920, 2122 I
1R
1824 I
216, 1725 I
13. Validity
b. Derive: Q
1
2
KQ
K
Assumption
Assumption
Assumption
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Assumption
K
K
2R
4R
46 E
1, 7 E
3R
39 E
K
Q
Q
Q
111
d. Derive: (A C)
1
2
AB
BC
Assumption
Assumption
AC
Assumption
Assumption
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
B
A
C
C
2, 4 E
1, 5 E
3, 6 E
4R
48 E
3, 9 E
1, 10 E
2, 11 E
312 I
C
A
B
C
(A C)
f. Derive: Q
1
2
3
Q ( J D)
D
J
Assumption
Assumption
Assumption
( J D)
Assumption
Assumption
6
7
8
9
J
D
D
Q
3R
4, 6 E
2R
58 E
10
Assumption
10 R
1, 49, 1011 E
11
12
h. Derive: A ( K C)
1
2
A ( K C)
( K C) A
A
3
4
Assumption
Assumption
KC
Assumption
Assumption
Assumption
6
7
8
A
A
( K C)
4R
3R
57 I
( K C)
Assumption
10
11
( K C)
( K C)
9R
1, 48, 910 E
12
( K C)
Assumption
13
14
A
A ( K C)
2, 12 E
311, 1213 I
j. Derive: A
1
2
3
AB
BC
C
Assumption
Assumption
Assumption
Assumption
Assumption
5R
Assumption
Assumption
9
10
11
12
B
B
A
7R
4R
810 E
1, 56, 711 E
13
Assumption
14
Assumption
15
16
17
18
C
C
13 R
3R
1416 E
2, 412, 1317 E
A
A
113
l. Derive: (P & [G (A & B)]) ( C E)

1
2
3
4
B (E F)
A (C D)
AB
D&F
Assumption
Assumption
Assumption
Assumption
Assumption
6
7
CD
C
5, 2 E
Assumption
8
9
10
11
D
D
C
CE
6, 7 E
4 &E
79 I
10 I
12
Assumption
13
14
EF
E
1, 12 E
Assumption
15
16
17
18
19
20
F
F
E
CE
CE
(P & [G (A & B)]) ( C E)
13, 14 E
4 &E
1416 I
17 I
3, 511, 1218 E
19 I
n. Derive: K
1
2
3
4
5
(A B) (C & D)
(A E) & (B F)
K (E F)
CB
K
Assumption
Assumption
Assumption
Assumption
Assumption
AB
6
7
Assumption
Assumption
8
9
10
AE
E
EF
2 &E
7, 8 E
9 I
11
Assumption
12
13
14
15
BF
F
EF
EF
2 &E
11, 12 E
13 I
6, 710, 1114 E
16
C&D
Assumption
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
C
B
BF
F
EF
EF
(E F)
K
16 &E
4, 17 E
2 &E
18, 19 E
20 I
1, 615, 1621 E
3, 5 E
523 I
14. Theorems
b. Derive: A A
1
Assumption
3
4
5
A
A
A
1R
2R
24 I
Assumption
7
8
9
10
11
Assumption
Assumption
A
A
6R
7R
79 E
15, 610 I
A
AA
115
d. Derive: [(A B) A] A
1
2
(A B) A
A
Assumption
Assumption
Assumption
Assumption
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
A
A
3R
2R
46 E
37 I
1, 8 E
2R
210 E
111 I
B
AB
A
A
A
[(A B) A] A
f. Derive: (A B) [(A B) & (B A)]

1
AB
Assumption
Assumption
3
4
5
B
AB
B
1, 2 E
23 I
Assumption
6
7
8
A
BA
(A B) & (B A)
1, 5 E
56 I
4, 7 &I
(A B) & (B A)
Assumption
10
Assumption
11
12
AB
B
9 &E
10, 11 E
13
Assumption
14
15
16
17
BA
A
AB
(A B) [(A B) & (B A)]
9 &E
13, 14 E
1012, 1315 I
18, 916 I
h. Derive: [(A B) C] [(A C) & (B C)]

1
2
(A B) C
A
Assumption
Assumption
AB
C
AC
B
2 I
1, 3 E
24 I
Assumption
7
8
9
10
AB
C
BC
(A C) & (B C)
6 I
1, 7 E
68 I
5, 9 &I
11
(A C) & (B C)
Assumption
3
4
5
6
12
AB
Assumption
13
Assumption
14
15
AC
C
11 &E
13, 14 E
16
Assumption
17
18
19
20
21
BC
C
11 &E
16, 17 E
12, 1315, 1618 E
1219 I
110, 1120 I
C
(A B) C
[(A B) C] [(A C) & (B C)]
15. Equivalence
b. Derive: B & B
1
2
3
4
5
A&A
(B & B)
A
A
B&B
Assumption
Assumption
1 &E
1 &E
24 E
Derive: A & A
1
2
3
4
5
B&B
(A & A)
B
B
A&A
Assumption
Assumption
1 &E
1 &E
24 E
117
d. Derive: A B
1
AB
Assumption
Assumption
4
5
6
A
A
B
1, 3 E
2R
35 I
Assumption
8
9
10
11
12
A
B
B
A
AB
Assumption
Assumption
1, 8 E
7R
810 I
26, 711 I
Derive: A B
1
2
AB
A
Assumption
Assumption
Assumption
4
5
6
A
A
B
1, 3 E
2R
35 E
Assumption
Assumption
9
10
11
12
B
B
1, 8 E
7R
810 E
26, 711 I
A
AB
f. Derive: (A & B) ( A & B)

1
2
3
(A B)
[(A & B) ( A & B)]
A
Assumption
Assumption
Assumption
Assumption
5
6
7
8
A&B
(A & B) ( A & B)
[(A & B) ( A & B)]
B
3, 4 &I
5 I
2R
47 E
Assumption
10
Assumption
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
A&B
(A & B) ( A & B)
[(A & B) ( A & B)]
10, 9 &I
11 I
2R
1013 E
38, 914 I
1R
216 E
A
AB
(A B)
(A & B) ( A & B)
Derive: (A B)
1
2
3
(A & B) ( A & B)
A&B
AB
Assumption
Assumption
Assumption
4
5
6
7
A
B
B
(A B)
2 &E
3, 4 E
2 &E
36 I
A&B
Assumption
9
10
11
12
13
14
AB
B
A
A
(A B)
(A B)
Assumption
8 &E
9, 10 E
8 &E
912 I
1, 27, 813 E
119
16. Inconsistency
b. 1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
d. 1
2
3
4
5
B (A & A)
B (A & A)
B
Assumption
Assumption
Assumption
A&A
A
A
B
A&A
A
A
1, 3 E
4 &E
4 &E
36 I
2, 7 E
8 &E
8 &E
A & (B C)
( C H) & (H H)
B
Assumption
Assumption
Assumption
BC
B
1 &E
Assumption
Assumption
7
8
9
B
B
C
5R
3R
68 E
10
Assumption
11
12
13
14
C
C
CH
C
10 R
4, 59, 1011 E
2 &E
Assumption
15
Assumption
16
17
18
C
C
H
12 R
14 R
1517 E
19
Assumption
20
21
22
23
H
H
HH
H
19 R
13, 1418, 1920 E
2 &E
21, 22 E
17. Validity
b. Derive: L F
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
LF
L (C B)
B&C
L
Assumption
Assumption
Assumption
Assumption
CB
C
B
B
L
LF
2, 4 E
3 &E
5, 6 E
3 &E
48 I
9 I
d. Derive: (O & G) L
1
2
(O L) ( L G)
O&G
Assumption
Assumption
OL
Assumption
4
5
O
L
2 &E
3, 4 E
LG
Assumption
Assumption
8
9
10
11
12
G
G
6, 7 E
2 &E
79 E
1, 35, 610 E
211 I
L
L
(O & G) L
f. Derive: L B
1
2
3
(T A) & ( T B)
AL
L
Assumption
Assumption
Assumption
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
TA
A
L
L
T
TB
B
LB
Assumption
1 &E
4, 5 E
2, 6 E
3R
48 I
1 &E
9, 10 E
311 I
121
h. Derive: J R
1
2
3
4
J (H R)
H (B & A)
B (A F)
(F & J)
Assumption
Assumption
Assumption
Assumption
Assumption
6
7
HR
H
1, 5 E
Assumption
8
9
10
11
12
13
B&A
B
AF
A
F
R
14
15
16
12, 5 &E
4R
1315 E
17
Assumption
17 R
6, 716, 1718 E
519 I
18
19
20
F&J
(F & J)
2, 7 E
8 &E
3, 9 E
8 &E
10, 11 E
Assumption
R
JR
18. Inconsistency
b. 1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
( F E) T
E (T & F)
E
Assumption
Assumption
Assumption
T&F
F
FE
T
T
2, 3 E
4 &E
5 I
1, 6 E
4 &E
(H T) D
(H P) (D & T)
HP
DH
d. 1
2
3
4
5
Assumption
HP
D&T
D
H
HT
T
H
P
H
HP
D&T
D
H
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
Assumption
Assumption
Assumption
Assumption
5 I
2, 6 E
7 &E
4, 8 E
1, 8 E
7 &E
10, 11 E
512 I
13, 3 E
14 I
15, 2 E
16 &E
4, 17 E
19. b. Schematically a use of a rule Negation Introduction can be

expressed as
Assumption
j
k
n
Q
Q
P
ik I
We can construct an alternative derivation by inserting four new lines, beginning at line i and renumbering the derivation in the obvious way.
i
Assumption
i1
Assumption
i2
i3
i4
j4
k4
n4
P
P
i1R
iR
i1i3E
P
Q
Q
P
ik4E
Notice that P has been taken as an assumption at line i and P has been
derived at line i 4. Hence Negation Elimination can be used to derive P
at line n 4 (where Negation Introduction had been used to derive P on
line n of the former derivation). This routine could be used to replace any use
of Negation Introduction in favor of Negation Elimination. Thus Negation
Introduction is eliminable.
123
d. To show that a set is inconsistent in SD, both a sentence and its negation must be derived with only members of the set serving as undischarged
assumptions. In this case the auxiliary assumption B is not discharged and
is not a member of the set {A, B A}. In fact, this set is not inconsistent
in SD.
f. The point here is that even a set that contains only one member can
be inconsistent in SD. An obvious case is {A & A}.
1
A&A
Assumption
2
3
A
A
1 &E
1 &E
20. b. Assume that a sentence P of SL is a theorem in SD. Then, by denition, P is derivable in SD from the empty set. By *, P is truth-functionally
entailed by the empty set. By Exercise 2.a of Section 3.6E, then, P is truthfunctionally true. Assume that a sentence P of SL is truth-functionally true. By
Exercise 2.a of Section 3.6E, P is truth-functionally entailed by . By *, it follows that | P in SD. So P is a theorem in SD.
Section 5.5E
1. Derivability
b. Derive: K L
1
2
(H & G) (L K)
G&H
Assumption
Assumption
3
4
5
H&G
LK
KL
2 Com
1, 3 E
4 Com
d. Derive: F N
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
[(K & J) I] Y
Y & [(I K) F]
Assumption
Assumption
Y
Y
(K & J) I
I (K & J)
(I K) & (I J)
IK
(I K) F
F
FN
2 &E
3 DN
1, 4 DS
5 Com
6 Dist
7 &E
2 &E
8, 9 E
10 I
f. Derive: L H
1
2
3
L ( Z U)
(U & G) H
Z
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Assumption
Assumption
Assumption
Assumption
L ( Z U)
ZU
ZU
U
UG
(U & G)
H
LH
1 Impl
4, 5 E
6 Impl
3, 7 E
8 I
9 DeM
2, 10 DS
411 I
2. Validity
b. Derive: E D
1
2
( A & B) ( A & C)
(E & D) A
Assumption
Assumption
3
4
5
6
1 Dist
3 &E
2,4 MT
5 DeM
A & ( B C)
A
(E & D)
ED
d. Derive: F J
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
F ( G H)
FG
(H I)
F
Assumption
Assumption
Assumption
Assumption
G
GH
GH
H
H&I
H
HJ
J
FJ
2, 4 E
1, 4 E
6 Impl
5, 7 E
3 DeM
9 &E
8 I
10, 11 DS
412 I
125
f. Derive: G
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
G (H & K)
H (L & I)
IK
G
H&K
H
L&I
I
K
I
I&K
( I K)
IK
G
Assumption
Assumption
Assumption
Assumption
1, 4 E
5 &E
2, 6 E
7 &E
5 &E
8 DN
10, 9 &I
11 DeM
3R
413 I
3. Theorems
b. Derive: (A & A)
1
2
3
4
5
6
A&A
A
A
(A & A)
(A & A)
(A & A)
Assumption
1 &E
1 &E
13 I
4 DN
5 DN
d. Derive: [(A & B) (B & A)] & [ (A & B) (B & A)]

1
A&B
Assumption
2
3
4
B&A
(A & B) (B & A)
(A & B)
1 Com
12 I
Assumption
5
6
7
(B & A)
(A & B) (B & A)
[(A & B) (B & A)] & [ (A & B) (B & A)]
4 Com
45 I
3, 6 Conj
f. Derive: [A (B C)] [C (B A)]

1
A (B C)
Assumption
2
3
4
(A B) C
C (A B)
C (B A)
1 Assoc
2 Com
3 Com
C (B A)
Assumption
6
7
8
9
(B A) C
(A B) C
A (B C)
[A (B C)] [C (B A)]
5 Com
6 Com
7 Assoc
14, 58 I
h. Derive: (A [B (A B)]) (A [( A B) B])

1
A [B (A B)]
2
3
4
5
A
A
A
A
A [( A B) B]
7
8
9
10
11
[(B & A) B]
[ (B & A) B]
[( B A) B]
[( A B) B]
A [( B A) B]
A [ (B & A) B]
A [(B & A) B]
A [B (A B)]
(A [B (A B)]) (A [( B A) B])
Assumption
1
2
3
4
Exp
Impl
DeM
Com
Assumption
6 Com
7 DeM
8 Impl
9 Exp
15, 610 I
j. Derive: ( A A) [ ( A A) (A A)]
1
AA
Assumption
2
3
4
5
6
1
2
3
4
5
( A A) (A A)
8
9
10
11
12
13
(A A) A
( A A) A
( A A) A
( A A) ( A A)
( A A) (A A)
( A A) (A A)
(A A) (A A)
A (A A)
A ( A A)
AA
( A A) [ ( A A) (A A)]
Idem
DN
Impl
Idem
Impl
Assumption
7 Impl
8 DN
9 Idem
10 Impl
11 Idem
16, 712 I
4. Equivalence
b. Derive: (B & A) (C & A)
1
A & (B C)
Assumption
2
3
4
(A & B) (A & C)
(B & A) (A & C)
(B & A) (C & A)
1 Dist
2 Com
3 Com
Derive: A & (B C)
1
(B & A) (C & A)
Assumption
2
3
4
(A & B) (C & A)
(A & B) (A & C)
A & (B C)
1 Com
2 Com
3 Dist
127
d. Derive: A ( B C)
1
(A B) C
Assumption
2
3
4
5
(A B) C
(A B) C
( A & B) C
A ( B C)
1
2
3
4
DN
Impl
DeM
Exp
Derive: (A B) C
1
A ( B C)
Assumption
2
3
4
5
( A & B) C
(A B) C
(A B) C
(A B) C
1
2
3
4
Exp
DeM
Impl
DN
f. Derive: ([(C A) & (C B)] & [(D A) & (D B)]) A

1
(A & B) [(C & D) A]
Assumption
2
3
4
5
6
7
[(A & B) (C & D)] A

([(A & B) C] & [(A & B) D]) A
([C (A & B)] & [(A & B) D]) A
([(C A) & (C B)] & [(A & B) D]) A
([(C A) & (C B)] & [D (A & B)] A
([(C A) & (C B)] & [(D A) & (D B)]) A
1
2
3
4
5
6
Assoc
Dist
Com
Dist
Com
Dist
Derive: (A & B) [(C & D) A]

1
([(C A) & (C B)] & [(D A) & (D B)]) A
Assumption
2
3
4
5
6
7
([(C A) & (C B)] & [D (A & B)]) A

([(C A) & (C B)] & [(A & B) D]) A
([C (A & B)] & [(A & B) D]) A
([(A & B) C] & [(A & B) D]) A
[(A & B) (C & D)] A
(A & B) [(C & D) A]
1
2
3
4
5
6
Dist
Com
Dist
Com
Dist
Assoc
5. Inconsistency
b. 1
2
3
4
5
6
[( C C) C]
Assumption
( C C) & C
( C & C) & C
C
C&C
C
1
2
3
3
5
DeM
DeM
&E
&E
&E
d. 1
2
3
4
5
6
B & (H Z)
ZK
(B Z) Z
K
Assumption
Assumption
Assumption
Assumption
Z
B
2, 4 MT
Assumption
5 DN
Assumption
9
10
11
B
BZ
Z
1 &E
67, 89 I
3, 10 E
[(F G) ( F G)] H
(A & H) A
AH
Assumption
Assumption
Assumption
f. 1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
Assumption
1, 4 MT
5 DeM
6 &E
7 Impl
8 DeM
9 &E
6 &E
11 Impl
12 DeM
13 &E
414 E
Assumption
[(F G) ( F G)]
(F G) & ( F G)
(F G)
( F G)
F&G
F
( F G)
( F G)
F&G
F
H
A
A&H
A
A
A
H
16, 15 &I
2, 17 E
16 R
1619 I
20, 3 DS
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6. Validity
b. Derive: L
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
M ( B L)
B
M ( B L)
Assumption
Assumption
Assumption
( B L) M
( B L) M
( B L) M
( B L) ( B L)
( B L) ( B L)
( B L) ( B L)
BL
L
3 Com
4 DN
5 Impl
6, 1 HS
7 Impl
8 DN
9 Idem
2, 10 E
d. Derive: D W
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
[D (S R)] W
(W S) (W D)
R&S
Assumption
Assumption
Assumption
( W S) (W D)
( W S) ( W D)
(S W) ( W D)
S [ W ( W D)]
S
W ( W D)
( W W) D
WD
DW
DW
2 Impl
4 Impl
5 Com
6 Assoc
3 &E
7, 8 DS
9 Assoc
10 Idem
11 Com
12 Impl
f. Derive: ( I & D) A
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
P (A G)
(P & I) (O & D)
I&D
D
OD
(O & D)
(P & I)
PI
PI
I
P
(A G)
A&G
A
( I & D) A
Assumption
Assumption
Assumption
3 &E
4 I
5 DeM
2, 6 MT
7 DeM
8 DN
3 &E
9, 10 DS
1, 11 E
12 DeM
13 &E
314 I
h. Derive: [(W & C) & S] [(S & C) & W]

1
(W S) & ( S C)
Assumption
2
3
4
WS
SC
[(W & C) & S]
1 &E
1 &E
Assumption
5
6
(W & C) S
(W & C)
4 DeM
Assumption
Assumption
W
C
W&C
(W & C)
8
9
10
11
12
2, 7 E
3, 7 E
8, 9 &I
6R
711 E
13
Assumption
13 DN
5, 612, 1314 E
Assumption
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
S
S
W
C
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
S
S
C
S&C
(S & C) & W
[(W & C) & S] [(S & C) & W]
[(W & C) & S] [(S & C) & W]
[(W & C) & S] [(S & C) & W]
2, 16 E
15 R
1618 I
Assumption
3, 20 E
15 R
2022 I
15, 23 &I
24, 19 &I
425 I
26 Impl
27 DN
131
7. Inconsistency
b. 1
2
3
4
[ C (E & P)] B
EC
(P & B) & ( P & B)
BC
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
B
C (E & P)
C
C
E&P
(P & B)
PB
B
P
P
B
C (E & P)
B
B
[ C (E & P)]
C & (E & P)
(E & P)
EP
( P & B)
PB
PB
P
E
C
C
Assumption
Assumption
Assumption
Assumption
Assumption
1, 5 E
4, 5 E
7 DN
6, 8 DS
3 &E
10 DeM
5 DN
11, 12 DS
9 &E
514 I
Assumption
1, 16 E
15 R
1618 I
19 DeM
20 &E
21 DeM
3 &E
23 DeM
24 DN
15, 25 DS
22, 26 DS
2, 27 E
20 &E
8. b. If an argument is valid in SD, then the conclusion of the argument

is derivable in SD from the set of premises. But a derivation in SD is also a derivation in SD since all the derivation rules of SD are derivation rules of SD.
Hence the conclusion is derivable in SD from the set consisting of the premises, and the argument is valid in SD.
CHAPTER SIX
Section 6.2E
2. c. (A & B) ( A & B)
6. In view of Metatheorem 6.2.1, to show that 5 06 is truth-functionally
complete, we need only show that for every sentence containing &, , or
there is a truth-functionally equivalent sentence with the same atomic components containing only the connective 0. To do this, it sufces to note that P 0P
is truth-functionally equivalent to P, (P 0 P) 0 (Q 0 Q) is truth-functionally equivalent to P Q, and (P 0 Q) 0 (P 0 Q) is truth-functionally equivalent to P & Q.
Since we have shown in exercise 5 that {} is truth-functionally complete,
an alternative approach is to show that for every sentence containing only
there is a truth-functionally equivalent sentence with the same atomic components containing only 0. This is simpleevery sentence of the form P Q is
truth-functionally equivalent to [(P 0 P) 0 (Q 0 Q)] 0 [(P 0 P) 0 (Q 0 Q)]. Both are true
when P and Q are both false and false otherwise.
Section 6.3E
3. If the sentence at position k 1, Qk1, is justied by Negation
Elimination, the relevant structure of the derivation is
h
m
n
k1
Q k1
S
S
Q k1
kn E
By the inductive hypothesis m |= S and n |= S. Every member of n,

except possibly Q k1, is a member of k1 and every member of m,
except possibly Q k1, is a member of k1. If follows that every member of
m is a member of k1 { Q k1}, as is every member of n. By 6.3.2, then,
k1 { Q k1} |= S and k1 { Q k1} |= S. By 6.3.4, k1 { Q k1} is
truth-functionally inconsistent. It follows by 6.3.5 that k1 |= Q k1.
4. b. We need to add a clause for the new rule to the induction in the
proof of Metatheorem 6.3.1:
133
13. If Q k1 at position k 1 is justied by B I, then Q k1 is a conditional P Q derived as follows:

h
j
k1
P
PQ
hj B I
By the inductive hypothesis, j |= P. j is a subset of k1 { Q} and so, by

6.3.2, k1 { Q} |= P. By 6.3.3, k1 |= Q P. Because Q P is
truth-functionally equivalent to P Q, it follows that k1 |= P Q.
d. It will sufce to give an example of a derivation in SD* that is not
truth-preserving:
1
2
Assumption
P
Assumption
Assumption
4
5
6
7
P
P
1R
2R
35 E
26 C I
Q
PQ
It is straightforward to verify that {P} does not truth-functionally entail P Q.
Section 6.4E
3. The empty set is consistent in SD if and only if there is at least one
interpretation on which every member of the empty set is true. Because the
empty set has no member, it is trivially true that every member of the empty
set is true on every interpretation.
5. Proof of c: Assume that P Q * and that P *. Then, by a,

P *. But Q is derivable from {P Q, P} as follows:
1
2
PQ
P
Assumption
Assumption
Assumption
Assumption
5
6
7
P
P
Q
3R
2R
46 E
Assumption
8R
1, 37, 89 E
9
10
So, by 6.4.9, Q *. Hence, if P Q *, then either P * or Q *.

Now assume that P * or Q *. Since both {P} P Q and {Q} P Q
(by I), it follows from 6.4.9 that P Q *.
Proof of e: Assume that P Q *. If P *, then, since
{P Q, P} Q (by E), it follows from 6.4.9 that Q *. If P *, then
P * by a. But {P Q, P} Q, as follows:
1
2
PQ
P
Assumption
Assumption
Assumption
4
5
6
P
P
Q
1, 3 E
2R
35 I
So, by 6.4.9, Q *; hence, by a, Q *. If P Q *, then either P *

and Q * or P * and Q *. Now assume that either P * and Q *
or P * (so that P *, by a) and Q * (so that Q *). In either
case P Q * by 6.4.9, since {P, Q} P Q, and {P, Q} P Q, as the
following shows:
135
1
2
Assumption
Assumption
P
Q
Assumption
2R
Assumption
6
7
P
PQ
1R
3 4, 56 I
1
2
P
Q
Assumption
Assumption
Assumption
Assumption
5
6
7
P
P
Q
3R
1R
46 E
Assumption
Assumption
10
11
12
13
Q
Q
8R
2R
911 E
37, 812 I
P
PQ
6. Case 3: P has the form Q R. If Q R is true on A*, then either

Q is true on A* or R is true on A*. Because Q and R each contain fewer than
k 1 occurrences of connectives, it follows that either Q * or R *.
Therefore, by 6.4.11(c), Q R *. If Q R is false on A*, then both Q and
R are false on A*. Therefore, by the inductive hypothesis, Q * and R *.
Therefore, by 6.4.11(c), Q R *.
Case 5: P has the form Q R. If Q R is true on A*, then either
both Q and R are true on A* or both Q and R are false on A*. Because Q and
R each contain fewer than k 1 occurrences of connectives, it follows that
either both Q and R are members of * or neither is. Therefore, by 6.4.11(e),
Q R *. If Q R is false on A*, then either Q is true and R is false on
A*, or Q is false and R is true on A*. Therefore, by the inductive hypothesis,
either Q is a member of * and R is not, or R is a member of * and Q is
not. Therefore, by 6.4.11(e), Q R *.
7. b. By reasoning similar to that given for a, this follows immediately
from Exercise 13.b of Section 5.4E.
CHAPTER SEVEN
Section 7.2E
1. b. The Speaker of the House is a singular term; Republican is not.
x is a Republican
d. Bob and U.Mass are the singular terms.
y unked out of U.Mass.
Bob unked out of y.
y unked out of z.
f. The singular terms are Oregon, Washington, and California.
x is south of Washington and north of California.
Oregon is south of x and north of California.
Oregon is south of Washington and north of x.
x is south of y and north of California.
x is south of Washington and north of y.
Oregon is south of x and north of y.
x is south of y and north of z.
h. The singular terms are three, four, two, and six.
x
3
3
3
x
x
x
3
3
3
times
times
times
times
times
times
times
times
times
times
4 equals 2 times 6.
x equals 2 times 6.
4 equals x times 6.
4 equals 2 times x.
y equals 2 times 6.
4 equals y times 6.
4 equals 2 times y.
x equals y times 6.
x equals 2 times y.
4 equals x times y.
x
x
x
3
x
times
times
times
times
times
y equals z times 6.
y equals 2 times z.
4 equals y times z.
x equals y times z.
y equals z times w.
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Section 7.3E
2. b.
d.
f.
h.
j.
l.
n.
p.
Bct
Bds
( Bak & Bbk) & [( Bck & Bdk) & Bek]
(Atp Ath)
Lbp Ldp
(Tbc & Tca) & (Tbe Tce)
[(Tab & Tac) & (Tad & Tae)]
Tcb Aca
3. b.
d.
f.
h.
j.
l.
n.
p.
r.
(Rc & Bc) & Ic

[(Rb Bb) Ib]
[(Ba & Ia) & (Ib & Bb)] & (Ra Rb)
(Laa & Lac) & (Dab & Dad)
(Adc Abc) & (Acd & Acb)
(Aab & Aad) & (Lab Lad)
(Abd & Adb) (Lbd & Ldb)
[(Rc Bc) Ic] [(Lac Lbc) (Lcc Ldc)]
(Rd & Id) & [((Ra & Ia) (Rb & Ib)) (Rc & Ic)]
4. b. One appropriate symbolization key is

UD:
Sx:
Tx:
Yx:
Wx:
Qx:
Lxy:
Mxyz:
c:
l:
s:
Charles, Linda, Stan

x is a sailor
x is a tennis player
x is a yuppie
x wants to be a yuppie
x is a squash player
x likes y
x likes y more than x likes z
Charles
Linda
Stan
(Sc & Tc) & (Sl & Tl)

Y l & (Wc & Yc)
[(Lcc & Llc) & Lsc] & ([(Mclc Mcsc) & (Mllc Mlsc)] &
(Mslc Mssc))
Ys & (Llc & Mlsc)
[(Ss & Ts) & Qs] & (Mssc & Mssl)
Note that we need different predicates for x likes y and for x likes y more
than x likes z, the rst being a two-place predicate, the second a three-place
predicate. Being a yuppie and wanting to be a yuppie are clearly different
things (one can be either without being the other), so again we need different predicates. Since there are only three persons in this universe of discourse,
for everyone to like someone more than they like Charles is just for each of
the three to like either Linda or Stan more than he or she likes Charles.
d. One appropriate symbolization key is

UD:
Ly:
Ty:
My:
Byz:
Fy:
By:
Jy:
j:
m:
a:
r:
Joan, Mark, Alice, Randy

y is in law school
y is studying tax law
y is studying medical malpractice law
y gets better grades than z
y will nish law school in three years
y will pass the bar exam
y will get a job as an attorney
Joan
Mark
Alice
Randy
(Lj & Lm) & (La & Lr)

(Tj & Tr) & (Mm & Ma)
Bar & Bmj
[(Fj & Fm) & (Fa & Fr)] & [(Bj & Ba) & (Br & Bm)]
[( J j & Ja) ( J j & Jr)] ( Ja & Jr)
Note that we take Everyone but Mark will pass the bar exam to mean that
Mark will not pass that examination. That this is the intent is shown by the last
sentence of the passage, At least two of the three that pass the bar exam will
get jobs as attorneys.
Section 7.4E
1. b.
d.
f.
h.
j.
(x)Bx
(z) Bz
(z)Bz (z)Rz
(x)Bx (x)Rx
(y)By (y)Ry
2. b.
d.
f.
h.
j.
(x)(Ox & Ex)

(y)Ldy
(x)(Ox Lxd)
(z)(Pz & Ez)
Pa & (x)Lxa
3. b.
d.
f.
h.
j.
(x)Px Pj
(z)Pz & Pr
(y)Py & (z)Pz
( Pj (x)Px) & (Pj (x)Px)
(x)Sx (x)Px
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Section 7.5
1. b. Not a formulax cannot occur alone between parentheses in a
formula.
d. Not a formula(x) is a quantier, but (Ex) is not.
f. Not a formulathe result of prexing a formula with a quantier
is a formula only if the original formula includes at least one free occurrence
of the variable from which the quantier is formed.
h. Not a formulathe result of prexing a formula with a quantier
formed from the variable x is a formula only if the original formula does not
already contain a quantier formed from the variable x.
j. Formula and sentence.
l. Formula and sentence.
n. Not a formula(a) is not a quantier.
p. Not a formulaa z-quantier occurs in (Hza (z)Gaz).
2. b. A sentence. The subformulas are
(x) (y)Byx
(y)Byx
(y)Byx
Byx
(x)
(y)
none
d. A sentence. The subformulas are

(y)[(z) Byz Byy]
(z) Byz Byy
(z) Byz
Byy
Byz
Byz
(y)
(z)
none
none
f. Not a sentence. Both occurrences of x are free. The subformulas are

Rax (y)Ryx
Rax
(y)Ryx
(y)Ryx
Ryx
none
(y)
none
h. A sentence. The subformulas are

(x)(y)(z)Myzz & (z)(x)(y)Myzx
(x)(y)(z)Mxyz
(z)(x)(y)Myzx
(y)(z)Mxyz
(z)Mxyz
Mxyz
(x)(y)Myzx
(y)Myzx
Myzx
&
(x)
(z)
(y)
(z)
none
(x)
(y)
none
j. A sentence. The subformulas are

(z)[Fz (w)( Fw & Gwaz)]
Fz (w)( Fw & Gwaz)
Fz
(w)( Fw & Gwaz)
Fw & Gwaz
Fw
Fw
Gwaz
(z)
none
(w)
&
none
none
l. A sentence. The subformulas are

[(x)Fx (x) Fx]
(x)Fx (x) Fx
(x)Fx
Fx
(x) Fx
Fx
(x)
none
(x)
n. A sentence. The subformulas are

(w)(Fw & Fw) (Hc & Hc)
(w)(Fw & Fw)
Hc & Hc
Fw & Fw
Fw
Fw
Hc
Hc
3. b.
d.
f.
h.
j.
l.
n.
p.
Quantied sentence
Truth-functional compound
Atomic sentence
Atomic sentence
Quantied sentence
4. b.
d.
f.
h.
j.
l.
n.
Mba Maa
(Laa & Lab) Laa
Fa & (y)(Cya Caa)
(Fa & Ha) [(z)(Fz & Gz) Ga]
(y)[(z)Hza (z)Hzy]
Fa (w)( Fw & Gwaa)
(w)(y)[(Fawy Fway) Fyaw]

(w)
&
&
none
none
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5. b. A substitution instance.
d. A substitution instance.
f. Not a substitution instancethe form of the open sentence that is
the result of dropping the initial quantier (w) must not be changed in any
of its substitution instances; here (y) has been changed to (y).
h. Not a substitution instanceonly the variable w may be replaced.
6. b.
d.
f.
h.
Not a substitution instanceRaa should be Ray.

A substitution instance.
Not a substitution instancePya should be Paa.
A substitution instance.
Section 7.6E
1. b.
d.
f.
h.
j.
l.
n.
p.
I-sentence
E-sentence
A-sentence
O-sentence
O-sentence
E-sentence
A-sentence
O-sentence
(w)(Dw & Sw)

(x)(Qx Sx)
(z)(Nz Kz)
(y)(Ny & By)
(x)(Qx & Mx)
(x)(Px Sx)
(w)( Mw Zy)
(y)(Py & Iy)
2. b.
d.
f.
h.
j.
l.
n.
p.
(x)(Rx Sx)
(w)(Rw & Cw)
(y)Oy & (y) Oy
(w)(Rw Sw) & (x)(Gx Ox)
(z)(Rz & Lz)
(z)Rx & [(y)Cy & (y) Cy]
(x)Lx & (x)(Lx Bx)
[(w)Sw & (w)Ow] & (w)(Sw & Ow)
3. b. An A-sentence and the corresponding E-sentence of PL can both be

false. Consider the English sentences All positive integers are even and All
positive integers are noneven. Where the UD is positive integers and Ex is
interpreted as x is even these become, in PL, (x)Ex and (x) Ex. Both
are false. Some, but not all, positive integers are even.
An A-sentence and the corresponding E-sentence of PL can both be
true. Consider All tiggers are fast and No tiggers are fast. Where the universe of discourse is mammals, Tx is interpreted as x is a tigger, and Fx as
x is fast, these can be symbolized, respectively, as (x)(Tx Fx) and
(x)(Tx Fx). Both are vacuously true, since there are no tiggers. (For
the rst to be false, there would have to be at least one tigger which is not fast;
for the second to be false, there would have to be at least one tigger which is
fast. That is, in either case there would have to be at least one tigger. And,
again, there are no tiggers.)
Section 7.7E
1. b.
d.
f.
h.
j.
l.
n.
p.
r.
(x)(Px & Hx)

(x)(Px & Hx)
(y)[(Py & Hy) & Dy]
(z)(Iz & Hz)
(z)(Rz & Hz) & (z)(Rz Hz)
(x)[Ix (Px Rx)]
Ih & (Ph & Hh)
(w)Pw & (y)Hy
(w)[(Pw & Iw) & Hw] & (w)[(Pw & Iw) & Lw]
2. b.
d.
f.
h.
j.
l.
n.
p.
(z)(Lz Fz)
(x)(Lx & Cxd)
(x)[(Lx & Fx) Bx]
(x)(Lx & Cxd) & (x)(Tx & Cxd)
(z)([(Lz Tz) & Fz] Bz)
Bd & (x)([(Lx Tx) & Fx] Bx)
(y)[Ly (Fy Cdy)]
Fd (z)(Lz Tz)
3. b.
d.
f.
h.
j.
l.
n.
p.
r.
t.
(x)(Ex & Yx)

(y)(Ey & Yy) & (y)(Ey & Yy)
(y)[(Ey & Yy) Iy]
(x)(Ex & Sx) Sf
(y)(Yy & Iy)
(Yf Pf) & (Pf If)
(z)[(Pz & Rzz) & Yz]
(x)([Ex Lx) & Ix] Rxx)
(z)([Yz & (Ez Lz)] Rzz)
(x)[(Yx & Lx) & (Ex & Nx)]
4. b. (y)[(Py & Oy) Uy]

d. (z)[Az (Oz Uz)] & (x)[Px (Ux & Ox)]
f. [(x)(Ax & Ux) (x)(Px Ux)] &
[(y)(Py & Uy) (w)(Sw Uw)]
h. ((w)[Aw (Ow & Uw)] & (y)[Sy (Uy & Oy)]) &
(z)[Pz (Oz & Uz)]
j. ((x)[Px & (Ux & Sx)] & (x)[Ax & (Ox & Px)]) &
(x)(Ax & Sx)
5. b.
d.
f.
h.
j.
l.
Neither one nor four is prime.

No integer is both even and odd.
One is the smallest positive integer.
Every prime is larger than one.
No integer is both odd and evenly divisible by two.
Not every integer is evenly divisible by two.
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n. Each integer is such that if it is evenly divisible by two then it is not

evenly divisible by three.
p. There is an integer that is both prime and evenly divisible by two.
r. Every prime is larger than one.
Section 7.8E
1. b.
d.
f.
h.
j.
l.
(y)[Sy & (Cy & Ly)]

(x)(([Sx & Cx] & Lx) Yx)
(z)[(x)(Sx & Dzx) Sz]
(y)[(Sy & ( Ly & Cy)) (x)(Dxy Sxy)]
(w)[(Sw & [(x)Dxy & (x)Sxy]) Lw]
(x)[Wx (Sx (y)[(Dxy Sxy) & Sy])]
2. b.
d.
f.
h.
j.
l.
n.
(x)[Ax & (y)(Fy Exy)] (y)(Fy Ejy)

(y)[(Ay & (x)(Fx Eyx)) Ry]
(w)(Fw Uw) & (w)(Uw Fw)
(x)[(Fx & Ax) (y)[(Fy & Ay) & Exy]]
(y)((Fy & My) (x)[(Fx & Mx) Eyx])
(x)[(Ax & Fx) & (y)[(Ay & Fy) Dxy]]
(x)(y)Dxy & (x)[(y)Dxy (Ax & Fx)]
3. b.
d.
f.
h.
j.
l.
n.
p.
(y)[(Py & (z)(Szy Byz)) Dy]

(y)(Py (z)[Szy (Byz Bzy)])
(x)(y)([(Py & Sxy) & Byx] (Wy & Wx))
(x)[Px & (y)Nxy]
(x)[(Px & Ux) (y)[Syx (Bxy Gxy)]]
(x)(y)([(Py & Sxy) & Lyx] Wx)
(z)(Pz & Nzt)
(w)[(Pw & Nwt) & (y)(Syw & Bwy)]
4. b.
d.
f.
h.
j.
l.
n.
Hildegard loves Manfred whenever Manfred loves Hildegard.

Siegfried always loves Hildegard.
Everyone is unloved at some time.
At every time someone is unloved.
At every time someone loves someone.
Everybody loves somebody sometime.
Someone always loves everyone.
5. b. The product of odd integers is odd.

d. Any prime that is larger than a prime is odd.
f. The product of primes, both of which are larger than two, is odd.
h. There is an even prime.
j. No integer is larger than every integer and for every integer there
is an integer larger than it.
l. The product of a pair of integers is even if and only if at least one

of them is even.
n. Every pair of positive integers is such that if the rst is larger than
the second, then the second is not larger than the rst.
p. The product of any pair of positive integers such that both are prime
and three is larger than the rst is even.
r. There is an even prime and every prime larger than that prime
is odd.
Section 7.9E
1. b.
d.
f.
h.
j.
(x)[(Wx & x d) (y)[Sy & (Dxy Sxy)]]

Sdj & (y)(Syj y d)
(y)[(Wy & y d) Sy]
(x)[(Sxr & Sx) & (y)[(Syr & Sy) y x]]
(x)(y)(([(Sx & Sy) & (Wx & Wy)] & xzy) &
(z)[(Wz & Sz) (z x z y)])
2. b. There is a smallest positive integer.

d. There is no even positive integer less than 2.
f. There are no prime positive integers such that their product is also
prime.
h. The product of any even positive integers is itself even.
j. Every even positive integer is greater than some odd positive integer, and it is not the case that every odd positive integer is greater than some
even positive integer.
3. b. Symmetric only
(x)(y)(Mxy Myx)
d. Transitive only
(x)(y)(z)[(Nxy & Nyz) Nxz]
f. Symmetric, transitive, and reexive (U.D.: physical objects)
(x)Sxx
(x)(y)(Sxy Syx)
(x)(y)(z)[(Sxy & Syz) Sxz]
h. Symmetric only (because author A may coauthor one book with
author B, another with author C)
(x)(y)(Cxy Cyx)
j. Symmetric only
(x)(y)(Fxy Fyx)
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k. Symmetric, transitive, reexive (U.D.: physical objects)

(x)(y)(Wxy Wyx)
(x)(y)(z)[(Wxy & Wyz) Wxz]
(x)Wxx
l. Symmetric only
(x)(y)(Cxy Cyx)
n. Symmetric only
(x)(y)(Cxy Cyx)
p. Neither reexive, nor symmetric, nor transitive
Sjc & (x)(Sxc x j)
(x)[(Dxd & (y)(Dyd y x)) & Px]
Pd & (x)[(Dxd & (y)[(Dyd & y x) Oxy]) & Px]
(x)([Sxh & (y)(Syh y x)] & Mcx)
(x)[(Dxd & (y)[(Dyd & y x) Oxy]) &
(w)[Swh & ((z)(Szh z w) & Mxw)]]
l. (x)[(Bx & (y)(By y x)) & (w)(Mxw & Dwj)]
4. b.
d.
f.
h.
j.
5. b.
d.
f.
h.
j.
l.
n.
p.
r.
t.
Pa & Pf(a)
(x)[(Px & Ex) & (y)[(Py & Ey) y x]]
(y)(Py Pq(y))
(x)(Ex Of(x))
(x)(y)[Et(x,y) (Ex Ey)]
(x)(y)[Es(x,y) [(Ex & Ey) (Ox & Oy)]]
(y)(z)[(Py & Pz) & Pt(x,y)]
(x)[Ex Of(q(x))]
Pb & (x)[(Px & Ex) x b]
(x)[(Px & Pf(x)) & (y)[(Py & Pf(y)) y x]]
CHAPTER EIGHT
Section 8.1E
1. b.
d.
f.
h.
T
F
T
F
2. b.
d.
f.
h.
T
F
T
T
3. b. One interpretation is
UD:
Dx:
Fx:
Gx:
a:
b:
c:

x is odd
x is even
x is prime
1
3
4
d. One interpretation is
UD:
Wxy:
Ex:
a:
b:

x is greater than y
x is even
2
1
f. One interpretation is
UD:
Fx:
Nx:
a:
b:
c:

x is even
x is greater than 1
1
2
3
UD:
Kx:
Mx:
Gx:
a:
h:
Set of museums in New York City

x is in New York City
x is an art museum
x is a natural history museum
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
The Museum of Natural History
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UD:
Ixy:
a:
p:
Set of planets
x is different from y
Venus
Pluto
UD:
Hx:
Fxy:
a:
b:

x is prime
x equals y
1
2
UD:
Dx:
Cxy:
a:
b:
Set of prime numbers

x is even
x is smaller than y
5
3
On this interpretation, (Caa & Cab) Da is false, and Da (Caa & Cab)
is true.
UD:
Kxy:
a:
c:
d:

x is greater than y
2
1
3
On this interpretation, the rst sentence is true and the second is false.
UD:
Fxy:
a:
b:
c:

x plus one equals y
1
3
2
On this interpretation, the rst sentence is true and the second is false.
6. b. No. For Eab & Eba to be true on such an interpretation, Eab

must be true, and Eba must be false. But if the UD contains only one member, both a and b must be interpreted as designating that one member. If
Eab is true on the interpretation, then that member stands in the relation
E to itself, so Eba must be true as wellcontrary to the requirement that Eba
be false.
7. b. True. There are at least two people who are brothers, one of whom
is over 40 years old.
d. False. The sentence says that for any persons x and y, x and y are
sisters if and only if they are brothers. This is false. For example, the Smith
Brothers are brothers, but they are not sisters.
f. True. At least one person w is neither a child nor over forty years
old, so (w)(Cw Bw) is false.
h. False. Not every person who has a sister (and is herself a female) or
a brother (and is himself a male) is a child.
j. False. Not every person w who is either a child or over 40 years old
is such that there is a person y such that w and y are brothers.
8. b. True. Each U.S. President x is such that for every U.S. President y,
if x is female and y is the rst U.S. President (which is false since no U.S.
President is female), then y held ofce after xs rst term of ofce.
d. True. The rst conjunct, (x)Ax & (z)Bz, is true, for at least
one U.S. President was the rst U.S. President, and no U.S. President is female.
The second conjunct, Ag (y)Uy, is true because the antecedent and the
consequent are both true.
f. True. Since no U.S. Presidents are female and all U.S. Presidents are
U.S. citizens, each U.S. President w is such that w is female if and only if w is
not a U.S. citizen.
h. False. (x)(Ax & Bx) is false, because the (only) rst U.S. President was not female; but (y)(Ay Uy) is true, because the (only) rst U.S.
President was a U.S. citizen.
j. True. Because the rst U.S. President was not female, every U.S.
President y trivially satises the conditional that if y is the rst U.S. President
and is female, then George Washington held ofce after ys rst term of ofce.
9. b. False. The number 2 is not equal to 3, but it is not greater than 3
either. So there are at least one positive integer x and one positive integer z
such that it is not the case that x is equal to z if and only if x is greater than z.
d. True. For every positive integer x, there are a positive integer w and
a positive integer z such that w is greater than x and z is the sum of x and w.
f. True. Every positive integer is either equal to or greater than 1.
h. False. Not every positive integer y is such that if 2 is even and some
positive integer is equal to 2 (the conjunction is true), then y equals 3 2.
j. False. There is no even positive integer x that is greater than 3 and
that is such that no positive integer equals x 3.
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Section 8.2E
1. b. The sentence is false on the following interpretation:
Fx: x is odd
Gx: x is positive
At least one positive integer is odd or positive, and at least one positive integer is odd, but there is no positive integer that is not positive.
d. The sentence is false on the following interpretation:
UD:
Fxy:
Gx:
b:

x is greater than y
x is odd
1
Every positive integer either is greater than 1 or is odd, but it is not the case
that either every positive integer is greater than 1 or every positive integer is
odd.
f. The sentence is false on the following interpretation:
Ax: x is negative
Bx: x is odd
The antecedent, (x)(Ax (y)By), is trivially true, for no positive integer
is negative. But the consequent is false. Since some positive integers are odd
but no positive integer is negative, no positive integer y is such that if y is odd
then every positive integer is negative.
2. b. The sentence is true on the following interpretation:
Fx: x is odd
At least one positive integer is odd, and at least one positive integer is not odd.
d. The sentence is true on the following interpretation:
Fx: x is negative
Every positive integer x is such that if some positive integer is negative (which
is false), then x is not negative.
f. The sentence is true on the following interpretation:

Dxy: x is greater than y
There is at least one positive integer x such that x is not greater than any
positive integer that is greater than x (in fact, every integer satisfies this
condition).
h. The sentence is true on the following interpretation:
Dxy: x is less than y
3. b. The sentence is true on the following interpretation:
Fx: x is positive
Cx: x is odd
Some positive integer is positive, and every odd positive integer is positive.
The sentence is false on the following interpretation:
Fx: x is odd
Cx: x is positive
Some positive integer is odd, but not every positive integer that is positive
is odd.
d. The sentence is true on the following interpretation:
Fx: x is positive
Gx: x is less than 1
The antecedent, (x)(Fx Gx), is false on this interpretation. Since every
positive integer is positive but no positive integer is less than 1, no positive integer is such that if x is positive, then x is less than 1.
Fx: x is less than 1
Gx: x is odd
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The antecedent, (x)(Fx Gx), is trivially true, as no positive integer is less

than 1. That is, each positive integer x is such that if x is less than 1 (which x
is not), then x is odd. And the consequent is false, for no positive integer is
both less than 1 and odd.
f. The sentence is true on the following interpretation:
UD:
Mx:
a:
b:

x is even
2
4
2 and 4 are both even, and at least one positive integer is not even.
UD:
Mx:
a:
b:

x is even
3
4
The conjunct Ma is false, since 3 is not even.

h. The sentence is true on the following interpretation:
Gx: x is negative
Hx: x is prime
The rst disjunct, for example, is trueno positive integer is negative.
Gx: x is even
Hx: x is prime
At least one positive integer is prime, and at least one is even, and not all positive integers are both prime and even.
4. b. If the antecedent is true on an interpretation, then either every
object in the UD is in the extension of F or every object in the UD is in the
extension of G. Either way, every object in the UD is either F or G, so the
consequent is also true. If the antecedent is false on an interpretation, then
the conditional is trivially true. So the sentence is true on every interpretation.
d. Assume that the antecedent is true on some interpretation. Then

every member of the UD stands in the relation M to at least one member of
the UD. Because a UD must be nonempty, it follows that at least one pair of
members of the UD is in the extension of M. So on every interpretation on
which the antecedent is true, the consequent is true as well.
5. b. For the sentence to be true, all three conjuncts must be true. But if
(w)Fw and (w)(Fw Gw) are both true on an interpretation, then some
member w of the UD is in the extension of F and not in the extension of G
(since no F is G). But then (w)(Fw Gw) is false, for at least one member
of the UD is F but not G. So the three conjuncts cant all be true on the same
interpretation. Hence the sentence is false on every interpretation.
d. If the rst conjunct is true on an interpretation, then at least one
member of the UD is in the extension of F but not in the extension of G.
This member thus fails to satisfy Fx Gx, so the second conjunct must be
false. Therefore there is no interpretation on which both conjuncts are true.
6. b. The sentence is quanticationally indeterminate. It is true on the
interpretation
Gx: x is odd
Hx: x is even
because at least one positive integer is odd and at least one is even, but no positive integer is both odd and even.
Gx: x is less than zero
Hx: x is even
The rst conjunct is false on this interpretation.
d. The sentence is quanticationally true. If the antecedent is true,
then every member of the UD is F, and so every member of the UD is either
F or G, so there is no member of the UD that fails to be either F or G. Therefore it is impossible for the antecedent to be true and the consequent false.
f. The sentence is quanticationally true. If there is a member of the
UD to which everything that is D bears the relation H, then everything that is
D is such that there is a member of the UD to which it bears the relation H.
Section 8.3E
1. b. The rst sentence is true and the second false on the following
interpretation:
Fx: x is a multiple of 2
Gx: x is an odd number
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Some positive integer is a multiple of 2 and some positive integer is odd, but
no positive integer is both a multiple of 2 and odd.
d. The rst sentence is true and the second false on the following
interpretation:
UD:
Fx:
Gx:
a:
b:

x is a negative number
x is an odd number
3
2
Every positive integer x is such that either x is negative or 3 is odd, since the
latter is true; but no positive integer x is such that either x is negative (which
it is not) or 2 is odd (which it is not).
f. The rst sentence is false and the second true on the following
interpretation:
Fx: x is even
Gx: x is prime
Some even positive integers are not prime, so (x)(Fx Gx) is false. But
every positive integer y is trivially such that if every positive integer is even (which
is false), then y is prime.
h. The rst sentence is true and the second false on the following
interpretation:
My: x is odd
Ny: x is negative
The integer 2 is odd if and only if it is negative; but it is not the case that at
least one positive integer is odd if and only if at least one positive integer is
negative.
2. b. Suppose that (x)(Fx Gx) is true on some interpretation. Then
every member of the UD which is F is also G. So no member is both F and not
G; hence (x)(Fx & Gx) is true.
Suppose that (x)(Fx Gx) is false on some interpretation. Then
some member of the UD is F but is not G. So (x)(Fx & Gx) is true and
(x)(Fx & Gx) is false.
d. Suppose that (x)(y)(Mxy & Myx) is true on an interpretation.
Then every pair x and y of members of the UD satises Mxy & Myxso every
such pair is in the extension of M. Therefore, no pair x and y satises
Mxy Myx, and so (x)(y)( Mxy Myx) is true as well.
If the rst sentence is false on an interpretation, then some pair x and y
of members of the UD fails to satisfy Mxy & Myx. So either the pair x,y (in that
order) is not in the extension of M or the pair y,x is not in the extension of M.
Therefore x and y satisfy Mxy Myx, so the second sentence is false as well.
f. (x)(y)(Fxy Hyx) tells us that every x which Fs a y is H-ed by
that y. This makes it true that (x)(y)(Fxy & Hyx), for this statement says
that there is no pair x and y such that x Fs y but y doesnt Hx. The same reasoning runs in the reverse.
3. b. The sentences are not quanticationally equivalent. The rst sentence is false and the second true on the following interpretation:
Fx: x is odd
Gx: x is even
It is false that there is a positive integer that is both even and odd, but it is
true that not every positive integer fails to be even or odd (i.e., it is true that
at least one positive integer is even or odd).
d. The sentences are not quanticationally equivalent. The rst sentence is false and the second true on the following interpretation:
Hxy: x is greater than y
It is false that every positive integer is such that if some positive integer is
greater than y then y is greater than itself; but it is true that for every positive
integer y there is at least one positive integer z such that if z is greater than
itself (which is never true) then z is greater than y.
4. b. All the set members are true on the following interpretation:
Fx: x is prime
Gx: x is even
At least one positive integer is prime or at least one positive integer is even,
at least one positive integer is not prime, and at least one positive integer is
not even.
d. All the set members are true on the following interpretation:
UD:
Dxy:
Bxy:
a:
b:

x is evenly divisible by y
x is equals y
1
2
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The rst sentence is true, for every positive integer x is such that 1 is evenly
divisible by x if and only if 1 equals x. The second sentence is true, for
1 is not evenly divisible by 2, and the third sentence is true, for 2 does not
equal 1.
f. All the set members are true on the following interpretation:
Fx: x is odd
Bxy: x is greater than y
At least one positive integer is odd, every odd positive integer w is such that at
least one positive integer is greater than w, and no positive integer is greater
than itself.
h. All the set members are true on the following interpretation:
Bx: x is negative
Cxy: x is greater than y
Every positive integer is negative if and only if it is greater than all positive integers, no positive integer is negative, and at least one positive integer is greater
than some positive integer.
5. b. If the set is quanticationally consistent, then there is an interpretation on which both of the set members are true. But, if (x)(y)(Bxy Byx)
is true on an interpretation, then at least one member x of the UD is
such that either x stands in the relation B to at least one member of the UD
or at least one member of the UD stands in the relation B to x. Either way,
it follows that there is at least one member of the UD that stands in the
relation B to some member of the UD. Hence (x)(y)Bxy is true, and
(x)(y)Bxy is false. There is no interpretation on which both set members
are true.
d. If the rst set member is true on an interpretation, then the individual denoted by a is in the extension of B. If the second is true as well,
then the individual denoted by a stands in the relation D to at least one
member of the UD. In this case, the individual denoted by a fails to satisfy
Bx (y) Dxy, because it satises the antecedent but not the consequent.
Therefore on such an interpretation the third set member must be false. We
conclude that there is no interpretation on which all three set members are true.
f. If the rst sentence is true on an interpretation, then either everything in the UD is F or nothing in the UD is F. But then there cannot be members y and x of the UD such that y is F and x isnt, so the second sentence will
be false. Thus there can be no interpretation on which both members of the
set are true.
6. b. The set is quanticationally consistent, as the following interpretation shows:

Gxy: x is greater than y
There is at least one pair of positive integers such that one is greater than the
other, and no positive integer is greater than itself. Thus there is at least one
interpretation on which both members of the set are true.
d. The set is quanticationally consistent, as the following interpretation
shows:
UD:
Px:
Hxy:
a:

x is even
x is greater than y
the number 1
At least one positive integer is even, every even positive integer is greater than
1, and at least one positive integer is greater than 1, so it is true that not all
positive integers fail to be greater than 1. Thus there is at least one interpretation on which both set members are true.
Section 8.4E
1. b. The set members are true and Fb false on the following
interpretation:
UD:
Fy:
a:
b:

y is greater than 4
3
4
Since every positive integer is greater than 4 and Fa is true, every positive
integer satises the condition specied by (y)(Fy Fa). The sentence Fa
is true and Fb is false, for both 3 and 4 are greater than 4.
d. The set members are true and (x)Cx false on the following
interpretation:
Bx: x is even
Cx: x is greater than 1
Every even positive integer is greater than 1, and there is at least one positive
integer that is even, but not all positive integers are greater than 1.
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f. The set members are true and (x)(Hx Gx) false on the following interpretation:
UD:
Fx:
Gx:
Hx:

x is even
x is divisible by 2
x is odd
Every even positive integer is divisible by 2, no odd positive integer is even, and
no odd positive integer is divisible by 2.
h. The set members are true and (x)(y)Jxy false on the following
interpretation:
Hxy: x times y equals y
Jxy: x is greater than y
The number 1 multiplied by any number equals that number, so 1 satises
(y)(Hxy Jxy) and the rst sentence is true. All positive integers other than
1 satisfy (y) Hxy, so the second sentence is true. But no positive integer
is greater than every positive integer.
2. b. The premises are true and the conclusion false on the following
interpretation:
Fx: x is negative
a: 1
The second disjunct of the premises is true, and, since no positive integer is
negative, (z)Fz is false.
d. The premises are true and the conclusion false on the following
interpretation:
UD:
Fx:
Gx:
a:

x is odd
x is positive
2
Every odd positive integer is positive and 2 is positive, but 2 is not odd.
f. The premises are true and the conclusion false on the following
interpretation:
Mxy: x squared equals y
Nxy: x is less than or equal to y
Every pair of positive integers x and y is such that if x squared equals y, then
x is less than or equal to y, but no pair of positive integers other than the pair
consisting of 1 and itself is such that if x squared equals y then x and y are
each less than or equal to the other.
h. The premises are true and the conclusion false on the following
interpretation:
UD:
Fx:
Gxy:
a:
b:

x is odd
x is less than y
1
3
Because 1 and 3 are both odd, the rst disjunct of each premise is true. But
the conclusion, which says that some positive integer is less than 1, is false.
3. b. A symbolization of the rst argument is
(x)Dx
(x) Dx
To see that this argument is quanticationally valid, assume that (x)Dx is
true on some interpretation. Then (x)Dx is false. But then some member
of the UD doesnt satisfy the condition specied therein; that is, some member of the UD cant dance. Then (x) Dx is true as well.
A symbolization of the second argument is
(x)(Rx Dx)
(x)(Rx & Dx)
The following interpretation makes the premise true and the conclusion
false:
Rx: x is negative
Dx: x is prime
d. A symbolization of the rst argument is
(x)Ex & (x)Dx
(x)Ex (x)Dx
To see that this argument is quanticationally valid, assume that the premise
is true on some interpretation. Then both conjuncts are true. But the conjuncts
are the immediate components of the biconditional conclusion, so the conclusion is true as well.
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(x)(Ex Dx)
(x)Ex
The premise is true and the conclusion false on the following interpretation:
Ex: x is a negative number
Dx: x equals 0
Since no positive integer is either a negative number or equal to 0, the condition specied in the premise is satised by every positive integer. The conclusion
is obviously false.
f. A symbolization of the rst argument is
(x)[(Sx & Rx) Dx]
(x)(Sx & Rx)
(x)(Sx & Dx)
To see that this argument is quanticationally valid, assume that the premises
are true on some interpretation. By the second premise, some member of the
UD is in the extension of S but not R. By the rst premise, this member
must also be in the extension of D. Therefore this member satises both conjuncts of (Sx & Dx), so the conclusion is true as well.
(x)(Sx & Rx)
(x)(Sx & Dx)
The premise is true and the conclusion false on the following interpretation:
UD:
Sx:
Rx:
Dx:

x is prime
x is odd
x is negative
The number 2 is both prime and not odd. But no positive integer is negative,
so the conclusion is false.
4. b. The argument is quanticationally valid. If the rst premise is true
on an interpretation, then every member of the UD that is in the extension of
S is either in the extension of G or in the extension of B. If the second
premise is also true, then at least one member of the UD is in the extension
of S but not in the extension of B. From the rst premise, it follows that
that member must therefore be in the extension of G. So the conclusion is

true, since at least one member of the UD is in the extension of G.
d. The argument is quanticationally valid. If the rst premise is true
on an interpretation, then there is a pair of members of the UD such that one
is in the extension of R, the other is in the extension of S, and the pair is
in the extension of P. If the second is true, then the member of the previous
pair that is in the extension of R is also in the extension of T. So there is a
pair of members of the UD such that the rst is in the extension of T and
the pair is in the extension of P.
Section 8.5E
1. b.
d.
f.
h.
Faa & Ca
Daa Faa
(Ca Ba)
(Daa Faa) Ba
2. Remember that, in expanding a sentence containing the individual

constant g, we must use that constant.
b. [((Ba & Aa) Daa) & ((Ba & Ab) Dba)] & [((Bb & Aa) Dab)
& ((Bb & Ab) Dbb)]
d. [(Aa Ag) & (Ba Bg)] & [Ag (Ua & Ug)]
f. (Ba Ua) & (Bb Ub)
h. [(Aa & Ba) (Ab & Bb)] [(Aa Ua) & (Ab Ub)]
3. b. [( Eaa Gaa) & ( Eab Gab)] & [( Eba Gba) &
( Ebb Gbb)]
d. [(Gaa & (Maaa Mbaa)) (Gba & (Maab Mbab))] &
[(Gab & (Maba Mbba)) (Gbb & (Mabb Mbbb))]
f. (Eaa Gaa) & (Eba Gba)
h. [(Bb & (Ebb Ecb)) Mcbb] & [(Bb & (Ebb Ecb)) Mcbc]
4. b. Na ((Ba Bb) Bc)
d. ((Ba & Bb) & Bc) ((Ba Bb) Bc)
6. b. One assignment to its atomic components for which the expansion
(Fa Fn) (Fa & Fn)
is true is
Fa
Fn
(Fa Fn)
F
(Fa
&
Fn)
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Using this information, we shall construct an interpretation with a two-member

UD such that neither member is in the extension of F (since Fa and Fn
are both false):
UD: Set consisting of Germany and Italy
Fx: x is in North America
Both (x)Fx and (x)Fx are false on this interpretation, so (x)Fx (x)Fx
is true.
7. b.
d.
Fa
Ga
(Fa
T
Ga) (Fa Ga)
T T
FT
Fab Fbb Ga Gb [(Fab Ga) & (Fbb Gb)] ([Fab & Fbb) (Ga & Gb)]
T
F T
T F
[(Ba
(Aa
&
Ab))
&
Ba
Ha
Fa
Fb
8. b.
(Fa
T
Fb)
T F
Fa
Fa
Fa
d.
T T
&
T
(Bb (Aa
T
(Ba Ha) (Ba
h.
F F
&
Ha)
( Fa
FT
Daa Daa
&
Ab))]
Fb)
T TF
TF
Daa
f.
TT
F F F T
[(Aa (Ba & Bb)) & (Ab (Ba & Bb))]
f. Aa Ab Ba Bb
F
TF
TF
T T
Daa
Daa
h.
Daa
T FT
9. b. Expansion showing that the sentence is true on at least one

interpretation:
Ca
Fa
Fa
(Ca
Fa)
Expansion showing that the sentence is false on at least one

interpretation:
Ca
Cb
Fa
Fb
(Fa
T
Fb)
T F
[(Ca
Fa)
&
(Cb Fb)]
T
d. Expansion showing that the sentence is true on at least one

interpretation:
Fa
Ga
(Fa Ga) (Fa

T
&
Ga)

interpretation:
Fa
Ga
(Fa Ga) (Fa

F
&
Ga)
f. Expansion showing that the sentence is true on at least one

interpretation:
Ma
Mb
Mc
(Ma
&
Mb)
&
[( Ma Mb)
FT
FT
Mc]
T TF

interpretation:
Ma
Mb
(Ma
&
Mb)
&
( Ma
FT
Mb)
F
FT
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h. Expansion showing that the sentence is true on at least one

interpretation:
Ga
Ha
Ga]
[ Ha
FT
FT
(Ha
&
Ga)

interpretation:
[ (Ha
Hb)
Ga
Gb
Ha
Hb
((Ha
&
Ga)
&
(Hb
&
Gb))
T F
(Ga
Gb)]
T T
10. No. The sentence Fa (Gb Fa) is a truth-functional compound,

containing two atomic components. There are only two truth-values that each
of these may have on any interpretation. So we may construct a truth-table for
the sentence to show that on every truth-value assignment the sentence is true.
This will show that the sentence is true on every interpretation and is therefore quanticationally true. And, since a sentence that contains no quantiers
is its own truth-functional expansion, we shall thus have shown by the method
of truth-functional expansions that the sentence is quanticationally true.
(Fa Fb) & (Ga Gb)
12. b.
Fa Fb Ga Gb
T F
T T F
Fa Fb Ga Gb
f.
Fa Fb Ga Gb
T F
T F F
h.
Ma Mb Na Nb
T
F F
(Fa Ga) & (Fb Gb)
T T
T F F
(Fa Ga) (Fb Ga)
d.
F
(Fa & Ga) (Fb & Gb)
F T T
F T
(Fa Gb) (Fb Gb)
F F
T T
T T
((Fa & Fb) Ga) & ((Fa & Fb) Gb)

T F F
T F
T F F
T T
(Ma Na) (Mb Nb) (Ma Mb) (Na Nb)

T
T F
T T

(Fa Fb) (Ga Gb)
13. b.
Fa Fb Ga Gb
F
T T
Baa Bab Bba Daa Dab

F
T T
T T
T FT
TF
T F
T FT
Dab
Bba
TF
TF
f.
h.
TF
(Daa Baa) & (Dab Bab)
d.
T
Fa Fb Ga Gb
Baa
Bab
Bba
Bbb
Fa
Fb
Fa
Fb
[Fa
(Baa
Bba)]
&
[Fb
(Bab
T
Bbb)]
T F
Baa & Bbb

TF
TF
Ba Bb Caa Cab Cba Cbb [Ba (Caa & Cab)] & [Bb (Cba & Cbb)]
F
T F
Ba
TF
F
Bb
T FT
F T
(Caa Cab)
F
F F
(Cba
T T
T T
Cbb)
T T
14. a. Yes. For example, all the set members are true on the following
interpretation:
UD:
Bx:
a:
b:
c:
d:
e:
f:
g:

x is odd
1
3
5
7
9
11
13
b. The minimum size is eight. We must expand the sentence for a set
containing at least seven constants, for there are seven distinct individual constants occurring in the sentences in the set. But if we expand the sentences for
exactly those seven constants, on every truth-value assignment at least one of
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the expanded sentences will be false. For suppose that Ba, Bb, Bc, Bd, Be,
Bf, and Bg are all true on some truth-value assignment. Then the iterated
conjunction of these sentences will be true, so the expansion of (x)Bx
((((((Ba & Bb) & Bc) & Bd) & Be) & Bf) & Bg)
will be false.
But, if we expand the sentences for an eight-constant set, using the
additional individual constant h, then the expansions of all the set members
are true for the following partial assignment:
Ba
Bb
Bc
Bd
Be
Bf
Bg
Bh
Ba
Bb
Bc
Bd
Be
Bf
Bg
(((((((Ba & Bb) & Bc) & Bd) & Be) & Bf) & Bg) & Bh)
T
T T
T T
T T
T T
T T
T T
F F
c. Yes. The (nonexpanded) set members may all be true on an interpretation with a smaller UD if we let more than one constant designate the
same individual. Here is an example of an interpretation with a two-member
UD on which all the set members are true:
UD:
Bx:
a:
b:
c:
d:
e:
f:
g:
The set {1, 2}

x is odd
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
Note that the UD must contain more than one member. For if the
UD contains only one member, then Ba and (x)Bx, for instance, cannot
both be true. If the one set member is in the extension of the predicate B,
then every member of the UD is in the extension of B and (x)Bx is false.
If the one set member is not in the extension of the predicate B, then Ba,
Bb, Bc, and so on are falsefor a, b, c, and so on must all designate
that one member.
15. b.
Fa
( Fa
TF
Fa)
F
Fa
T T F
Fa
F
Fa
Ga
Fa Ga
Ga
Fa
d.
f.
Maa
Mab
Mba
Mbb
Naa
Nab
Nba
Nbb
[(Maa Naa) & (Mab Nab)] & [(Mba Nba) & (Mbb Nbb)]
T
T T
[(Maa
T
T F
(Naa
&
Naa))
&
(Nba
&
Nab))
&
[(Mba
Fa
Fb
Gaa
Gba
Gbb
Fa
Gbb)
Gaa
Gba
Fb
T
( Gaa
TF
T TF
(Mab (Nab
&
h.
T T
(Mbb
T
T T
&
Nba))]
(Nbb
&
Nbb))]
(Gaa Gba)
F
Section 8.6E
1. b.
d.
f.
h.
F
F
T
T

b: 1
Fx: x is even
Not every positive integer identical to 1 (there is only one such integer1) is
even.
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Gx: x is even
Hxy: x is greater than y
There is no even positive integer w that is identical to every positive integer
that is not greater than w.
UD:
The set {1}
It is not true that for every pair of members of the UD that are identical, there
is a member of the UD that is not identical to the rst of the pair.
3. b. For any members x and y of the UD for any interpretation, there is
a member z that is identical to one or the otherlet z be x or y.
4. b. The rst sentence is true and the second false on the following
interpretation:
Fx: x is even
Every positive integer x is such that every positive integer y that is identical to
x (only x meets this condition) is even if and only if x is even, so the rst sentence is true. However, not every pair x and y of positive integers satises the
condition that if x is even just in case y is even, then x is identical to y. The
numbers 2 and 4 are both even, so 2 is even just in case 4 is even. But 2 is not
identical to 4.
d. The rst sentence is false and the second true on the following
interpretation:
Gx: x is odd
No positive integer is such that every other positive integer is odd, but at least
one positive integer (indeed, every even positive integer) is such that every odd
positive integer is not identical to it.
5. b. Every member of the set is true on the following interpretation:
UD: The set {1}
Fx: x is odd
Gx: x is positive
Every member of the (single-member) UD is identical to every member, at least

one member of the UD is odd, and every member of the UD is positive.
d. Every member of the set is true on the following interpretation:
Gx: x is positive
Hx: x is even
Every member of the UD that is positive (i.e., every member) is such that every
other member is positive, every even member of the UD is positive, and at least
one member of the UD is even.
6. b. The following interpretation shows that the entailment does not
hold:
UD: The set {2, 3}
Hx: x is prime
The rst sentence in the set, which amounts to saying that there are at least
two members in the UD, is true. The second sentence, which says that at least
one member of the UD is prime, is true. But the conclusion, which says that
at least one member of the UD is not prime, is false.
d. The following interpretation shows that the entailment does not
hold:
UD: The set {1}
Fx: x is odd
Every pair of members x and y of the UD is such that one is odd if and only
if the other is, if and only if x and y are identical; at least one member of the
UD is odd; but, because there is no pair x and y of nonidentical members of
the UD, the last sentence is false.
7. b. One symbolization of the argument is
(x)(y)(Pyx Lxy) & (x)(y)(z)[(Pyx & Pzx) & y z]
(x)(y)(z)[(Lxy & Lxz) & y z]
The argument is quanticationally valid. To see this, consider any interpretation
on which the premise is true. By the second conjunct, every member x of the
UD is such that at least two members of the UD stand in the relation P to x,
and, by the rst conjunct, these two members are such that x stands in the relation L to both of them. Therefore every member x is such that it stands in the
relation L to at least two members of the UD, so the conclusion is true as well.
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d. One symbolization of the argument is

(x)(y)(z)[(Pyx & Pzx)
& ( y z & (w)(Pwx (w y w z)))]
(x)(y)(z)(y1)(z1)[(((w)(Pyw & Pwx) & (w)(Pzw & Pwx))
& ((w)(Py1w & Pwx) & (w)(Pz1w & Pwx)))
& ((( y z & y y1) & y z1)
& (( z y1 & z z1) & y1 z1)))
& (w)((w1)(Pww1 & Pw1x) ((w y w z)
(w y1 w z1)))]
The following interpretation shows that the argument is quanticationally invalid:
UD: The set {2, 5, 9}
Pxy: x and y are relatively prime
Every integer in the UD is such that there are exactly two integers (in the UD)
to which it is relatively prime, but, because there are only three members of
the UD, no integer in the UD is such that there are exactly four members of
the UD to which it is relatively prime.
8. b.
aa
Fa
(Fa a a)
T
FT
&
Fa
a a a b b a b b Fa Fb
T
d.
f.
( a b
&
(Fb
aa
Gaa
aa
Gaa
TF
[(Fa ( a a b a))
b b))]
T FT
[(Gaa
T
(Gaa a a)
F
&
a a]
T T
(a a
T
FT
(Fa
Gaa)
T T
T TF
Fb)
T F
Gaa
T
Gaa)
F
9. b. False. Not all integers, when squared, produce even integers.

d. True. Every positive integer that is twice a positive integer must be
even.
f. True. If the sum of x, y, and z is even then at least one of x, y, and

z must be even.
h. True. The sum of two positive integers successors is greater than
the sum of the two positive integers.
g(x): the successor of x
Its not true that given any two positive integers, one must be the successor of
the other.
f(x): the successor of x
Its not true that if x is the successor of y and y is the successor of z then x is
the successor of z.
Dx: x is greater than 8
h(x, y): x raised to the power y
The integers 3 and 2 are not such that if 32 is greater than 8 (which is true),
then 23 is greater than 8 (this is false).
11. b. Assume that x, y, and z satisfy the antecent y f(x) & z f(x).
Because f is a function, it yields exactly one value for x and so y and z must be
identical. But that is what the consequent says, so it will be satised as well.
Therefore the sentence is true on every interpretation.
12. b. The rst sentence is true and the second false on the following interpretation:
Bxy: x is greater than y
h(x): the successor of x
Every positive integer is smaller than its successor, and no positive integer is
larger than its successor.
d. The rst sentence is true and the second false on the following
interpretation:
f(x): x squared
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The integers 16, 4, and 2 are such that 16 42 and 4 22; but not every
positive integer is the square of a square.
13. b. The set members are both true on the following interpretation:
Lxy: x is less than y
f(x): the successor of x
Every positive integer is less than its successor, and there is at least one positive integer that is not greater than or equal to its successor.
d. The set members are both true on the following interpretation:
Gx: x is odd
h(x): 2 times x
Every odd positive integer is such that its double is not odd, and there exists
a positive integer that is not odd and whose double is not odd.
14. b. The argument is quanticationally valid. If the premise is true on
an interpretation, then every member x of the UD is such that either x or the
value of x for the function g is F. It follows that every member that is the value
of the function g for some x is such that either it or the value that g yields when
applied to it is F, so the conclusion must also be true on any interpretation on
which the premise is true.
d. The argument is quanticationally valid. If the premise is true on
an interpretation then each member x of the UD bears the relation L to
f (x), but not vice versa. If members x and y of the UD satisfy the condition
y f (x) in the conclusion then it follows from the premise that x bears
the relation L to y, so x and y satisfy Lxy Lyx as well. Hence the conclusion
of this argument will be true on every interpretation on which the premise
is true.
15. b.
a g(a,a) a g(a,b) a g(b,a) a g(b,b) b g(a,a) b g(a,b) b g(b,a)

F
b g(b,b) Hg(a,a)a Hg(a,b)a Hg(a,b)b Hg(b,a)a Hg(b,a)b Hg(b,b)b

T
(Hg(a,a)a
F
Hg(a,b)a)
T T
(Hg(b,a)b Hg(b,b)b)
F
(Hg(a,a)a Hg(b,a)a (Hg(a,b)b Hg(b,b)b) a g(a,a)

F
a g(a,b)
T
a g(b,a)
b g(a,b)
T F
d.
b g(b,a)
T T
b g(a,a)
T T
a g(b,b)
T T
b g(b,b)
aa
ab ba
b b a f (a) a f (b) b f (a) b f (b)
a f (b) &
b f (a) ( a a
a b)
( b a
b b)
a f (a)
T
FT
b f (a) a f (b)
T T
FT
FT
FT
b f (b)
T T
Section 8.7E
1. b. Let d be a variable assignment for this interpretation. d satises the
rst conjunct, Loo, just in case d fails to satisfy Loo. d fails to satisfy Loo
just in case I(o), I(o), which is 1, 1, is not a member of I(L). And 1, 1 is
not a member of I(L) because 1 is not less than 1. So d satises Loo.
d satises the second conjunct, (y) Loy, just in case d does
not satisfy (y) Loy. d does not satisfy (y) Loy just in case there is a
member u of the UD such that d[u/y] does not satisfy Loy. d[u/y] will fail
to satisfy Loy just in case d[u/y] satises Loy. There is such a member of
the UDtake 2 as an example. d[2/y] satises Loy because I(o), d[2/y](y),
which is 1, 2, is a member of I(L)1 is less than 2. So d satises the second
conjunct and consequently d satises the conjunction Loo & (y) Loy.
The sentence is true on this interpretation.
d. Let d be a variable assignment for this interpretation. d satises
(x)(Lox (y)Lxy) just in case every member u of the UD is such that
d[u/x] satises Lox (y)Lxy. However, this is not true of all members of the
UDtake 3 as an example. d[3/x] satises Lox, because I(o), d[3/x](x),
which is 1, 3, is in I(L)1 is less than 3. But d[3/x] does not satisfy (y)Lxy,
because there is at least one member u of the UD such that d[3/x, u/y] does
not satisfy Lxy. Take 2 as an exampled[3/x, 2/y] does not satisfy Lxy
because d[3/x, 2/y](x), d[3/x, 2/y](y), which is 3, 2, is not a member of
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I(L)3 is not less than 2. Because d[3/x] satises Lox but does not satisfy
(y)Lxy, d[3/x] does not satisfy Lox (y)Lxy. So d does not satisfy
(x)(Lox (y)Lxy). The sentence is false on this interpretation.
f. Let d be a variable assignment for this interpretation. d satises
(x) [Ex (y)(Lxy Lyo)] if and only if every member u of the UD is such
that d[u/x] satises Ex (y)(Lyx Lyo), and this is so if and only if either
d[u/x] fails to satisfy Ex or d[u/x] does satisfy (y)(Lyx Lyo). If u is an
odd number, then d[u/x] does not satisfy Ex, because u is not a member of
I(E). If u is an even number, then d[u/x] satises (y)(Lyx Lyo). This is
because d[u/x, 1/y] satises Lyx Lyo1 is less than any even integer and
so d[u/x, 1/y](y), d[u/x, 1/y](x), which is 1, u, is a member of I(L). Therefore the sentence is true on this interpretation.
2. b. Let d be a variable assignment for this interpretation. d satises
(x)(y)(Gxy Gyx) just in case every member u of the UD is such that d[u/x]
satises (y)(Gxy Gyx). For any u, d[u/x] will satisfy (y)(Gxy Gyx)
just in case every member u1 of the UD is such that d[u/x, u1/y] satises
Gxy Gyx. So d satises (x)(y)(Gxy Gyx) just in case, for every pair u
and u1 of members of the UD, d[u/x, u1/y] satises Gxy Gyxthat is, just
in case d[1/x, 1/y], d[1/x, 3/y], d[3/x, 1/y], and d[3/x, 3/y] all satisfy
Gxy Gyx. The rst assignment does not satisfy the disjunction (nor does the
fourth) because it satises neither disjunct. d[1/x, 1/y] does not satisfy Gxy
because d[1/x, 1/y](x), d[1/x, 1/y](y), which is 1, 1, is not a member of
I(G)1 is not greater than itself. d[1/x, 1/y] does not satisfy Gyx because
d[1/x, 1/y](y), d[1/x, 1/y](x), which is also 1, 1, is not a member of I(G).
So d[1/x] does not satisfy (y)(Gxy Gyx) and therefore d does not satisfy
(x)(y)(Gxy Gyx). The sentence is false on this interpretation.
(x)(Et Ex) just in case every member u of the UD is such that d[u/x]
satises Et Ex, that is, just in case d[1/x] and d[3/x] both satisfy Et Ex.
Both do. d[1/x] satisfies Et Ex because d[1/x] does not satisfy
Et; d[1/x] does not satisfy Et because I(t), which is 3, is not a member
of I(E)3 is not even. d[3/x] satises Et Ex because d[3/x] does not satisfy Et; d[3/x] does not satisfy Et because I(t), which again is 3, is not
a member of I(E). So d satises (x)(Et Ex). The sentence is true on this
interpretation.
f. Let d be a variable assignment for this interpretation. d satises
(y)[Ty (x)(Ex Gxy)] if and only if for every member u of the UD,
d[u/y] satises Ty (x)(Ex Gxy). d[1/x] and d[3/x] both satisfy the
open sentence, because both satisfy the second disjunct. d[1/y] satises the
second disjunct because for every member u1 of the UD, d[1/y, u1/x] satises
Ex Gxy since it does not satisfy Ex; no member of the UD is in the extension of E. Similar reasoning shows that d[3/y] also satises the second
disjunct. Therefore the sentence is true on this interpretation.

(x)(y)(Mxyo Pyox) just in case for every member u of the UD, d[u/x]
satises (y)(Mxyo Pyox). d[u/x] will satisfy (y)(Mxyo Pyox) just in
case every member u1 of the UD is such that d[u/x, u1/y] satises
Mxyo Pyox. So d satises (x)(y)(Mxyo Pyox) just in case every
pair u and u1 of members of the UD is such that d[u/x, u1/y] satises
Mxyo Pyox. d[u/x, u1/y] will satisfy Mxyo Pyox just in case either it
satises both immediate components or it satises neither.
d[u/x, u1,/y] will satisfy Mxyo just in case d[u/x, u1/y](x),
d[u/x, u1/y](y), I(o), which is u, u1, 1, is a member of I(M)that is, just in
case u u1 1. d[u/x, u1/y] will satisfy Pyox just in case d[u/x, u1/y](y),
I(o), d[u/x, u1/y](x), which is u1, 1, u, is a member of I(P)that is, just in
case u1 1 u. Because u u1 1 if and only if u1 1 u, we may conclude that d[u/x, u1/y] satises Mxyo if and only if it satises Pyox. Therefore d[u/x, u1/y], whatever positive integers u and u1 may be, will satisfy
Mxyo Pyox, and so d satises (x)(y)(Mxyo Pyox). The sentence is true
on this interpretation.
(x)(y)(z)(Mxyz Pzyx) if and only if for some member u of the UD,
d[u/x] satises (y)(z)(Mxyz Pzyx), and this is so if and only if for every
pair of members u1 and u2 of the UD, d[u/x, u1/y, u2/z] satises Mxyz Pzyx.
This is the case if and only if either u, u1, u2 is a member of I(M) or u2, u1, u
is a member of I(P). But there is no member u of the UD such that for every u1
and u2 of the UD, this holds. Therefore the sentence is false on this interpretation.
4. The sentence (x)Fx is true on an interpretation I just in case
every variable assignment d (for I) satises (x)Fx. A variable assignment d
satises (x)Fx if and only if every member u of the UD is such that d[u/x]
satises Fx, that is, if and only every member u of the UD is such that u
(which is d[u/x](x)) is a member of I(F). So (x)Fx is true on I just in case
for every member u of the UD, u is a member of I(F).
The sentence (x) Fx is true on an interpretation I just in case
every variable assignment d satises (x) Fx. A variable assignment d will
satisfy (x) Fx if and only if it does not satisfy (x) Fx, that is, if and
only if there is no member u of the UD such that d[u/x] satises Fx. No
member u of the UD is such that d[u/x] satises Fx, if and only if every
member u is such that d[u/x] satises Fxthat is, if and only if every member u is such that u is a member of I(F). So (x) Fx is true on I if and
only if every member u of the UD is such that u is a member of I(F).
Therefore the truth-conditions for the two sentences are identical;
they are quanticationally equivalent.
6. Assume that (x)Fx is true on an interpretation I. Then every variable assignment d satises the sentence, and every member u of the UD is such
that d[u/x] satises Fx. From this it follows that every member u of the UD
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is such that u (which is d[u/x](x)) is a member of I(F). Now consider an

arbitrary substitution instance of (x)Fxsay, Fa. Fa is true on I if and
only if every variable assignment d satises Fa, that is, if and only if I(a) is
a member of I(F). But we have just seen that every member u of the UD is
such that u is a member of I(F), so I(a) must be a member of I(F). Therefore Fa is true on I as well. The same reasoning applies for every other substitution instance of (x)Fxso the set consisting of this sentence quanticationally entails every one of its substitution instances.
8. Let I be any interpretation. A variable assignment d for I will satisfy
this sentence if and only if it satises both conjuncts. d will satisfy the rst conjunct if and only if for some member u of the UD, d[u/x] satises Fx. But
then d[u/x] does not satisfy Fx, and from this it follows that d does not satisfy (x) Fx. Therefore no variable assignment will satisfy the sentence; it
is quanticationally false.
(x)(y)(x y Ey) if and only if for every pair of positive integers u and
u1, d[u/x, u1/y] satises x y Ey. But the variant d[1/x, 2/y], for example, does not satisfy this open sentence. d[1/x, 2/y] does not satisfy x y
because 1 and 2 are distinct members of the UD. d[1/x, 2/y] does not satisfy
Ey because it does satisfy Eyd[1/x, 2/y](y), which is 2, is a member of
I(E). Since neither disjunct is satised by d[1/x, 2/y], neither is x y Ey.
We conclude that the sentence is therefore false on this interpretation.
10. b. Let I be any interpretation. A variable assignment d for I will satisfy
this sentence if and only if either it fails to satisfy the antecedent or it does
satisfy the consequent. We show that if d does satisfy the antecedent it will
satisfy the consequent as well. d satises the antecedent if and only if for
every pair u and u1 of members of the UD, d[u/x, u1/y] satises x y Fxy.
d[u/x, u1/y] does so if and only if either it fails to satisfy x y or it does
satisfy Fxythat is, if and only if u and u1 are not identical or u, u1 is a
member of I(F). Thus, if u u1, then u, u is a member of I(F). And in this
case, every member of the UD is such that d[u/x] satises Fxx, so d satises
(x)Fxx. Therefore the sentence is true on every interpretation.
the sentence just in case for each pair u and u of members of the UD,
d[u/x, u/y] satises Og(x,y) (Ox Oy). d[u/x, u/y] will satisfy the
antecedent just in case the member u of the UD such that u, u, u is a
member of I(g) is also a member of I(O), i.e., just in case the sum of u and
u is an odd number. And this will hold if and only if either u is odd and u
is even, or u is even and u is odd. Either way, d[u/x, u/y] will also satisfy
the consequence Ox Oy since one of u, u will be a member of I(O). So
every pair u and u of members of the UD is such that d[u/x, u/y] satises
Og(x,y) (Ox Oy), so d satises the universally quantied sentence and
there sentence is therefore true on this interpretation.
12. b. This sentence is quanticationally true if and only if every variable

assignment d on every interpretation I satises the sentence. A variable assignment d will satisfy the sentence if and only if either d fails to satisfy the
antecedent or d does satisfy the consequent. Consider, then, a variable assignment d that satises the antecedent. We must show that d also satises the consequent. If d satises the antecedent, then for every member u of the UD,
d[u/x] satises Pf(x), i.e., for every member u of the UD, the member u
such that u,u is a member of I(f ) must be such that u is a member of
I(P). But then the member u such that u, u is a member of I(f ) must also
be such that u is a member of I(P). It follows that for every member u of
the UD, d[u/x] satises Pf ( f (x)), and so d satises the consequent. We
conclude that the sentence is true on every interpretation.
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CHAPTER NINE
Section 9.1E
b. 1.
(x)Fx
(x) Fx
Fa
Fa
2.
3.
4.
SM
SM
1 D
2 D
The tree is closed.

(x)(Fx & Gx)
(x)Fx (x)Gx
Fa & Ga
Fa
Ga
d. 1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
(x)Fx
(x) Fx
Fb
(x)Gx
Ga
SM
SM
1 D
3 &D
3 &D
2
6
7
6
D
D
D
D
The left-hand branch is a completed open branch by the account of Chapter

Four. The tree is open.
(x)(Fx & Gx)
(y)(Fy & Gy)
(x) (Fx & Gx)
Fa & Ga
Fa
Ga
(Fb & Gb)
f. 1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
Fb
Gb
SM
SM
1 D
2 D
4 &D
4 &D
3 D
7 &D
The tree is open.
(x)(Fx Gx)
(x)(Gx Hx)
(x)(Fx & Hx)
Fa & Ha
Fa
Ha
Fa Ga
h. 1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
Fa
8.
9.
7 D
2 D
Ga
Ga Ha
Ga
10.
SM
SM
SM
3 D
4 &D
4 &D
1 D
Ha
9 D
The tree is closed.

j. 1.
2.
3.
(x)(y)Lxy
Lta & Lat
(y)Lay
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
SM
SM
SM
Lta
Lat
(y) Lay
(y)Lay
Lab
Lab
2
2
3
1
7
6
&D
&D
D
D
D
D
The tree is closed.

(x)(Fx Gx)
(x) Fx
(x) Gx
(x) Fx
Fa
Fa
Fa Ga
l. 1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
Fa
Ga
Ga
SM
SM
SM
2 D
4 D
5D
1 D
7 D
3 D
The tree is closed.
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(x)Gx (x)Gx
(z)Gz & (y) Gy
(z)Gz
(y) Gy
Ga
Gb
n. 1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
(x)Gx
(x) Gx
Ga
SM
SM
2 &D
2 &D
3 D
4 D
(x)Gx
1
7
8
7
Gb
D
D
D
D
The tree is closed.

(y)(Fy Gy)
(y)Fy & (y)Gy
(x)(Fx & Gx)
(y)Fy
(y)Gy
(x) (Fx & Gx)
(y) Fy
(y) Gy
Fa Ga
(Fb & Gb)
Fc
Gd
p. 1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
14.
Fb
9 D
Ga
Fa
13.
Gb
Fb
SM
SM
SM
2 &D
2 &D
3 D
4 D
5 D
1 D
6 D
7 D
8 D
Gb
10 &D
The tree is open.
Section 9.2E
Note: In this section and the next, whenever a tree is open we give a
complete tree. This is because the strategems we have suggested do not
uniquely determine the order of decomposition, so the rst open branch to be
completed on your tree may not be the rst such branch completed on our
tree. In accordance with strategem 5, you should stop when your tree has one
completed open branch.
b. 1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
(x)Fx (y)Gy
(x)( Fx & Gx)
Fa & Ga
Fa
Ga
(x)Fx
Fa
SM
SM
2 D
3 &D
3 &D
(y)Gy
6 D
Gb
8.
1 D
6 D
The tree has one completed open branch. The set is quanticationally consistent.
(x)(Fx Gxa)
(x)Fx
Fb
Fb Gba
d. 1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
Fb
SM
SM
2 D
1 D
Gba
Fa Gaa
Fa
Gaa
4 D
1 D
6 D
The tree has two completed open branches. The set is quanticationally consistent.
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f. 1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
(x)(Fx Gxa)
(x)Fx
(x)(y)Gxy
Fb
Fb Gba
Fb
SM
SM
SM
2 D
1 D
Gba
Fa Gaa
(y)Gay
(y)Gby
Gaa
Gab
Gba
Gbb
Fa
5
1
3
3
8
8
9
9
D
D
D
D
D
D
D
D
7 D
Gaa
The tree has two completed open branches. Therefore, the set is quanticationally
consistent.
h. 1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
(x)(Fx Gx)
(y)(Fy Gy)
Fa & Gb
(y) (Fy Gy)
Fa
Gb
Fb Gb
Fb
(Fb Gb)
Fb
Gb
Gb
SM
SM
SM
2 D
3 &D
3 &D
1 D
7
4
9
9
D
D
D
D
The tree is closed. The set is quanticationally inconsistent.
j. 1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
(z) Hzb
(y)Fy (x)Hxc
Hbb
Hcb
(y)Fy
(y) Fy
Fb
Fc
(x)Hxc
Hac
Hab
SM
SM
1 D
1 D
2
5
5
1
6
6
D
&
D
D
D
D
The tree has two completed open branches. Therefore, the set is quanticationally consistent.
l. 1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
(x)(y)Lxy
(z) Lza (z) Lzb
(y)Lay
(y)Lby
Laa
Lab
Lba
Lbb
9.
10.
(z) Lza
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
(z) Lza
Laa
Laa
Lba
Lba
(z) Lzb
Lab
SM
SM
1 D
1 D
3 D
3 D
4 D
4 D
2 D
9 D
9 D
11 D
12 D
11 D
14 D
The tree has a completed open branch. Therefore, the set is quanticationally
consistent.
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(x)Fxa (x)Gxb
(x)(Fxa & Gxb)
Fca & Gcb
Fca
Gcb
n. 1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
(x)Fxa
(x)Gxb
(x) Gxb
Gdb
Faa
Fba
Fca
Fda
(x)Fxa
(x)Gxb
(x)Gxb
Gcb
SM
SM
2 D
3 &D
3 &D
1 D
1 D
7D
8 D
7 D
10 D
6 D
6 D
6 D
6 D
The tree has one completed open branch. The set is quanticationally
consistent.
Section 9.3E
1. b. 1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
((x)Fx (x) Fx)

(x)Fx
(x) Fx
(x) Fx
(x) Fx
Fa
Fa
Fa
SM
1 D
1 D
2 D
3 D
5 D
6D
4 D
The tree is closed. The sentence (x)Fx (x) Fx is quanticationally true.

d. 1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
((x)Fx (x)Fx)
(x)Fx
(x)Fx
(x) Fx
(x)Fx
Fa
Fa
SM
1 D
1 D
2 D
3D
4 D
5 D
The tree is closed. The sentence (x)Fx (x)Fx is quanticationally true.
f. 1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
((x)(Fx Gx) [(x)Fx (x)Gx])

(x)(Fx Gx)
[(x)Fx (x)Gx]
(x)Fx
(x)Gx
(x) Fx
(x) Gx
Fa
Ga
Fa Ga
Fa
Ga
SM
1 D
1 D
3 D
3 D
4 D
5 D
6 D
7 D
2 D
10 D
The tree is closed. The sentence (x)(Fx Gx) [(x)Fx (x)Gx] is quanticationally true.
h. 1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
((x)(Fx Gx) ((x)Fx (x)Gx))

(x)(Fx Gx)
((x)Fx (x)Gx)
(x)Fx
(x)Gx)
(x) Fx
(x) Gx
Ga
Fa Ga
Fa
Fa
Ga
SM
1 D
1 D
3 D
3 D
4 D
5 D
7 D
2 D
9 D
6 D
The tree is closed. The sentence (x)(Fx Gx) ((x)Fx (x)Gx) is quanticationally true.
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j. 1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
((x)(Fx Gx) ((x)Fx (x)Gx))

(x)(Fx Gx)
((x)Fx (x)Gx)
(x)Fx
(x)Gx
(x) Fx
(x) Gx
Fa
Gb
Fa Ga
13.
10 D
2 D
Ga
Fb Gb
Fa
Fb
SM
1 D
1 D
3 D
3 D
4 D
5 D
6 D
7 D
2 D
Gb
12 D
The tree has a completed open branch, therefore the given sentence is not
quanticationally true.
l. 1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
(((x)Fx & ()Gx) (x)(Fx & Gx))

(x)Fx & (x)Gx
(x)(Fx & Gx)
(x)Fx
(x)Gx
(x) (Fx & Gx)
Fa
Gb
(Fa & Ga)
Fa
Ga
(Fb & Gb)
Fb
Gb
SM
1 D
1 D
2 &D
2 &D
3 D
4 D
5 D
6 D
9 &D
6 D
11 &D
The tree has a completed open branch, therefore the given sentence is not
n. 1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
((x)[Fx (Gx & Hx)] (x)[(Fx & Gx) Hx])

(x)(Fx (Gx & Hx))
(x)((Fx & Gx) Hx)
(x) ((Fx & Gx) Hx)
((Fa & Ga) Ha)
Fa & Ga
Ha
Fa
Ga
Fa (Ga & Ha)
Fa
Ga & Ha
Ga
Ha
SM
1 D
1 D
3 D
4 D
5 D
5 D
6 &D
6 &D
2 D
10 D
11 &D
11 &D
The tree is closed. The sentence (x)[Fx (Gx & Hx)]

(x)[(Fx & Gx) Hx] is quanticationally true.
p. 1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
[(x)(Fx & Gx) (x)( Fx Gx)]

(x)(Fx & Gx)
(x)( Fx Gx)
(x) (Fx & Gx)
(x) ( Fx Gx)
(Fa & Ga)
( Fa Ga)
Fa
Ga
Fa
Fa
Ga
Ga
SM
1 D
1 D
2 D
3 D
4 D
5 D
7 D
7 D
8D
6 &D
11 D
The tree is closed. The sentence (x)(Fx & Gx) (x)( Fx Gx) is quanticationally true.
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r. 1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
((x)(y)Gxy (x)Gxx)
(x)(y)Gxy
(x)Gxx
(x) Gxx
Gaa
(y)Gay
Gaa
SM
1 D
1 D
3 D
4 D
2 D
6 D
The tree is closed. The sentence (x)(y)Gxy (x)Gxx is quanticationally

true.
t. 1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
((x)Fxx (x)(y)Fxy)
(x)Fxx
(x)(y)Fxy
(x) (y)Fxy
(y)Fay
(y) Fay
Faa
Faa
SM
1 D
1 D
3 D
4 D
5 D
2 D
6 D
The tree is closed. The sentence (x)Fxx (x)(y)Fxy is quanticationally

true.
v. 1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
(x)(y)(Lxy Lyx)
(x) (y)(Lxy Lyx)
(y)(Lay Lya)
(y) (Lay Lya)
(Laa Laa)
Laa
Laa
Laa
Laa
SM
1 D
2 D
3 D
4 D
5 D
5 D
The tree is closed. The sentence (x)(y)(Lxy Lyx) is quanticationally true.

2. b. 1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
(x)Fx & (x)Fx

(x)Fx
(x)Fx
(x) Fx
Fa
Fa
SM
1 &D
1 &D
3 D
2 D
4 D
The tree is closed. Therefore the sentence is quanticationally false.

d. 1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
(x)Fx & (x)Fx

(x)Fx
(x)Fx
(x) Fx
Fa
Fb
SM
1 &D
1 &D
3 D
2 D
4 D
The tree has at least one completed open branch. Therefore, the given
sentence is not quanticationally false.
f. 1.
2.
3.
(x)(Fx Fx)
Fa Fa
Fa
SM
1 D
Fa
2D
h. 1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
(x)Fx (x) Fx
(x)Fx
(x) Fx
Fa
SM
(x) Fx
1
2
3
9
Fa
D
D
D
D
j. 1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
(x)Fx & (y)Fy

(x)Fx
(y)Fy
(y) Fy
Fa
Fa
SM
1
1
3
2
4
&D
&D
D
D
D
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l. 1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
(x)(Gx Fx) & (x) (Gx Fx)

(x)(Gx Fx)
(x) (Gx Fx)
(x) (Gx Fx)
(Ga Fa)
Ga Fa
Ga
Fa
Ga Fa
Ga
Fa
Ga
Fa
SM
1 &D
1 &D
3 D
4 D
5D
Ga
Fa
Ga Fa
Ga
Fa
6 D
6 D
2 D
9 D
9 D
11 D
Ga
Fa
Fa

3. b. 1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
(x)(y)Fxy (x)Fxx
(x)(y)Fxy
(x) (y)Fxy
(y)Fay
(y) Fay
Faa
(x)Fxx
Faa
[(x)(y)Fxy (x)Fxx]
(x)(y)Fxy
(x)Fxx
(x) Fxx
(y)Fay
Fab
Faa
Fbb
SM
1
2
2
4
5
6
D
D
D
D
D
D
SM
1 D
1 D
3 D
2 D
5 D
4 D
4 D
Both the tree for the given sentence and the tree for its negation have at least
one completed open branch. Therefore, the given sentence is quanticationally
indeterminate.
d. 1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
[(x)(Fx (y)Gyx) ((x)Fx (x)(y)Gxy)]

(x)(Fx (y)Gyx)
((x)Fx (x)(y)Gxy)
(x)Fx
(x)(y)Gxy
(x) (y)Gxy
Fa
Fa (y)Gya
8 D
9 D
6 D
11 D
12 D
(y)Gya
Gba
(y)Gby
(y) Gby
Gba
Fa
SM
1 D
1 D
3 D
3 D
5 D
4 D
2 D
The tree for the negation of (x)(Fx (y)Gyx) ((x)Fx (x)(y)Gxy)

is closed. Therefore the latter sentence is quanticationally true.
f. 1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
[((x)Lxx (y)Lyy) (Laa Lgg)]

(x)Lxx (y)Lyy
(Laa Lgg)
Laa
Lgg
(x)Lxx
(x) Lxx
Laa
(y)Lyy
Lgg
SM
1
1
3
3
2
6
7
6
D
D
D
D
D
D
D
D
The tree for the negation of ((x)Lxx (y)Lyy) (Laa Lgg) is closed.
Therefore the latter sentence is quanticationally true.
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4. b. 1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
[(x)(Fx Ga) ((x)Fx Ga)]

(x)(Fx Ga)
((x)Fx Ga)
(x)Fx
Ga
Fb Ga
Fc
Fb
Ga
(x)(Fx Ga)
(x)Fx Ga
(x) (Fx Ga)

(Fa Ga)
Fa
Ga
(x)Fx
(x) Fx
Fa
Ga
SM
1
1
3
3
2
4
D
D
D
D
D
D
6 D
2 D
9 D
10 D
10 D
2 D
13 D
14 D
The tree has at least one completed open branch, therefore the given sentences
are not quanticationally equivalent.
[(Ls (x)Lx) (x)Lx]
d. 1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
16.
Ls (x)Lx
(x)Lx
(x) Lx
Ls
(x)Lx
Ls
SM
(Ls (x)Lx)
(x)Lx
Ls
(x)Lx
2
2
4
6
8
4
3
(x) Lx
La
Ls
La
Ls
(x)Lx
(x) Lx
Lb
1 D
1 D
3 D
Ls
(x)Lx
Ls
D
D
D
D
D
D
D
2
2
13 D
14 D
13 D
193
f. 1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
16.
17.
18.
19.
[(x) (Fx Gx) ((x)Fx (x)Gx)]

(x)(Fx Gx)
((x)Fx (x)Gx)
(x)Fx
(x)Gx
(x) Fx
(x) Gx
Fa
Gb
Fa Ga
Fa
(x)(Fx Gx)
(x)Fx (x)Gx
Gb
1
1
3
3
4
5
6
7
2
D
D
D
D
D
D
D
D
D
10 D
2 D
Ga
Fb Gb
Fb
SM
(x) (Fx Gx)

(Fa Ga)
Fa
Ga
(x)Fx
Fa
(x)Gx
Ga
12 D
2 D
14 D
15 D
15 D
3 D
18 D
h. 1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
16.
17.
18.
[(x)(Ax & Bx) ((x)Ax & (x)Bx)]

(x)(Ax & Bx)
(x)Ax & (x)Bx
(x)(Ax & Bx)

((x)Ax & (x)Bx)
Aa & Ba
Aa
Ba
(x)Ax
(x) Ax
Aa
(x)Bx
(x) Bx
Ba
Ab
(x) (Ax & Bx)

(x)Ax
(x)Bx
Ab
Bc
(Ab & Bb)
SM
1
1
2
4
4
D
D
D
&D
&D
3 &D
7 D
8 D
2 D
3 &D
3 &D
11 D
12 D
10 D
Bb
(Ac & Bc)
15 &D
10 D
Bc
17 &D
Ac
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j. 1.
[(x)(Fx Gx) (x) (Fx Gx)]
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
(x)(Fx Gx)
(x) (Fx Gx)
(x) (Fx Gx)
(Fa Ga)
Fa Ga
7.
8.
9.
Fa
Ga
Fa Ga
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
16.
17.
18.
19.
20.
Fa
Ga
SM
(x)(Fx Gx)
(x) (Fx Gx)
Fa
Ga
Fa Ga
D
D
D
D
D
6 D
6 D
2 D
Fa
Fa
Fa
Ga Ga Ga

Ga
(x) (Fx Gx)
(Fb Gb)
Fb
Gb
Gb
(Fb Gb)
Fb
Gb
1
1
3
4
5
Fb
Gb
9 D
9 D
11 D
2 D
13 D
Fb
Gb
14 D
14 D
16 D
(Fb Gb) 3 D
Fb
Gb
Fb
Gb
The tree is closed. Therefore the sentences (x)(Fx Gx) and

(x) (Fx Gx) are quanticationally equivalent.
18 D
18 D
l. 1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
16.
17.
18.
19.
20.
21.
22.
[(x)(Fx (y)Gy) (x)(y)(Fx Gy)]

(x)(Fx (y)Gy)
(x)(y)(Fx Gy)
(x) (y)(Fx Gy)
(y)(Fa Gy)
(y) (Fa Gy)
Fa (y)Gy
Fa
(Fa Ga)
Fa
Ga
(x)(Fx (y)Gy)
(x)(y)(Fx Gy)
(y)Gy
Gb
(Fa Gb)
Fa
Gb
(x) (Fx (y)Gy)

(Fc (y)Gy)
Fc
(y)Gy
(y) Gy
(y)(Fc Gy)
Fc Gd
Fc
23.
24.
Gd
Gd
SM
1
1
3
4
5
2
D
D
D
D
D
D
7D
6 D
9 D
9 D
8 D
6 D
13 D
13 D
2 D
16 D
17 D
17 D
19 D
3 D
21 D
22 D
20 D
The tree is closed. Therefore the sentences (x)(Fx (y)Gy) and

(x)(y)(Fx Gy) are quanticationally equivalent.
5. b. 1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
(x)(Tx Lx)
Lb
Tb
Tb
Tb Lb
Tb
Lb
SM
SM
SM
3D
1 D
5 D
The tree is closed. Therefore the argument is quanticationally valid.
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(x)(Fx Gx)
(x)(Hx Gx)
(x)((Fx Hx) Gx)
(x) ((Fx Hx) Gx)
((Fa Ha) Ga)
Fa Ha
Ga
d. 1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
Ga
9 D
2 D
Ha Ga
Ha
12.
6 D
1 D
Ha
Fa
Fa Ga
Fa
SM
SM
SM
3 D
4 D
5 D
5 D
11 D
Ga

f. 1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
( (y)Fy (y)Fy) Fa
(z)Fz
(z) Fz
Fa
(y)Fy (y)Fy
(y)Fy
(y)Fy
Fb
Fb
(y)Fy
Fb
Fb
Fa
SM
SM
2 D
3 D
1 D
5
6
7
6
3
D
D
D
D
D
The tree has at least one completed open branch. Therefore the argument is
quanticationally invalid.
(y)(Hy & ( Jyy & My))

((x)Jxb & (x)Mx)
h. 1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
(x)Jxb
(x) Jxb
(x)Mx
Hb & ( Jbb & Mb)

Hb
Jbb & Mb
Jbb
Mb
Jbb
(x) Mx
Ma
Ha & ( Jaa & Ma)
Ha
Jaa & Ma
Jaa
Ma
SM
SM
2
3
3
5
1
7
7
9
9
4
&D
D
D
D
D
&D
&D
&D
&D
D

j. 1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
(x)(Fx & Gx)

(x)(Fx & Hx)
(x)(Gx & Hx)
Fa & Ga
Fb & Hb
Fa
Ga
Fb
Hb
(x) (Gx & Hx)
(Ga & Ha)
(Gb & Hb)
SM
SM
SM
1 D
2 D
4 &D
4 &D
5 &D
5 &D
3 D
10 D
10 D
Ga
11 &D
Ha
Gb
Hb
12 &D
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Note: (z)Bzz is misprinted as (x)Bzz in the text.

l. 1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
(z)Bzz
(x)(Sx Bxx)
Sg
Sg
Baa
Sg Bgg
Sa Baa
Sg
SM
SM
SM
3D
1 D
2 D
2 D
6 D
Bgg
Sa
7 D
Baa
Fa (y)Gya
Fb (y) Gyb
(y)Gya
(y) Gya
Gaa
Gba
n. 1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
Fa
Fb (y) Gyb
Gcb
Gca
(y)Gya
Fb (y) Gyb
Gcb
Gca
Gda
Gda
Gda
Gda

SM
SM
SM
3 D
4 D
4 D
1 D
2
8
4
7
4
D
D
D
D
D
6. b. 1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
(x)(y)(Mxy Nxy)
(x)(y)(Mxy (Nxy & Nyx))
(x) (y)(Mxy (Nxy & Nyx))
(y)(May (Nay & Nya))
(y) (May (Nay & Nya))
(Mab (Nab & Nba))
Mab
(Nab & Nba)
(y)(May Nay)
(y)(Mby Nby)
Mab Nab
Maa Naa
Mba Nba
Mbb Nbb
Mab

Nab

Mba
Nba
Maa
Mbb
8 &D
Nba
17.
19.
11 D
Nab
16.
18.
SM
SM
2 D
3 D
4 D
5 D
6 D
6 D
1 D
1 D
9 D
9 D
10 D
10 D
12 D
Naa
Nbb
Mbb
13 D
Nbb
14 D
The tree has at least one completed open branch. Therefore, the alleged entailment does not hold.
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(x)(Fx Gx)
(x)(Hx Gx)
(x)(Fx Hx)
(x) (Fx Hx)
(Fa Ha)
Fa
Ha
Fa Ga
Ha Ga
d. 1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
Fa
10.
11.
SM
SM
SM
3 D
4 D
5 D
5 D
1 D
2 D
8 D
Ga
Ha
Ha
Ga
Ga
9 D
Section 9.4E
Note: In this section and the next we sometime stop when we have one
or more completed open branches, leaving one or more branch that is neither
closed nor a completed open branch.
1. b. 1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
16.
(x)(Fxc x a)
ca
(x)Fxc
Fbc
Fbc b a
Fbc
SM
SM
SM
3 D
1 D
5 D
1 D
ba
Fac a a
Fac
Fbc
aa
Fcc c a
Fcc
cb
ab
Fac
ca
Fbc
ca
7 D
6, 8 D
1 D
10 D
2, 6 D
6, 8 D
4, 13 D
13, 12 D
8, 14 D
The tree has one completed open branch. The set is quanticationally consistent.
(x)(y) x y
(x)(Gxx x b)
Gaa
(y) c y
cd
Gaa a b
Gbb b b
Gcc c b
Gdd d b
d. 1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
Gaa
11.
12.
13.
Gbb
Gaa
14.
15.
16.
17.
18.
19.
20.
21.
22.
23.
24.
25.
26.
27.
28.
29.
30.
31.
32.
33.
34.
35.
36.
37.
38.
39.
40.
41.
42.
Gdd
ba
Gbb
Gba
Gab
SM
SM
SM
1 D
4 D
2 D
2 D
2 D
2 D
ab
6 D
bb
Gcc
7 D
10, 11 D
8 D
c b
db
Gdd
ba
Gbb
Gba
Gab
ad
bd
Gdd
Gbd
Gdb
Gda
Gad
ca
cb
ab
ba
da
Gaa
ba
Gbb
Gba
Gab
ac
ca
bc
ad
bd
Gcc
Gca
Gac
Gbc
Gcb
db
cd
9 D
13, 14 D
10, 11 D
3, 16 D
3, 16 D
3, 16 D
14, 10 D
14, 11 D
14, 17 D
14, 17 D
14, 17 D
14, 18 D
14, 19 D
20, 5 D
21, 5 D
20, 21 D
20, 21 D
10, 14 D
29, 18 D
10, 11 D
10, 13 D
16, 33 D
33, 5 D
35, 5 D
34, 3 D
34, 3 D
34, 3 D
35, 38 D
35, 38 D
The tree has three completed open branches (the leftmost three). The set is
quanticationally consistent.
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f. 1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
(y)(x)Fxy
(x)(y)x y
Fab & Fba
(x) (y)x y
(y)c y
(y) c y
cd
(x)Fxe
Fab
Fba
Fae
Fbe
Fce
Fde
Fee
SM
SM
SM
2 D
4 D
5 D
6 D
1 D
3 &D
3 &D
8 D
8 D
8 D
8 D
8 D
The tree has one completed open branch. Therefore, the set is quanticationally consistent.
h. 1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
(x)(Gxx x f(x,b)
Gaa
(x) f(a,x) a
Gaa a f(a,b)
SM
SM
SM
1 D
Gaa
4 D
a f(a,b)
f(a,b) a
aa
3 D
5, 7 D
The tree is closed. Therefore, the set is quanticationally inconsistent.

j. 1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
(x)(y)f(x,y) f(y,x)
(x)[f(x,a) f(a,x) a x]
(y)f(b,y) f(y,b)
f(b,c) f(c,b)
f(a,a) f(a,a) a a
f(b,a) f(a,b) a b
f(c,a) f(c,x) a c
f(a,a) f(a,a)
aa
SM
SM
1 D
3 D
2 D
2 D
2 D
5 D
l. 1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
Hf(a,b)
(x)(Hx Gx)
(y)Gy
Gc
Ha Ga
Hc Gc
Hb Gb
Hf(a,b) Gf (a,b)
Hf(a,b)
9.
11.
12.
Gf(a,b)
Hc
10.
8 D
Gc
Hb
Ha
SM
SM
SM
3 D
2 D
2 D
2 D
2 D
7 D
Gb
Ga
Ha
6 D
Ga
5 D
The tree has four completed open branches. Therefore, the set is quanticationally consistent.
n. 1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
(x)[x f(s) & (y)(y f(s) y x)]

(x) [x f(s) & (y)(y f(s) y x)]
[s f(s) & (y)(y f(s) y s)]
[f(s) f(s) & (y)(y f(s) y f(s))]
f(s) f(s)
(y)(y f(s) y f(s))

(y) (y f(s) y f(s))
(a f(s) a f(s))
a f(s)
a f(s)
SM
1 D
2 D
2 D
4
6
7
8
8
&D
D
D
D
D
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2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
(( a b & b c) a c)
a b & b c
a c
ac
ab
bc
ba
1.
( a b & b c) a c
2. b. 1.
2.
3.
4.
( a b & b c)
a b
ab
ac
b c
bc
SM
1 D
1 D
3D
2 &D
2 &D
4, 6 D
SM
1 D
2 &D
3D
Both trees are open. Therefore the sentence ( a b & b c) a c

is quanticationally indeterminate.
d. 1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
(x)(y)x y
(x) (y)x y
(y)a y
(y) a y
aa
SM
1 D
2 D
3 D
4 D
The tree is closed. Therefore, the given sentence is quanticationally true.

f. 1.
2.
3.
(x)x a
(x) x a
aa
SM
1 D
2 D
The tree is closed. Therefore the sentence (x)x a is quanticationally false.
2.
3.
4.
5.
(x)(y)x y
(x) (y)x y
(y)a y
(y) a y
ab
1.
2.
3.
(x)(y)x y
(y)a y
aa
h. 1.
SM
1 D
2 D
3 D
4 D
SM
1 D
2 D
Both trees are open. Therefore the sentence (x)(y)x y is quanticationally

indeterminate.
j. 1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
(x)(y)x y
(x) (y)x y
(y)a y
(y) a y
aa
SM
1 D
2 D
3 D
4 D
The tree is closed. Therefore the sentence (x)(y)x y is quanticationally

true.
l. 1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
(x)(y)[x y (Fx Fy)]

(x) (y)[x y (Fx Fy)]
(y)[a y (Fa Fy)]
(y) [a y (Fa Fy)]
[a b (Fa Fb)]
ab
(Fa Fb)
Fa
Fb
Fa
Fa
Fb
Fa
SM
1 D
2 D
3 D
4 D
5 D
5 D
7 D
7 D
6, 9 D
The tree is closed. Therefore the sentence (x)(y) [x y (Fx Fy)] is

n. 1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
(x)(y)(x y (z)(Fxz Fyz))

(x) (y)(x y (z)(Fxz Fyz))
(y)(a y (z)(Faz Fyz))
(y) (a y (z)(Faz Fyz))
(a b (z)(Faz Fbz))
ab
(z)(Faz Fbz)
(z) (Faz Fbz)
(Fac Fbc)
Fac
Fbc
Fac
Fac
Fbc
Fac
SM
1 D
2 D
3 D
4 D
5 D
5 D
7 D
8 D
9 D
8 D
6, 11 D
The tree is closed. Therefore the sentence (x)(y)(x y (z)(Fxz

Fyz)) is quanticationally true.
207
3. b. 1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
(x)(y)y f(x)
(x) (y)y f(x)
(y)y f(a)
(y) y f(a)
a f(a)
f(a) f (a)
SM
1 D
2 D
3 D
4 D
4 D
The tree for the negation of the given sentence is closed. Therefore, the given
sentence is quanticationally true.
d. 1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
(x)(y)x f(y)
(x) (y)x f (y)
(y)f(a) f(y)
(y) f (a) f(y)
f (a) f(a)
SM
1 D
2 D
3 D
4 D
f. 1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
(x)(y)[x y f(x) f(y)]

(x) (y)[x y f(x) f(y)]
(y)[a y f(a) f(y)]
(y) [a y f(a) f (y)]
[a b f(a) f(b)]
ab
f(a) f(b)
f(a) f(a)
SM
1 D
2 D
3 D
4 D
5 D
5 D
6, 7 D
h. 1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
(x)(y)[y f(x) & (z)(z f(x) z y)]

(x) (y)[y f(x) & ()(z f(x) z y)]
(y)[y f(a) & ()(z f(a) z y)]
(y) [y f(a) & ()(z f(a) z y)]
[a f(a) & ()(z f(a) z a)]
[f(a) f(a) & ()(z f(a) z f(a)]
f(a) f(a)
(z)(z f(a) z f(a))

(z) (z f(a) z f(a)
(b f(a) b f(a)
b f(a)
b f(a)
SM
1 D
2 D
3 D
4 D
4 D
5
7
8
9
9
&D
VD
D
D
D
sentence is quantificationally true.
4. b. 1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
16.
17.
18.
19.
((x) x a (x) x b)
(x) x a
(x) x b
(x) x b
ca
a b
bb
c b
ab
cb
ca
(x) x a
(x) x b
(x) x a
cb
aa
b a
c a
ba
ca
cb
SM
1 D
1 D
3 D
2 D
4 D
4 D
4 D
6D
8D
9, 10 D
2 D
4 D
12 D
12 D
12 D
15 D
16 D
17, 18 D
The tree is closed. Therefore the given sentences are quantificationally

equivalent.
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d. 1.
[(a b & b c) (a c & b c)]
2.
3.
4.
5.
a b & b c
(a c & b c)
ab
bc
6.
7.
8.
9.
ac
a c
bc
(a b & b c)
a c & b c
1
1
2
2
D
D
&D
&D
3 &D
4, 5 D
3 &D
3 &D
ac
b c
ab
ab
10.
11.
SM
bc
2 &D
8, 9 D
The tree is closed. Therefore the sentences (a b & b c) and

(a c & b c) are quanticationally equivalent.
f. 1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
((x)(y)x y (y)(x)x y)

(x)(y)x y
(y)(x)x y
(y) (x)x y
(x)x a
(x) x a
aa
(x)(y)x y
(y)(x)x y
(x) (y)x y
(y)a y
(y) a y
aa
SM
1 D
1 D
3 D
4 D
5 D
6 D
2 D
8 D
9 D
10 D
The tree is closed. Therefore the sentences (x)(y)x y and (y)(x)x y

are quanticationally equivalent.
h. 1.
[(x)(x a x b) ((x)x a (x)x b)]
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
(x)(x a x b)
(x)(x a x b)
((x)x a (x)x b) (x)x a (x)x b
(x) (x a x b)
(c a c b)
ca
cb
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
16.
17.
18.
19.
20.
(x)x a
(x)x b
(x) x a
(x) x b
ca
db
a a a b
b a b b
c a c b
d a d b
ca
da
aa
ab
da

bb
ba
db
dc
bc
cd
ad
bd
ba
ab
ca
ac
(x)x b
cb
1
1
2
4
5
5
D
D
D
D
D
D
3 D
8 D
3 D
3 D
10 D
11 D
12 D
13 D
2 D
2 D
2 D
2 D
18 D
cb
21.
22.
23.
24.
25.
26.
27.
28.
29.
30.
31.
32.
33.
34.
(x)x a
ca
SM
db
19 D
16 D
15, 22
17 D
21, 24
15, 20
20, 24
21, 14
21, 22
27, 28
14, 27
15, 29
31, 20
20, 32
D
D
D
D
D
D
D
D
D
D
D
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(a b (y)(y a y b))
j. 1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
ab
(y)(y a y b)
(y) (y a y b)
(c a c b)
ca
cb
cb
ab
(y)(y a y b)
a a a b
babb
aa
11.
ab
SM
1 D
1 D
3 D
4 D
5 D
5 D
2, 6 D
3 D
3 D
9D
The tree is closed. Therefore the sentences a b and (y)(y a y b)

are quanticationally equivalent.
5. b. 1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
Ge d e
Ge He
(Ge Hd)
Ge
Hd
Ge
SM
SM
SM
3 D
3 D
de
Ge
He
Hd
1 D
2 D
6, 7 D
d. 1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
(x)(Hx & Mx)

Ms & Hs
(x)((Hx & Mx) & x s)
Ms
Hs
(x) ((Hx & Mx) & x s)
Ha & Ma
Ha
Ma
((Ha & Ma) & a s)
11.
(Ha & Ma)
12.
13.
14.
Ha
SM
SM
SM
2 &D
2 &D
3 D
1 D
7 &D
7 &D
6 D
a s
Ma
10 &D
11 &D
11 D
5, 13 D
as
Ha

f. 1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
(x) Pxx a a
ac
Pac
(x) Pxx
(x) Pxx
Pcc
Pcc
Pac
aa
SM
SM
SM
1 D
4 D
5 D
6D
2, 7 D
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(x)Fxa
(y)(y a y b)
(y)Fyy
(y) Fyy
Fca
a a a b
b a b b
c a c b
Faa
Fbb
Fcc
h. 1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
16.
17.
18.
19.
20.
21.
22.
aa
SM
SM
SM
3 D
1 D
2 D
2 D
2 D
4 D
4 D
4 D
ab
ba
aa
6 D
bb
ca
Fab
Fba
ba
Fcb
cb
cb
Fcb
Fca
7 D
12, 13 D
8 D
10, 15 D
12, 16 D
12, 10 D
12, 10 D
12, 13 D
20, 5 D
20, 15 D
j. 1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
16.
17.
(x)Fxa & (x)Fxb

ab
(x)(y)((Fxa & Fyb) x y)
(x)Fxa
(x)Fxb
(x) (y)((Fxa & Fyb) x y)
Fca
Fdb
(y)((Fea & Fyb) e y)
(y) ((Fea & Fyb) e y)
((Fea & Ffb) e f)
Fea & Ffb
e f
Fea
Ffb
ef
Feb
SM
SM
SM
1 &D
1 &D
3 D
4 D
5 D
6 D
9 D
10 D
11 D
11 D
12 &D
12 &D
13 D
15, 16 D
l. 1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
(x)Fxx
(x)(y)(Fxy x y)
SM
SM
(x) Fxx
(x) (y)(Fxy x y)
(y)(Fay a y)
(y) (Fay a y)
(Fab a b)
Fab
a b
ab
Fbb
Fab
1 D
2 D
4 D
5 D
6 D
7 D
7 D
9D
3 D
10, 11 D
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n. 1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
(x)( x a (y)Gyx)
Gbc
c a
SM
SM
SM
ca
a a (y)Gya
3D
1 D
aa
(y)Gya
5 D
5 D
6D
7 D
9 D
4, 10 D
a a
(y)Gya
aa
(y) Gya
Gba
Gbc

(y)(Hy g (y) y)
(x) g (x) x
(x) Hx
g (a) a
(x) Hx
Ha g (a) a
Ha
p. 1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
Ha
Hg (a) g(g(a)) g(a)
Hg (a)
11.
Hg (a)
SM
SM
SM
2 D
3 D
1 D
5 D
g(a) a
g(g(a)) g(a)
6 D
1 D
5 D
9 D
As of line 11, the tree has one completed open branch (the leftmost). The argument is therefore quanticationally invalid. The right hand branch is closed, the
middle branch is not closed but is also not a completed open branch.
r. 1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
(x)h(x) x
(x)(Fx Fh(x))
(x) Fx
h(a) a
(x) Fx
Fa
Fa
Fa Fh(a)
SM
SM
SM
1 D
4 D
5 D
6D
2 D
Fh(a)
Fh(a)
8 D
3, 7 D
Fa
The tree is closed. Therefore, the argument is quanticationally valid.

t. 1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
(x)(y)(Hxy f(x) y)
(x)Hxx
(x)f(x) x
Haa
(x) f(x) x
(y)(Hay f(a) y)
Haa f(a) a
Haa
f (a) a
f (a) a
SM
SM
SM
2 D
3 D
1 D
6 D
7 D
5 D
The tree is closed. Therefore, the argument is quanticationally valid.

(x)(Fxa Fxb)
(x)(y)(Fxy x y)
a b
ab
(x) (Fxa Fxb)
(y)(Fay a y)
(y)(Fby b y)
Faa a a
Fab a b
Fba b a
Fbb b b
(Faa Fab)
(Fba Fbb)
6. b. 1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
Faa
14.
16.
17.
18.
19.
20.
21.
22.
aa

ab
Fab
15.
Fba
Faa
Fab
Fbb
Fba
Fbb
bb
SM
SM
SM
3D
1 D
2 D
2 D
6 D
6 D
7 D
7 D
5 D
5 D
ba
aa
8 D
9 D
10 D
4, 16 D
12 D
12 D
11 D
13 D
13 D
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d. 1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
(x)(y)(Fxy & x y)
ab
Fab
(y)(Fay & y b)
(y) (Fay & y b)
(y)(Fay & a y)
(y)(Fby & b y)
(Faa & a b)
(Fab & b b)
Fab
bb
SM
SM
SM
SM
4 D
1 D
1 D
5 D
5 D
9 &D
The tree is closed. Therefore the entailment does hold.

f. 1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
16.
17.
18.
19.
(w)(y)Gwy
(w)(y)( w y Gwy)
(z) Gzz
(z) Gzz
(y) Gay
(y)( b y Gby)
Gaa
Gbb
Gaa
Gab
b a Gba
b b Gbb
Gaa
Gbb
b a
ba
b b
bb
Gba
Gbb
SM
SM
SM
3 D
1 D
2 D
4 D
4 D
5 D
5 D
6 D
6 D
7D
8D
Gba
b b
bb
11 D
15 D
Gbb
12 D
17 D
9, 16 D
The tree has at least one completed open branch. Therefore, the alleged
entailment does not hold.
h. 1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
(x)(y)y f(x)
(z)z f(a)
(z) z f(a)
a f(a)
(y)y f(a)
b f(a)
b f(a)
SM
SM
2 D
3 D
1 D
5 D
3 D
The tree is closed. Therefore, the entailment does hold.
Section 9.5E
Note: Branches that are open but not completed are so indicated by a
series of dots below the branch.
1. b. 1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
(x)(Fx Cx)
(x)(Fx & Cx)
(x) (Fx & Cx)
(Fa & Ca)
Fa
Fa Ca
Fa
Ca
SM
SM
2 D
3 D2
Ca
Fa Ca
Fa
Ca
4 &D
1 D
6 D
The tree has at least one completed open branch. Therefore, the set is quanticationally consistent.
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d. 1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
(x) Hx
(x)(Hx Kx)
(x)(Kx & Hx)
(x) Hx
(x) (Kx & Hx)
Ha
Ha
Ha Ka
(Ka & Ha)
SM
SM
SM
1 D
3 D
4 D2
6D
2 D
5 D
Ha
8 D
Ka
Ka
11.
Ha
9 &D

(x)Fx & (x) Fx
(x)Fx (x) Fx
(x)Fx
(x) Fx
Fa
f. 1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
Fa
SM
SM
1 &D
1 &D
3 D2
4 D2
Fb
(x)Fx
(x) Fx
Fa
Fb
(x) Fx
o
Fc
o
2 D
7 D
8 D2
(x)( Gx Fx)
(x)(Fx & Gx)
Fa Ga
h. 1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
Fb & Gb
Fb
Gb
Fa & Ga
Fa
Ga
Fa
Ga
Ga Fa
Ga
o
SM
SM
SM
Fa
Fa
Ga Fa
Gb Fb
Ga
o
2 D2
4 &D
4 &D
Ga
Ga Fa
Gb Fb
Fa Ga

o
Fa
o
3 D
1 D
1 D
8 D
The tree has at least one completed open branch. Therefore the set is quanticationally consistent.
j. 1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
(x)(y)Lxy
(x)(y) Lxy
(y)Lay
(y) Lay
Laa
Laa
(y) Lby
Laa
Lab
Lba
Lbb
SM
SM
1 D2
2
3
3
4
4
D2
D
D
D
D
The tree has at least one completed open branch. Therefore the set is quanticationally consistent.
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l. 1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
(x) (y)Lxy
(w) (y)(Swy Lwy)
(x) (z)Sxz
(x) (z)Sxz
(y)Lay
(y)(Say Lay)
(z)Saz
Saa Laa
(y) Lay
(z)Saz
12.
13.
14.
Laa
Saa
11.
Saa
Laa
SM
SM
SM
3 D
1 D
2 D
4 D
6 D
5 D
7D
Sab
Laa
Lab
o
Saa
Laa
8 D
10 D2
9 D
9 D
Sab
Laa
Lab
o
The tree has two completed open branches. Therefore, the set is quanticationally consistent.
n.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
(x)(y)(z)((Hxy & Hyz) Hxz)

(x)(y)(Hxy Hyx)
(x) Hxx
Haa
(y)(z)((Hay & Hyz) Haz)
(y)(Hay Hya)
(z)((Haa & Haz) Haz)
Haa Haa
(Haa & Haa) Haa
(Haa & Haa)
Haa
Haa
Haa
Haa

Haa
SM
SM
SM
3 D2
1 D
2 D
5 D
6 D
7 D
9 D
8 D
10 &D
(x)f(x) f(a)
(x) f(x) f(b)
p. 1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
f(a) f(a)
f(a) f(b)
f(b) f(b)
f(b) f(a)
f(a) f(b)
f(b) f(b)
SM
SM
f(c) f(a)
f(a) f(b)
f(b) f(b)
f(c) f(b)
f(c) f(b)
1 D2
2 D
2 D
2 D
4, 5 D
The systematic tree has a completed branch. Therefore the set being tested is
r. 1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
(x)f(x) f(a)
(x)x f(a)
(x) x f(a)
f(a) f(a)
a f(a)
a f(a)
aa
aa
b f(a)
bb
ab
f (a) b
SM
SM
2 D
1 D
3 D
5 CTD
6, 6 D
6, 5 D
6, 4 D
The systematic tree has a completed open branch. Therefore the set being
tested is quanticationally consistent.
t. 1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
(x)(y)x f (y)
(x)(y) x f (y)
(y)a f (y)
(y) a f (y)
a f (a)
a f (a)
(y) b f (y)
a f (a)
a f (b)
a f (a)
SM
SM
1 D2
2
3
3
4
D2
D
D
D
This systematic tree is closed. Therefore the set being tested is quanticationally inconsistent.
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(x)(Gx Gh(x))
(x)(Gx & Gh(x))
Ga & Gh(a))
Ga
Gh(a)
v. 1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
b h(a)
bb
Gb
Ga Gh(a)
Gb Gh(b)
a h(a)
aa
Ga
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
SM
SM
2 D2
4 &D
4 &D
Ga
11.
5 CTD
6, 6 D
6, 5 D
1 D
1 D
9 D
Gh(a)
The tree is closed. Therefore, the set being tested is quanticationally inconsistent.
(x) x f(x)
(x)x f(f(x))
a f (f (a))
a f (a)
x. 1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
a f(a)
a f(b)
aa
ba
SM
SM
2 D2
1 D
b f(a)
bb
ab
a f(b)
b f(b)
b f(b)
bb
a f(c)
aa
ca
4 CTD
5, 5 D
5, 4 D
5, 3 D
1 D
c f(b)
cc
cc
b f(c)
c f(c)
cb
cc
9 CTD
10, 10 D
10, 9 D
d f(c)
dd
cd
12 CTD
13, 13 D
The tree has at least one completed open branch. Therefore, the set being
tested is quanticationally consistent.
2. b. 1.
2.
3.
4.
(x)(y)(x g(y) y g(x))

(x) (y)(x g(y) y g(x))
(y)(a g(y) y g(a))
(y) (a g(y) y g(a))
5. [a g(a) a g(a)]
a g(a)
6.
a g(a)
7.
8.
a g(a)
[a g(b) b g(a)]
a g(b)
b g(a)
a g(a)
b g(a)
a g(b) b g(b) c g(b)
9.
10.
11.
b g(a)
SM
1 D
2 D2
3 D
4 D2
5 D
5 D
c g(c)
incomplete
a g(b) b g(b) c g(b)
bb
ab
7 CTD
6 CTD
8, 8 D
8, 7 D
The application of CTD at line 9 is incomplete (we need four branches under
c g(c), with a g(b), b g(b), c g(b), and d g(b) each entered
on one of those branches). Were we to complete this work, the tree would be
a systematic tree and have a completed open branch, the leftmost one. Therefore, the sentence being tested is not quanticationally false, and the sentence
of which it is the negation, (x)(y)(x g(y) y g(x)) is not quanticationally
true.
d. 1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
(x) x f(x)
(x) x f(x)
a f (a)
a f (a)
a f (a)
aa
b f(a)
bb
ab
SM
1 D
2 D2
3D
4 CTD
5, 5 D
5, 4 D
The systematic tree has two completed open branches. Therefore, the sentence
being tested is not quanticationally false and the sentence of which it is a
negation, (x) x f(x) is not quanticationally true.
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226
7.
5.
6.
1.
2.
3.
4.
((a f(a) & a f(a))

a a)
a f(a) & a f(a)
aa
((a f(a) & b f(a))

a b)
a f(a) & b f(a)
ab
a f(a)
b f(a)
ab
(z)((a f(a) & z f(a)) a z)

(z) ((a f(a) & z f(a)) a z)
((b f(a) & a f(a)) ((b f(a) & b f(a)) ((b f(a) & c f(a))
b a)
b b)
b c)
b f(a) & a f(a)
b f(a) & b f(a)
b f(a) & c f(a)
ba
bb
bc
b f(a)
b f(a)

a f(a)
c f(a)
ba
bc
(z)((b f(a) & z f(a)) b z)

(z) ((b f(a) & z f(a)) b z)
(x)(y)(z)((y f(x) & z f(x)) y z)

(x) (y)(z)((y f(x) & z f(x)) y z)
(y)(z)((y f(a) & z f(a)) y z)
(y) (z) ((y f(a) & z f(a)) y z)
6 D2
6 D
6 D
8 &D
8 &D
11, 10 D
4 D2
5 D
SM
1 D
2 D2
3 D
The tree is closed. Therefore, the sentence (x)(y)(z)((y f(x) & z f(x)) y z) is quanticationally false
and (x)(y)(z)((y f(x) & z f(x)) y z) is quanticationally true.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
3. b.
4. b. 1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
1.
((x) Fx (Fa Fb))

(x) Fx
(Fa Fb)
Fa
Fb
Fb
(x) Fx (Fa Fb)

(x) Fx
3.
4.
(x) Fx
o
Fa Fb
Fa
D
D
D
D
D
2 D2
Fa Fb Fc

2.
SM
1
1
3
3
5
Fb
SM
1 D
2 D
2 D
Neither the tree for the sentence nor the tree for its negation is closed. Therefore the sentence is quanticationally indeterminate.
d. 1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
[(y)(x)Fxy (x)(y)Fxy]
(y)(x)Fxy
(x)(y)Fxy
(x) (y)Fxy
(x)Fxa
(y)Fay
(y) Fay
Faa
Faa
(y)Fby
(y) Fby
Fba
Fba
SM
1 D
1 D
3 D
2 D2
4 D2
6 D
5 D
7 D
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f. 1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
[(x)(Fx ((y)Gyx H)) (x)(Fx (y)(Gyx H))]

(x)(Fx ((y)Gyx H))
(x)(Fx (y)(Gyx H))
(x) (Fx (y)(Gyx H))
(Fa (y)(Gya H))
Fa
(y)(Gya H)
(y) (Gya H)
Fa ((y)Gya H)
(Gaa H)
Gaa
H
Fa
((y)Gya H)
Fa
(y)Gya H
13.
14.
(y)Gya
(y) Gya
Gaa
15.
16.
17.
SM
1 D
1 D
3 D
4 D2
5 D
5 D
7 D
2 D
8 D
10 D
10 D
9 D
9 D
14 D
15 D
16 D
H
h. 1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
(x)Gf(x)x
Gf(a)a
a f(a)
aa
Gaa
b f(a)
bb
Gba
(x)Gf(x)x
(x) Gf(x)x
Gf(a)a
a f(a)
aa
Gaa
b f(b)
bb
Gba
SM
1 D
2 CTD
3, 3 D
3, 2 D
SM
1 D
2 D2
3 CTD
4, 4 D
4, 3 D
The tree for the given sentence has at least one completed open branch, as does
the tree for its negation. Therefore, the given sentence is quanticationally
indeterminate.
j. 1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
1.
2.
3.
(x)(Fx Fg(x))
(x) (Fx Fg(x))
(Fa Fg(a))
Fa
Fg(a)
Fg(a)
a g(a)
aa
Fa
b g(a)
bb
Fb
SM
1 D
2 D2
3 D
3 D
5D
6 CTD
7, 7 D
7, 6 D
(x)(Fx Fg(x))
Fa Fg(a)
SM
1 D
Fg(a)
3 D
Fa
4.
a g(a)
aa
Fa
5.
6.
7.
b g(a)
bb
Fb
4 CTD
5, 5 D
5, 4 D
The tree for the given sentence has at least one completed open branch, as does
the tree for its negation. Therefore, the given sentence is quanticationally
indeterminate.
5. b. 1.
2.
(x)( Jx Ixb) (x)(y)(Hxy Mx)

Iab
3.
4.
5.
(x)( Jx Ixb) (x)(y)(Hxy Mx)

Ja Iab
(y)(Hay Ma)
Jb Ibb
(y)(Hby Mb)
o
Ja
6.
7.
Jb
Iab

Ibb
SM
SM
1 D
3 D
3 D
4 D
5 D
The tree for the premises and the negation of the conclusion has at least one
completed branch. Therefore the argument is quanticationally invalid.
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(y)Kyy (x)Hxx
(x)( Hxx Kxx)
(x) ( Hxx Kxx)
d. 1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
(y)Kyy
(x)Hxx
(y) Kyy
Kaa
( Haa Kaa) ( Haa Kaa)
Haa
Haa
Haa
Kaa
Kaa
Kaa

SM
SM
2 D
1 D
2 D
5 D2
3 D
4 D
7 D
7 D
10 D
The tree for the premises and the negation of the conclusion is closed. Therefore the argument is quanticationally valid.
f. 1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
(x)(y)(Fx Gxy)
(x)Fx
(x)(y)Gxy
Fa
(x) (y)Gxy
(y)(Fa Gay)
(y)Gay
Fa Gaa
(y) Gay
Fa
Gaa
Gaa
Gaa
SM
SM
SM
2 D2
3 D
1 D
5 D
6 D
7 D
8 D
9 D
completed open branch. Therefore the argument is quanticationally invalid.
(x)((Lx Sx) Kx)

(y) (Ly Ky)
(x)Sx
(La Sa) Ka
(x) Sx
h. 1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
La Sa
6.
La
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
SM
SM
SM
1 D2
3 D
Ka
4 D
6 D
Sa
Sa
Sb
Sb
Sb
Sa
Sa
(La Ka) (La Ka) (La Ka) (La Ka) (La Ka)
(Lb Kb)
(Lb Kb)
(Lb Kb)
La
La
La
La
La
Ka
Ka
Ka
Ka
Ka

Lb

Kb
5 D2
2 D
2 D
9 D
9 D
10 D
10 D
completed open branch. Therefore, the argument is quanticationally invalid.
j. 1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
(x) Pf(f(x))
Pf(a)
Pf(f(a))
a f(a)
aa
Pa
Pf(a)
Pa
b f(a)
bb
Pb
Pf(b)
Pb
SM
SM
1 D
2 CTD
4, 4 D
4, 2 D
4, 3 D
4, 7 D
The tree is closed. Therefore, the argument being tested is quanticationally valid.
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(x)(Fx Fg(x))
(x)(Fx(x) Fg(g(x)))
(x) (Fx Fg(g(x)))
(Fa Fg(g(a)))
Fa
Fg (g(a))
l. 1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
a g(a)
aa
Fg(a)
Fa
Fa Fg(a)
13.
14.
Fa
Fg(a)
SM
SM
2 D
3 D2
4 D
4 D
b g(a)
bb
Fg(b)
Fa Fg(a)
Fb Fg(b)
Fa
Fg(a)
15.
Fb
Fg(b)
6 CTD
7, 7 D
7, 6 D
7, 9 D
1 D
1 D
12 D
13 D
The tree has a completed open branch. Therefore, the argument is quanticationally valid.
(x) [Fx (y)Gxy]
(y)Fg(y)
(y)Gyy
(y) Gyy
Fg(a)
Fa (y)Gay
Gaa
n. 1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
a g(a)
aa
Fa
Fa
(y)Gay
(y) Gay
Gaa
b g(a)
bb
Fb
Fa
.
.
.
(y)Gay
(y) Gay
Gaa
Gab
.
.
.
SM
SM
SM
3 D
2 D2
1 D
4 D
5 CTD
8, 8 D
8, 5 D
6 D
8, 12 D
13 D
13 D
The tree has a completed open branch (the one ending in Gaa. Therefore,
the argument being tested is quanticationally invalid.
6. b. 1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
[(x)(y)Lxy (y)(x)Lyx]
SM
(x)(y)Lxy
(y)(x)Lyx
(x)(y)Lxy
(y)(x)Lyx
(y) (x)Lyx
(x) (y)Lxy
(x)Lax
(y)Lay
(y) Lay
(y)Lay
(x)Lax
o
Laa
Laa
(y)Lby
(y) Lby
Laa
Lab
Lba
Lbb
1
1
3
2
3
D
D
D
D
D2
5
7
2
4
6
6
8
8
D2
D
D
D
D
D
D
D
The tree for the negation of the corresponding biconditional has at least one
completed open branch. Therefore the sentences are not quanticationally
equivalent.
d. 1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
[(x)(Ax B) ((x)Ax B)]
SM
(x)(Ax B)
(x)Ax B
(x)(Ax B)
((x)Ax B)
(x)Ax
B
o
(x) (Ax B)

(Aa B)
Aa
B
(x)Ax
(x) Ax
Aa
Ab
B
1
1
3
3
2
6
7
7
D
D
D
D
D
D2
D
D
3 D
10 D
11 D2
completed open branch. Therefore, the sentences are not quanticationally
equivalent.
233
[(x)(Ax B) ((x)Ax B)]
SM
(x)(Ax B)
((x)Ax B)
(x)Ax
B
Aa B
1
1
3
3
2
f. 1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Aa
7.
8.
Aa
(x)(Ax B)
(x)Ax B
o
4 D2
Ab
Aa
B
D
D
D
D
D2
6 D
B
completed open branch. Therefore, the sentences are not quanticationally
equivalent.
(Labf(b) Laf(b)b)
h. 1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
a f(b)
aa
Laba
Laab
Labf(b)
Laf(b)b
Labf(b)
Laf(b)b
b f(b)
bb
Labb
Labb
a f(b)
aa
Laba
Laab
SM
1 D
1 D
b f(b)
bb
Labb
Labb
2 CTD
4, 4 D
4, 2 D
4, 3 D
The tree has two completed open branches, therefore the given sentences are
not quanticationally equivalent.
j.
[(x)Bh(x)x (x)Bxh(x)]
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
16.
17.
18.
(x)Bh(x)x
(x) Bxh(x)
(x)Bh(x)x
(x)Bxh(x)
(x) Bxh(x)
(x) Bh(x)x
Bah(a)
Bh(a)a
Bh(a)a
Bah(a)
a h(a)
aa
Baa
Baa
b h(a)
bb
Bab
Bba
a h(a)
aa
Baa
Baa
b h(a)
bb
Bba
Bab
SM
1
1
3
2
4
5
2
3
D
D
D
D
D2
D2
D
D
8 CTD
11, 11 D
11, 6 D
11, 8 D
9 CTD
15, 15 D
15, 7 D
15, 9 D
The tree has two completed open branches. Therefore, the given sentences are
not quanticationally equivalent.
7. b. 1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
(x)(y)(Fx Gxy)
(x)Fx
(x)(y)Gxy
(x) (y)Gxy
Fa
(y)(Fa Gay)
(y)Gay
Fa Gaa
(y) Gay
Fa
Gaa
Gaa
Gaa
SM
SM
SM
3 D
2 D2
1 D
4 D
6 D
7 D
8 D
9 D
The tree has at least one completed open branch. Therefore, the given set does
not quanticationally entail the given sentence.
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(x)(y)Gxy
(y)(x)Gxy
(y)Gay
(y) (x)Gxy
d. 1.
2.
3.
4.
(x)Gxa
(x) Gxa
Gaa
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
Gaa
SM
SM
1 D2
2 D
(x)Gxb
(x) Gxb
Gaa
Gab
Gab
4
5
3
3
6
D2
D
D
D
D
The tree is closed. Therefore the given set does quanticationally entail the given
sentence.
Gaa
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
SM
SM
2 D
1 D
3 D
5 D
(y)(x)Gxy
(x)(y)Gxy
(x) (y)Gxy
(x)Gxa
(y)Gay
(y) Gay
f. 1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Gaa
Gab
15. Gba
4 D2
Gba
Gab
(x)Gxb
Gaa
(x)Gxb
Gac
(x)Gxb
(x)Gxc
(y)Gby (y)Gby (y)Gby (y)Gby
(y)Gcy
(y) Gby (y) Gby (y) Gby (y) Gby
o
o
o
Gbb
Gbb
Gbc
o
Gab
(x)Gxb
9 D2
Gcb
Gbb
o
Gbb
o
6 D2
1 D
1 D
3 D
3 D
11 D
Gbc
o
Gbd
o
13 D2
The tree has at least one completed open branch (the leftmost). Therefore, the
set does not quanticationally entail the given sentence.
(x)(y)x g(y)
h(a) g(a)
(y)a g(y)
a g(a)
i. 1.
2.
3.
4.
a g(a)
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
a h(a)
aa
h(a) a
aa
a g(b)
b h(a)
aa
bb
h(a) a
ba
b g(a)
a g(b)
b g(b)
SM
SM
1 D2
3 D
b g(a)
a h(a)
aa
h(a) b
ab
a g(a)
a g(b)
c g(b)
b h(a)
bb
h(a) b
bb
4 CTD
c h(a)
bb
cc
h(a) b
cb
c g(a)
a g(b)
a g(c)
2 CTD
5, 5 D
6, 6 D
5, 2 D
6, 9 D
6, 2 D
3 D
3 D
12 CTD
The leftmost branch is a completed open branch. Therefore, the set {(x)(y)
x g(y)} does not quanticationally entail h(a) g(a).
8. The members of contain no binary connectives. Hence, each
member of must either be a literal or be one of the following forms, where
P contains no binary connectives: P, (x)P, (x)P, (x)P, (x)P. Hence,
the only decomposition rules that are applicable to the members of are
Negated Negation Decomposition, Universal Decomposition, Negated Universal Decomposition, Existential Decomposition, and Negated Existential Decomposition. These are, as long as Existential Decomposition, rather than Existential Decomposition-2, is used, all nonbranching rules. Furthermore, applying
these rules to the members of can yield only literals and sentences of one of
the aforementioned forms, and so on. Hence, in decomposing the members
of , there will never be a chance to use a branching rule, and every tree for
will have only one branch.
However, Existential Decomposition-2 is a branching rule, so if it is
used may have a tree with more than one branch.
10. The envisioned change is not a wise one. For example, though the
rst rule would indeed eliminate the universal quantier from a sentence
(x)P it would do so only at the cost of producing a sentence of the form
(x P, which would then have to be decomposed by Negated Existential
Decomposition, yielding a sentence (x) P that is, reintroducing a universally quantied sentence. So too, the rule for decomposing existentially
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quantied sentences would introduce negated universally quantied sentences

that, when themselves decomposed, would produce more existentially quantied sentences.
12. Yes. For to decompose (x)P we must enter at least one substitution instance of that sentence on every branch passing through (x)P. And
since, by assumption, all substitution instances of (x)P have closed trees, all
those branches will close. Therefore, the tree for (x)P will be closed.
CHAPTER TEN
Section 10.1.1E
b. Derive: Kg
1
2
(x)(y)Hxy
Hcf Kg
Assumption
Assumption
3
4
5
(y)Hcy
Hcf
Kg
1 E
3 E
2, 4 E
d. Derive: Pi Ai
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
(x)(Px Tx)
(z)(Tz Az)
Pi
Assumption
Assumption
Assumption
Pi Ti
Ti
Ti Ai
Ai
Pi Ai
1 E
3, 4 E
2 E
5, 6 E
37 I
Section 10.1.2E
b. Derive: (x)Fxax
1
Faaa
Assumption
(x)Fxax
1 I
d. Derive: Wf
1
2
(x)Sx
(z)Sz (z)Wz
Assumption
Assumption
3
4
5
6
Sj
(z)Sz
(z)Wz
Wf
1 E
3 I
2, 4 E
5 E
Section 10.1.3E
b. Derive: (y)(Hyy & By)
1
2
(y)Hyy
(z)Bz
Assumption
Assumption
3
4
5
6
Htt
Bt
Htt & Bt
(y)(Hyy & By)
1 E
2 E
3, 4 &I
5 I
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d. Derive: (w) Bw
1
2
(z)(y)Lzy
(x)(y)(Lxy Bx)
Assumption
Assumption
3
4
5
6
7
8
(y)Lpy
Lpq
(y)(Lpy Bp)
Lpq Bp
Bp
(w) Bw
1 E
3 E
2 E
5 E
4, 6 E
7 I
Section 10.1.4E
1. b. Derive: (x)Lx
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
(x)(Fx Lx)
(x)Fx
Fa
Assumption
Assumption
Assumption
Fa La
La
(x)Lx
(x)Lx
1 E
3, 4 E
5 I
2, 36 E
d. Derive: (y)(x)Gxy
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
(x)(y)Gxy
(y)Gay
Gab
(x)Gxb
(y)(x)Gxy
(y)(x)Gxy
(y)(x)Gxy
Assumption
Assumption
Assumption
3 I
4 I
2, 35 E
1, 26 E
2. b. This sentence can be derived by E applied to the sentence on

line 1.
d. This sentence can be derived by I applied to the sentence on line 2.
Note that Saabb is a substitution instance of (x)Saxbb.
f. This sentence can be derived by I applied to the sentence on line 2.
Note that we may pick the variable of our choice in using the quantier introduction rules.
h. This sentence cannot be derived. Note that Saabb is not a substitution instance of (x)Sxaxb. To generate Saabb, both a and b would have
to replace an occurrence of the free variable x in Sxaxb.
j. This sentence can be derived by I applied to the sentence on

line 2.
l. This sentence cannot be derived. Note that I cannot be used to

obtain this sentence, for b occurs in (z)Saabz, which violates the second
restriction on using I.
Section 10.2E
1. b. Derive: ( Jb & Qb)
1
2
(z)( Jz Lz)
(w)( Qw Lw)
Jb & Qb
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Jb
Jb Lb
Lb
Qb Lb
Qb
Qb
( Jb & Qb)
Assumption
Assumption
Assumption
3 &E
1 E
4, 5 E
2 E
6, 7 E
3 &E
39 I
d. Derive: Jaa
1
2
Kmm & Cmr

(y) (Kmy Cyr) (x)Jxx
Kmm Cmr
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Kmm
Cmr
Cmr
(Kmm Cmr)
(y) (Kmy Cyr)
(x) Jxx
Jaa
Assumption
Assumption
Assumption
1 &E
3, 4 E
1 &E
36 I
7 I
2, 8 E
9 E
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f. Derive: (w)(Lwg Jw)

1
2
3
(x)(Dxx Px)
(y) Dyy
(z)(Pz Jz)
Assumption
Assumption
Assumption
4
5
6
7
Daa
Daa Pa
Pa Ja
Daa
2 E
1 E
3 E
Assumption
Ja
Assumption
Daa
Daa
9
10
11
Ja
7R
4R
810 E
12
Pa
Assumption
13
14
15
16
Ja
Ja
Lag Ja
(w)(Lwg Jw)
6, 12 MP
5, 711, 1213 E
14 I
15 I
h. Derive: (w) Lwn

1
2
(y)(My & Ry)

(y)[Lyn (Ry Cy)]
Assumption
Assumption
Ma & Ra
Assumption
Lan (Ra Ca)
2 E
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
Lan
(Ra Ca)
Ra
Ra Ca
Lan
(w) Lwn
(w) Lwn
Assumption
4, 5 E
3 &E
7 I
58 I
9 I
1, 310 E
j. Derive: (y)(w)(x)Hxxwyxx
1
(x)(y)(w)(z)Hwwxyzz
Assumption
2
3
4
(y)(w)(z)Hwwayzz
(w)(z)Hwwabzz
(z)Hccabzz
1 E
2 E
Assumption
5
6
7
8
9
Hccabcc
(x)Hxxabxx
(x)Hxxabxx
(w)(x)Hxxwbxx
(y)(w)(x)Hxxwyxx
4 E
5 I
3, 46 E
7 I
8 I
2. b. Derive: (x)(Bx & Mx)

1
2
Bk
(x)Mx
Assumption
Assumption
3
4
5
Mk
Bk & Mk
(x)(Bx & Mx)
2 E
1, 3 &I
4 I
ERROR!
k occurs in the undischarged assumption on line 1, and hence line 5 violates

the second condition for Universal Introduction.
d. Derive: (x)Gx
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
(x)(Fx Gx)
(x)Fx
Fi
Assumption
Assumption
Assumption
Fi Gi
Gi
(x)Gx
(x)Gx
1 E
3, 4 E
5 I
1, 36 E
ERROR!
This not a correct application of Existential Elimination because the assumption

on line 3 is not a substitution instance of an existentially quantied sentence.
The sentence on line 2 is the negation of an existentially quantied sentence.
f. Derive: (y)Dy
1
(x)(y)(Dx & Sy)
Assumption
2
3
(y)(Da & Sy)

Da & Sz
1 E
Assumption
ERROR!
4
5
6
Sz
(y)Sy
(y)Sy
3 &E
4 I
2, 35 E
ERROR!
ERROR!
ERROR!
The error on line 3 is the occurrence of a free variable z. Da & Sz is not a

sentence in PL and hence not a possible assumption. This error then contaminates the next three lines of the derivation. Only sentences can occur in derivationsnot formulas with free variables in them.
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Here is a correct derivation:

1
(x)(y)(Dx & Sy)
Assumption
2
3
(y)(Da & Sy)

Da & Sb
1 E
Assumption
4
5
6
Sb
(y)Sy
(y)Sy
3 &E
4 I
2, 35 E
h. Derive: Sg
1
2
(x)Rxx
(x)(y)Rxy Sg
Assumption
Assumption
3
4
5
6
Raa
(y)Ray
(x)(y)Rxy
Sg
1 E
3 I
4 I
2, 5 E
ERROR!
This violates the second condition for the rule Universal Instantiation. a
occurs in the sentence on line 4. A correct use of the rule Universal Instantiation on line 4 would yield (y)Ryy, but in fact Sg is not derivable from
the set of primary assumptions.
Section 10.4E
1. Goal Analysis
First Part: Indicating goals and subgoals
b. Derive: (z)Az (z)Zz
1
2
3
Subgoal
Goal
(x)(Ax Zx)
(z)Az
Aj
(z)Zz
(z)Zz
(z)Az (z)Zz
Assumption
Assumption
Assumption
2, 3 E
2 I
Given the occurrence of the existential assumption on line 2, it would be best

to set up a subderivation to apply the rule Existential Elimination. Hence, the
subderivation beginning at line 3 has a substitution instance of the existential
sentence on line 2.
d. Derive: (x)(y)((Bx & Ny) Txy)

1
Subgoal
Goal
(x)(y)(Bx Txy)
Assumption
(y)((Ba & Ny) Tay)

(x)(y)((Bx & Ny) Txy)
The goal sentence is a universally quantied sentence, and hence the appropriate subgoal is a substitution instance of it.
f. Derive: (x)(Hx Mx)
1
2
Ma
(x)(Mx Hx)
Assumption
Assumption
Subgoal
Goal
Ha Ma
(x)(Hx Mx)
When the goal sentence is an existentially quantied sentence, a good subgoal

sentence to consider is its substitution instance. If a substitution instance can
be derived, then the existentially quantied sentence can be derived in one
step by Existential Introduction.
h. Derive: (y)Lyy
1
2
(x)(Nx Lxx)
(x) Nx
Assumption
Assumption
Nh Lhh
Assumption
Subgoal
Goal
Lhh
(y)Lyy
(y)Lyy
I
1, 3 E
The goal sentence in the subderivation is an existentially quantied sentence,

and hence taking a substitution instance as a subgoal is appropriate. Lhh is
the substitution instance to pick because the constant h already occurs in the
assumption for the subderivation in the subformula Lhh on line 3.
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j. Derive: (y)(x)(Cxy Px)

1
2
(y)(x)(Cxy Qx)
(y)(Qy Py)
Subgoal
Goal
Cmb
Cmb Qm
Qm
Qm Pm
Pm
Cmb Pm
(x)(Cxb Px)
(y)(x)(Cxy Px)
Assumption
Assumption
Assumption
3, E
2 E
, E
3 I
I
I
The conditional Cmb Qm is a reasonable subgoal because it is a substitution instance of a substitution instance of the assumption on line 1. Note that
the choice of constants used in the conditional sentence is suggested by other
sentences already occurring in the derivation.
Second Part: Completing the derivations
b. Derive: (z)Az (z)Zz
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
(x)(Ax Zx)
(z)Az
Aj
Aj Zj
Zj
(z)Zz
(z)Zz
(z)Az (z)Zz
Assumption
Assumption
Assumption
1 E
3, 4 E
5 I
2, 36 E
27 I
d. Derive: (x)(y)((Bx & Ny) Txy)

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
(x)(y)(Bx Txy)
Ba & Nb
(y)(Ba Tay)
Ba Tab
Ba
Tab
(Ba & Nb) Tab
(y)((Ba & Ny) Tay)
(x)(y)((Bx & Ny) Txy)
Assumption
Assumption
1 E
3 E
2 &E
4, 5 E
26 I
7 I
8 I
f. Derive: (x)(Hx Mx)

1
2
Ma
(x)(Mx Hx)
Assumption
Assumption
Ha
Assumption
Ma
1R
Ma
Assumption
6
7
8
9
Ma Ha
Ha
Ha Ma
(x)(Hx Mx)
2 E
5, 6 E
34, 57 I
8 I
h. Derive: (y)Lyy
1
2
(x)(Nx Lxx)
(x) Nx
Assumption
Assumption
Nh Lhh
Assumption
Nh
Assumption
Lhh
Assumption
6
7
8
Nh
Nh
Lhh
4R
2 E
57 E
Lhh
Assumption
10
11
12
13
Lhh
Lhh
(y)Lyy
(y)Lyy
9R
3, 48, 910 E
11 I
1, 312 E
j. Derive: (y)(x)(Cxy Px)

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
(x)(y)(Cxy Qx)
(y)(Qy Py)
Cmb
(y)(Cmy Qm)
Cmb Qm
Qm
Qm Pm
Pm
Cmb Pm
(x)(Cxb Px)
(y)(x)(Cxy Px)
Assumption
Assumption
Assumption
1 E
4 E
3, 5 E
2 E
6, 7 E
38 I
9 I
10 I
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Section 10.4E
2. Derivability
b. Derive: (z)Kzz
1
(x)Kxx
Assumption
Kcc
Assumption
3
4
(z)Kzz
(z)Kzz
2 I
1, 23 E
d. Derive: (x)( Mx Mx)

1
(x)Mx
Assumption
Ma
Assumption
3
4
5
Ma
Ma Ma
(x)( Mx Mx)
1 E
23 I
4 I
f. Derive: (y)(Iy & Gy)

1
2
3
(x)[(Hx & Kx) Ix]

(y)(Hy & Gy)
(x)(Gx & Kx)
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
Ha & Ga
(Ha & Ka) Ia
Ga & Ka
Ha
Ka
Ha & Ka
Ia
Ga
Ia & Ga
(y)(Iy & Gy)
(y)(Iy & Gy)
Assumption
Assumption
Assumption
Assumption
1 E
3 E
4 &E
6 &E
7, 8 &I
5, 9 E
6 &E
10, 11 &I
12 I
2, 413 E
3. Validity
b. Derive: Tb
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
(x)(Tx Lx)
Lb
Tb
Tb Lb
Lb
Lb
Tb
Assumption
Assumption
Assumption
1 E
3, 4 E
2R
36 I
d. Derive: (x)Cx Ch
1
(x)Cx Ch
Assumption
(x)Cx
Assumption
Ch
1, 2 E
Ch
Assumption
5
6
(x)Cx
(x)Cx Ch
4 I
23, 45 I
f. Derive: (x)Jxb & (x)Mx

1
(y)[Hy & ( Jyy & My)]
Assumption
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Hb & ( Jbb & Mb)

Jbb & Mb
Jbb
(x)Jxb
Mb
(x)Mx
(x)Jxb & (x)Mx
1 E
2 &E
3 &E
4 I
3 &E
6 I
5, 7 &I
4. Theorems
b. Derive: (x)(Ax Ax)
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
Aa
Assumption
Aa
Aa
Aa
Aa
Aa Aa
(x)(Ax Ax)
Assumption
1R
2R
24 I
15 I
6 I
d. Derive: (x)(Ax & Bx) ((x)Ax & (x)Bx)

1
(x)(Ax & Bx)
Assumption
Ac & Bc
Assumption
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
Ac
(x)Ax
Bc
(x)Bx
(x)Ax & (x)Bx
(x)Ax & (x)Bx
(x)(Ax & Bx) ((x)Ax & (x)Bx)
2 &E
3 I
2 &I
5 I
4, 6 &I
1, 27 E
18 I
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f. Derive: (x)(Ax B) ((x)Ax B)

1
(x)(Ax B)
Assumption
(x)Ax
Assumption
Ac
Assumption
4
5
6
7
Ac B
B
B
(x)Ax B
1 E
3, 4 E
2, 35 E
26 I
(x)Ax B
Assumption
9
10
11
12
13
14
Ac
(x)Ax
B
Ac B
(x)(Ax B)
(x)(Ax B) ((x)Ax B)
Assumption
9 I
8, 10 E
911 I
12 I
17, 813 I
5. Equivalence
b. Derive: (x)Ax & (y)By
1
(x)(y)(Ax & By)
Assumption
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
(y)(Aa & By)

Aa & Bb
Aa
(x)Ax
Bb
(y)By
(x)Ax & (y)By
1 E
2 E
3 &E
4 I
3 &E
6 I
5, 7 &I
Derive: (x)(y)(Ax & By)

1
(x)Ax & (y)By
Assumption
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
(x)Ax
Aa
(y)By
Bb
Aa & Bb
(y)(Aa & By)
(x)(y)(Ax & By)
1 &E
2 E
1 &E
4 E
3, 5 &I
6 I
7 I
d. Derive: (x)Ax
1
(x) Ax
Assumption
(x)Ax
Assumption
Ac
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Assumption
(x)Ax
Ac
Ac
(x)Ax
(x)Ax
(x)Ax
(x)Ax
Assumption
3R
1 E
46 I
2, 37 E
2R
29 I
Derive: (x) Ax
1
(x)Ax
Assumption
Ac
Assumption
3
4
5
6
(x)Ax
(x)Ax
Ac
(x) Ax
2 I
1R
24 I
5 I
f. Derive: (x)[(y)(Axy & Ayx) Axx]

1
(x)(y)[(Axy & Ayx) Axx]
Assumption
(y)(Aay & Aya)
Assumption
Aab & Aba
Assumption
4
5
6
7
8
9
(y)[(Aay & Aya) Aaa]

(Aab & Aba) Aaa
Aaa
Aaa
(y)(Aay & Aya) Aaa
(x)[(y)(Axy & Ayx) Axx]
1 E
4 E
3, 5 E
2, 36 E
27 I
8 I
Derive: (x)(y)[(Axy & Ayx) Axx]

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
(x)[(y)(Axy & Ayx) Axx]

Aab & Aba
(y)(Aay & Aya)
(y)(Aay & Aya) Aaa
Aaa
(Aab & Aba) Aaa
(y)[(Aay & Aya) Aaa]
(x)(y)[(Axy & Ayx) Axx]
Assumption
Assumption
2 I
1 E
3, 4 E
25 I
6 I
7 I
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6. Inconsistency
b. 1
2
(x)(Rx Rx)
Assumption
Ra Ra
1 E
Ra
4
5
6
7
Ra
Ra
Ra
Ra
2, 3 E
3R
35 I
2, 6 E
(x)(y)Fxy
(y)(x)Fxy
Assumption
Assumption
(y)Fay
Assumption
d. 1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
f. 1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Assumption
Fab
(x)Fxb
(y)(x)Fxy
(y)(x)Fxy
(y)(x)Fxy
3 E
4 I
5 I
1, 36 E
2R
(y)Jy
(x) Hx
(z)( Jz Hz)
Assumption
Assumption
Assumption
Jk Hk
Jk
3 E
Assumption
(S & S)
Assumption
(y)Jy
(y)Jy
S&S
5 I
1R
68 E
Hk
Assumption
11
(S & S)
12
13
14
15
16
17
(x) Hx
(x) Hx
S&S
S&S
S
S
Assumption
10 I
2R
1113 E
4, 59, 1014 E
15 &E
15 &E
7. Derivability
b. Derive: (x)(y)(z)(Gxyz Gzyx)
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
(x)(y)(z)Gxyz
Gabc
(y)(z)Gcyz
(z)Gcbz
Gcba
Gabc Gcba
(z)(Gabz Gzba)
(y)(z)(Gayz Gzya)
(x)(y)(z)(Gxyz Gzyx)
Assumption
Assumption
1 E
3 E
4 E
25 I
6 I
7 I
8 I
d. Derive: (x)Kx
1
2
(x)(Fx & Aix) (x)Kx

(y)[(x) (Fx & Aix) & Ryy]
Assumption
Assumption
3
4
5
(x) (Fx & Aix) & Rmm

(x) (Fx & Aix)
(Fa & Aia)
2 E
3 &E
Assumption
(x)(Fx & Aix)
Assumption
7
8
9
10
11
Fa & Aia
(Fa & Aia)
(x)(Fx & Aix)
(x)(Fx & Aix)
(x)Kx
6 E
5R
68 I
4, 59 E
1, 10 E
f. Derive: (z)( Az & Hzz)

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
(x)( Jxa & Ck)

(x)(Sx & Hxx)
(x)[(Cx & Sx) Ax]
Jba & Ck
Sc & Hcc
(Ck & Sc) Ac
Ck
Sc
Ck & Sc
Ac
Hcc
Ac & Hcc
(z)( Az & Hzz)
(z)( Az & Hzz)
(z)( Az & Hzz)
Assumption
Assumption
Assumption
Assumption
Assumption
3 E
4 &E
5 &E
7, 8 &I
6, 9 E
5 &E
10, 11 &I
12 I
2, 513 E
1, 414 E
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h. Derive: (x)(y)(Cxy & Cyx)

1
2
3
(x)(y)(Dxy Cxy)
(x)(y)Dxy
(x)(y)(Cyx Dxy)
Assumption
Assumption
Assumption
4
5
(y)Day
Dab
2 E
Assumption
(y)(Day Cay)
Dab Cab
Cab
(y)(Cyb Dby)
Cab Dba
Dba
(y)(Dby Cby)
Dba Cba
Cba
Cab & Cba
(y)(Cay & Cya)
(x)(y)(Cxy & Cyx)
(x)(y)(Cxy & Cyx)
1 E
6 E
5, 7 E
3 E
9 E
8, 10 E
1 E
12 E
11, 13 E
8, 14 &I
15 I
16 I
4, 517 E
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
8. Validity
b. Derive: (x)(Px Jx)
1
2
(x) (y)(Rxy & Uy) (x)(Px & Jx)

(x) (y)(Rxy & Uy)
Assumption
Assumption
3
4
(x)(Px & Jx)

Pa & Ja
1, 2 E
Assumption
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
(x)(Px Jx)
Pa Ja
Ja
Pa
Ja
(x)(Px Jx)
(x)(Px Jx)
Assumption
5 E
4 &E
4 &E
6, 8 E
59 I
3, 410 E
d. Derive: (x)(Fx & Gx)

1
2
(x)((Fx & Gx) (y)(Axy & Py))

(x)(y)(Fx & (Axy & Py))
Assumption
Assumption
(y)(Fa & (Aay & Py))
Assumption
Fa & (Aab & Pb)
Assumption
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
(Fa & Ga) (y)(Aay & Py)

Aab & Pb
(y)(Aay & Py)
Fa & Ga
(x)(Fx & Gx)
(x)(Fx & Gx)
(x)(Fx & Gx)
1 E
4 &E
6 I
5, 7 E
8 I
3, 49 E
2, 310 E
f. Derive: ((x)Px & (x)Qx) (x)(Px & Qx)

1
(x)(Px Qx)
Assumption
(x)(Px & Qx)
Assumption
Pa & Qa
Assumption
4
5
6
7
8
9
Pa
(x)Px
Qa
(x)Qx
(x)Px & (x)Qx
(x)Px & (x)Qx
3 &E
4 I
3 &E
6 I
5, 7 &I
2, 38 E
10
(x)Px & (x)Qx
Assumption
11
12
(x)Px
Pa
10 &E
Assumption
13
14
15
16
17
18
Pa Qa
Qa
Pa & Qa
(x)(Px & Qx)
(x)(Px & Qx)
((x)Px & (x)Qx) (x)(Px & Qx)
1 E
12, 13 E
12, 14 &I
15 I
11, 1216 E
29, 1017 I
255
h. Derive: (x)(Rx & Ax)

1
2
3
(y)(My Ay)
(x)(y)[(Bx & Mx) & (Ry & Syx)]
(x)Ax (y)(z)(Syz Ay)
Assumption
Assumption
Assumption
(y)[(Ba & Ma) & (Ry & Sya)]
Assumption
(Ba & Ma) & (Rb & Sba)
Assumption
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
Ba & Ma
Ma
Ma Aa
Aa
(x)Ax
(y)(z)(Syz Ay)
(z)(Sbz Ab)
Sba Ab
Rb & Sba
Sba
Ab
Rb
Rb & Ab
(x)(Rx & Ax)
(x)(Rx & Ax)
(x)(Rx & Ax)
5 &E
6 &E
1 E
7, 8 E
9 I
3, 10 E
11 E
12 E
5 &E
14 &E
13, 15 E
14 &E
17, 16 &I
18 I
4, 519 E
2, 420 E
j. Derive: Mp
1
2
3
(x)((Fx & Kx) (y)[(Fy & Hyx) & Ky])

(x)[(Fx & (y)[(Fy & Hyx) Ky]) Kx] Mp
Fa & (y)[(Fy & Hya) Ky]
Assumption
Assumption
Assumption
Ka
Assumption
5
6
7
8
9
(Fa & Ka) (y)[(Fy & Hya) & Ky]

Fa
Fa & Ka
(y)[(Fy & Hya) & Ky]
(Fb & Hba) & Kb
1 E
3 &E
6, 4 &I
5, 7 D
Assumption
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
(y)[(Fy & Hya) Ky]

(Fb & Hba) Kb
Fb & Hba
Ka
Kb
Kb
Ka
Ka
Ka
Ka
(Fa & (y)[(Fy & Hya) Ky]) Ka
(x)[(Fx & (y)[(Fy & Hyx) Ky]) Kx]
Mp
3 &E
10 E
9 &E
Assumption
11, 12 E
9 &E
1315 E
8, 916 E
4R
418 E
319 I
20 I
2, 21 E
257
l. Derive: (z)(w)[(Az & Hw) Czw]

1
2
3
4
5
(x)(y)[(Ax & By) Cxy]

(y)[Ey & (w)(Hw Cyw)]
(x)(y)(z)[(Cxy & Cyz) Cxz]
(w)(Ew Bw)
Aa & Hb
Assumption
Assumption
Assumption
Assumption
Assumption
Ec & (w)(Hw Ccw)
Assumption
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
Hb
(w)(Hw Ccw)
Hb Ccb
Ccb
Ec
Ec Bc
Bc
(y)[(Aa & By) Cay]
(Aa & Bc) Cac
Aa
Aa & Bc
Cac
(y)(z)[(Cay & Cyz) Caz]
(z)[(Cac & Ccz) Caz]
(Cac & Ccb) Cab
Cac & Ccb
Cab
Cab
(Aa & Hb) Cab
(w)[(Aa & Hw) Caw]
(z)(w)[(Az & Hw) Czw]
5 &E
6 &E
8 E
7, 9 E
6 &E
4 E
11, 12 E
1 E
14 E
5 &E
16, 13 &I
17, 15 E
3 E
19 E
20 E
18, 10 &I
22, 21 E
2, 623 E
524 I
25 I
26 I
9. Theorems
b. Derive: (x)(y)(Ax By) ((x)Ax (y)By)
1
(x)(y)(Ax By)
Assumption
(x)Ax
Assumption
3
4
(y)(Ac By)
Ac Bd
1 E
Assumption
5
6
7
8
9
10
Ac
Bd
(y)By
(y)By
(x)Ax (y)By
(x)(y)(Ax By) ((x)Ax (y)By)
2 E
4, 5 E
6 I
3, 47 E
2, 8 I
1, 9 I
d. Derive: (x)(Ax Bi) ((x)Ax Bi)

1
(x)(Ax Bi)
Assumption
((x)Ax Bi)
Assumption
3
4
Ac Bi
Ac
1 E
Assumption
Ac
4R
Bi
Assumption
Ac
Assumption
(x)Ax Bi
((x)Ax Bi)
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
Ac
Ac
(x)Ax
(x)Ax Bi
((x)Ax Bi)
(x)Ax Bi
6 I
2R
79 E
3, 45, 610 E
11 I
12 I
2R
214 E
16
(x)Ax Bi
Assumption
17
(x)Ax
Assumption
18
19
Ac
Ac Bi
17 E
18 I
20
Bi
Assumption
21
22
23
24
Ac Bi
Ac Bi
(x)(Ax Bi)
(x)(Ax Bi) ((x)Ax Bi)
20 I
16, 1719, 2021 E
22 I
115, 1623 I
259
f. Derive: (x)(Ax B) ((x)Ax B)

1
(x)(Ax B)
Assumption
(x)Ax
Assumption
Ac B
Assumption
4
5
6
7
Ac
B
B
(x)Ax B
2 E
3, 4 E
1, 35 E
26 I
(x)Ax B
Assumption
(x)(Ax B)
Ac
10
11
Assumption
Assumption
Ac
Assumption
12
Assumption
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
Ac
Ac
10 R
11 R
1214 E
1115 I
16 I
9R
1018 E
19 I
Assumption
22
23
24
25
26
27
B
Ac B
(x)(Ax B)
(x)(Ax B)
Ac
(x)Ax
Ac
B
Ac B
(x)(Ax B)
(x)(Ax B)
(x)(Ax B)
(x)(Ax B) ((x)Ax B)
8, 20 E
2122 I
23 I
9R
925 E
17, 826 I
10. Equivalence
b. Derive: (x)Ax
1
(x)(Ax (Ax)
Assumption
2
3
Ac Ac
Ac
1 E
Assumption
4
5
6
Ac
Ac
(x)Ax
3R
2, 34, 34 E
5 I
Derive: (x)(Ax Ax)

1
(x)Ax
Assumption
2
3
4
Ac
Ac Ac
(x)(Ax Ax)
1 E
2 I
3 I
d. Derive: (x)(y)(z)[(Ax & By) Cz]

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
(x)Ax ((y)By (z)Cz)

Aa & Bb
Assumption
Assumption
Aa
(x)Ax
(y)By (z)Cz
Bb
(y)By
(z)Cz
Cc
(Aa & Bb) Cc
(z)[(Aa & Bb) Cz]
(y)(z)[(Aa & By) Cz]
(x)(y)(z)[(Ax & By) Cz]
2 &E
3 I
1, 4 E
2 &E
6 I
5, 7 E
8 E
29 I
10 I
11 I
12 I
Derive: (x)Ax ((y)By (z)Cz)

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
(x)(y)(z)[(Ax & By) Cz]

(x)Ax
Assumption
Assumption
(y)By
Aa
Assumption
Assumption
Bb
Aa & Bb
(y)(z)[(Aa & By) Cz]
(z)[(Aa & Bb) Cz]
(Aa & Bb) Cc
Cc
(z)Cz
(z)Cz
(z)Cz
(y)By (z)Cz
(x)Ax ((y)By (z)Cz)
Assumption
4, 5 &I
1 E
7 E
8 E
6, 9 E
10 I
3, 511 E
2, 412 E
313 I
214 I
261
f. Derive: (x)( (y)Azy (y)Bxy)

1
(x)(y) (Axy & Bxy)
Assumption
(y) (Aay & Bay)
1 E
3
4
(Aab & Bab)

( (y)Aay (y)Bay)
Assumption
Assumption
(y)Aay
Assumption
6
7
Aab
(y)Bay
5 E
Assumption
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
Bab
Aab & Bab
(Aab & Bab)
(y)Bay
(y)Aay (y)Bay
( (y)Aay (y)Bay)
(y)Aay
(y)Aay (y)Bay
( (y)Aay (y)Bay)
(y)Aay (y)Bay
(y)Aay (y)Bay
(x)( (y)Axy (y)Bxy)
7 E
6, 8 &I
3R
710 I
11 I
4R
513 I
14 I
4R
416 E
2, 317 E
18 I
Derive: (x)(y) (Axy & Bxy)

1
(x)( (y)Axy (y)Bxy)
Assumption
2
3
(y)Aay (y)Bay
(y)Aay
1 E
Assumption
4
5
6
(y) (Aay & Bay)

Aab
Aab & Bab
Assumption
Assumption
Assumption
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
Aab
Aab
(Aab & Bab)
(y) (Aay & Bay)
(y) (Aay & Bay)
Aab
(y)Aay
(y)Aay
(y) (Aay & Bay)
6 &E
5R
68 I
9 I
4R
511 E
12 I
3R
414 E
16
(y)Bay
Assumption
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
(y) (Aay & Bay)

Bab
Aab & Bab
Bab
Bab
(Aab & Bab)
(y) (Aay & Bay)
(y) (Aay & Bay)
Bab
(y)Bay
(y)Bay
(y) (Aay & Bay)
(y) (Aay & Bay)
(x)(y) (Axy & Bxy)
Assumption
Assumption
Assumption
19 &E
18 R
1921 I
22 I
17 R
1824 E
25 I
16 R
1727 E
2, 315, 1628 E
29 I
263
11. Inconsistency
b. 1
2
3
(x)(Hx & Mxc)

(x)(Lx Hx)
(y)(Ly & Hy)
Assumption
Assumption
Assumption
La & Ha
Assumption
5
6
La Ha
(Ri & Ri)
2 E
Assumption
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
d. 1
2
3
La
Ha
Ha
Ri & Ri
Ri & Ri
Ri
Ri
4 &E
5, 7 E
4 &E
69 E
3, 410 E
11 &E
11 &E
(x)(y)[( Jx & Gy) Hxy]

(x)(y)[( Jx & Jy) & Hxy]
(w)Gw
Assumption
Assumption
Assumption
(y)[( Ja & Jy) & Hay]
Assumption
( Ja & Jb) & Hab
Assumption
Ja & Jb
Ja
Gb
Ja & Gb
(y)[(Ja & Gy) Hay]
( Ja & Gb) Hab
(w)Gw
5 &E
6 &E
3 E
7, 8 &I
I E
10 E
Assumption
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
Hab
Hab
(w)Gw
(w)Gw
(w)Gw
(w)Gw
9, 11 E
5 &E
1214 I
4, 515 E
2, 416 E
3R
f. 1
2
(x)(y)(Hx By)
(y)(x)(Hx By)
Assumption
Assumption
Ha
Assumption
4
5
(y)(Ha By)
Ha Bb
I E
Assumption
(x)(Hx Bb)
6
7
Hc
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
Bb
Hc Bb
(x)(Hx Bb)
(x)(Hx Bb)
(x)(Hx Bb)
(y)(x)(Hx By)
(y)(x)(Hx By)
Bb
(y)(x)(Hx By)
(y)(x)(Hx By)
Bb
Ha Bb
(x)(Hx Bb)
(y)(x)(Hx By)
(y)(x)(Hx By)
Assumption
Assumption
3, 5 E
78 I
9 I
6R
611 E
12 I
4, 513 E
Assumption
2R
14 R
1517 E
318 I
19 I
20 I
2R
12. Validity
b. Derive: (y)(Hy Sgy)
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
(y)[(Hy & Wyg) Sgy]

(y)[(Hy & Wyg) Sgy]
Hi
Assumption
Assumption
Assumption
Sgi
Wig
(Hi & Wig) Sgi
Hi & Wig
Sgi
Sgi
Wig
(Hi & Wig) Sgi
Hi & Wig
Sgi
Sgi
Sgi
Hi Sgi
(y)(Hy Sgy)
Assumption
Assumption
1 E
3, 5 &I
6, 7 E
4R
59 I
2 E
3, 10 &I
11, 12 E
4R
414 I
315 I
16 I
265
d. Derive: (z)[Wz (Ezg Lzg)] (y)(Py & Ky)

1
2
3
(x)((Px & Kx) (z)[Rz

(w)([Ww & (Ewz Lwz)] Pxzw)])
Rg & (x)(y)(Px & Pxgy)
[(z)[Wz (Ezg Lzg)] (y)(Py & Ky)]
Assumption
Assumption
Assumption
(y)(Py & Ky)
Assumption
Pa & Ka
Assumption
(Pa & Ka) (z)[Rz

(w)([Ww & (Ewz Lwz)] Pazw)]
(z)[Rz (w)([Ww & (Ewz Lwz)] Pazw)]
Rg (w)([Ww & (Ewg Lwg)] Pagw)
Rg
(w)([Ww & (Ewg Lwg)] Pagw)
Wb
1 E
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
Ebg Lbg
Wb & (Ebg Lbg)
[Wb & (Ebg Lbg)] Pagb
Pagb
Pa
Pa & Pagb
(y)(Pa & Pagy)
(x)(y)(Px & Pxgy)
(x)(y)(Px & Pxgy)
(Ebg Lbg)
Wb (Ebg Lbg)
(z)[Wz (Ezg Lzg)]
(z)[Wz (Ezg Lzg)] (y)(Py & Ky)
(y)(Py & Ky)
5, 6 E
7 E
2 &E
8, 9 E
Assumption
Assumption
11, 12 &I
10 E
13, 14 E
5 &E
16, 15 &I
17 I
18 I
2 &E
1220 I
1121 I
22 I
23 I
4, 524 E
3R
426 I
27 I
3R
329 E
f. Derive: (x)(y)[(By & Tx) & (z)(Szy & Czyx)]

1
2
3
4
(x)(Bx (z)[Tz (y)(Cyxz &

[(Fyx Myx) Syx])])
(x)(y)[(Pxy & By) (Fxy Mxy)]
(x)(y)[(By & Tx) & (z)(Pzy Czyx)]
(y)[(By & Ta) & (z)(Pzy Czya)]
Assumption
Assumption
Assumption
Assumption
(Bb & Ta) & (z)(Pzb Czba)
Assumption
6
7
8
Bb & Ta
Bb
Bb (z)[Tz (y)(Cybz &
[(Fyb Myb) Syb])]
(z)[Tz (y)(Cybz & [(Fyb Myb) Syb])]
Ta (y)(Cyba & [(Fyb Myb) Syb])
Ta
(y)(Cyba & [(Fyb Myb) Syb])
Ccba & [(Fcb Mcb) Scb]
5 &E
6 &E
1 E
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
(y)[(Pcy & By) (Fcy Mcy)]

(Pcb & Bb) (Fcb Mcb)
(Fcb Mcb) Scb
Fcb Mcb
7, 8 E
9 E
6 &E
10, 11 E
Assumption
2 E
14 E
13 &E
Assumption
18
19
20
21
22
Pcb & Bb
(z)(Pzb Czba)
Pcb Ccba
Pcb
Scb
15, 17 E
5 &I
19 E
18 &E
Assumption
23
24
25
Ccba
Ccba
Scb
20, 21 E
13 &E
2224 E
26
Scb
Assumption
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
Scb
Scb
Ccba
Scb & Ccba
(z)(Szb & Czba)
(Bb & Ta) & (z)(Szb & Czba)
(y)[(By & Ta) & (z)(Szy & Czya)]
(x)(y)[(By & Tx) & (z)(Szy & Czyx)]
(x)(y)[(By & Tx) & (z)(Szy, & Czyx)]
26 R
16, 1725, 2627 E
13 &E
28, 29 &I
30 I
6, 31 &I
32 I
33 I
12, 1334 E
4, 535 E
3, 436 E
267
13. Inconsistency
(y)( Py Gy)
(z)(Gz Dz)
(x)(Px & Dx)
Assumption
Assumption
Assumption
Pi & Di
Assumption
5
6
Pi Gi
Pi
1 E
Assumption
b. 1
2
3
Gi
Assumption
8
9
10
Pi
Pi
Gi
4 &E
6R
79 E
11
Gi
Assumption
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
Gi
Gi
Gi Di
(x)(Px & Dx)
Di
Di
(x)(Px & Dx)
(x)(Px & Dx)
(x)(Px & Dx)
11 R
5, 610, 1112 E
2 E
Assumption
13, 14 E
4 &E
1517 I
3, 418 E
3R
d. 1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
(x)([Px & (y)(Wy & Lxy)]

(z)[(Rz & Wz) & Lxz])
[Pm & (y)(Wy & Lmy)] &
(x)[(Wx & Lmx)] Sx])
(z)[Sz (Rz & Wz)]
[Pm & (y)(Wy & Lmy)]
(z)[(Rz & Wz) & Lmz]
Pm & (y)(Wy & Lmy)
(z)[(Rz & Wz) & Lmz]
(Ra & Wa) & Lma
(x)[(Wx & Lmx) Sx]
(Wa & Lma) Sa
Ra & Wa
Wa
Lma
Wa & Lma
Sa
Sa (Ra & Wa)
Pm
Ra & Wa
(Ra & Wa)
Pm
Pm
Pm
Assumption
Assumption
Assumption
1 E
2 &E
4, 5 E
Assumption
2 &E
8 E
7 &E
10 &E
7 &E
11, 12 &I
9, 13 E
3 E
Assumption
7 &E
14, 15 E
1618 I
6, 719 E
5 &E
Section 10.5E
1. Derivability
b. Derive: (w)(Lw Nw)
1
2
(w)(Lw Mw)
(y)(My Ny)
Assumption
Assumption
3
4
5
6
Lk Mk
Mk Nk
Lk Nk
(w)(Lw Nw)
1 E
2 E
3, 4 HS
5 I
d. Derive: Rj
1
2
(x)( Rx & Sxx)

Sjj
Assumption
Assumption
3
4
5
6
7
8
(x) ( Rx & Sxx)

( Rj & Sjj)
Rj Sjj
Sjj
Rj
Rj
1 QN
3 E
4 DeM
2 DN
5, 6 DS
7 DN
269
f. Derive: (y)( Fy Hy)

1
2
(x)Fx
(z)Hz
Assumption
Assumption
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
Fj
Hj
Fj & Hj
(Fj & Hj)
( Fj Hj)
(y) ( Fy Hy)
(y)( Fy Hy)
1 E
2 E
3, 4 &I
5 DN
6 DeM
7 I
8 QN
2. Validity
b. Derive: (x)(y)(Pxy Qxy)
1
(x)(y)(Pxy & Qxy)
Assumption
2
3
4
5
6
(x) (y)(Pxy & Qxy)

(x)(y) (Pxy & Qxy)
(x)(y)( Pxy Qxy)
(x)(y)(Pxy Qxy)
(x)(y)(Pxy Qxy)
1
2
3
4
5
QN
QN
DeM
Impl
DN
d. Derive: Lb
1
2
(z)(Lx Hz)
(x) (Hx Bx)
Assumption
Assumption
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
Lb Hb
(Lb Hb) & (Hb Lb)
Lb Hb
(Hb Bb)
Hb & Bb
Hb
Lb
1 E
3 Equiv
4 &E
2 E
6 DeM
7 &E
5, 8 MT
f. Derive: (x)(Cx Wx)

1
2
(x)[ Bxm & (y)(Cy Gxy)]

(z)[ (y)(Wy Gzy) Bzm]
Assumption
Assumption
Bam & (y)(Cy Gay)
Assumption
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
(y)(Wy Gay) Bam

Bam
(y)(Wy Gay)
(y)(Wy Gay)
Wp Gap
(y)(Cy Gay)
Cp Gap
Gap Wp
Cp Wp
(x)(Cx Wx)
(x)(Cx Wx)
2 E
3 &E
4, 5 MT
6 DN
7 E
3 &E
9 E
8 Trans
10, 11 HS
12 I
1, 313 E
h. Derive: (x)[(y)(Kby & Qxy) (z)( Hz & Qxz)]

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
(y)(Kby Hy)
(z)( Hz & Qiz)
(z) ( Hz & Qiz)
( Hj & Qij)
Hj Qij
Hj Qij
Kbj Hj
Kbj Qij
Kbj Qij
(Kbj & Qij)
(y) (Kby & Qiy)
(y)(Kby & Qiy)
(z)( Hz & Qiz) (y)(Kby & Qiy)
(y)(Kby & Qiy) (z)( Hz & Qiz)
(x)[(y)(Kby & Qxy) (z)( Hz & Qxz)]
Assumption
Assumption
2 QN
3 E
4 DeM
5 Impl
1 E
7, 6 HS
8 Impl
9 DeM
10 I
11 QN
212 I
13 Trans
14 I
271
3. Theorems
b. Derive: (x)(Ax (Ax Bx)) (x)(Ax Bx)
1
(x)(Ax (Ax Bx))
Assumption
2
3
Ag (Ag Bg)
Ag
1 E
Assumption
4
5
6
7
8
Ag Bg
Bg
Ag Bg
(x)(Ax Bx)
(x)(Ax (Ax Bx)) (x)(Ax Bx)
2, 3 E
3, 4 E
35 I
6 I
17 I
d. Derive: (x)(Ax Bx) (x)Ax

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
(x)Ax
(x) Ax
Ac
Ac Bc
Ac Bc
(x)(Ax Bx)
(x)Ax (x)(Ax Bx)
(x)Ax (x)(Ax Bx)
(x)Ax (x)(Ax Bx)
(x)(Ax Bx) (x)Ax
Assumption
1 QN
2 E
3 I
4 Impl
5 I
16 I
7 Impl
8 DN
9 Com
f. Derive: (x)(y)(Ax By) (y)(x)(Ax By)

1
(x)(y)(Ax By)
Assumption
(y)(x)(Ax By)
Assumption
3
4
5
6
(y) (x)(Ax By)

(x)(Ax Bd)
(x) (Ax Bd)
(Ae Bd)
2 QN
3 E
4 QN
Assumption
7
8
9
10
11
12
(y)(Ae By)
Ae Bf
(x)(Ax Bf)
(x) (Ax Bf)
(Ag Bf)
(y)(x)(Ax By)
1 E
Assumption
3 E
9 QN
Assumption
Assumption
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
Ag & Bf
Bf
Ae
Ae & Bd
Ae
(y)(x)(Ax By)
(y)(x)(Ax By)
(y)(x)(Ax By)
(y)(x)(Ax By)
(y)(x)(Ax By)
(y)(x)(Ax By)
11 DeM
13 &E
8, 14 DS
6 DeM
16 &E
1217 E
10, 1118 E
7, 819 E
5, 620 E
2R
222 E
24
(y)(x)(Ax By)
Assumption
25
(x)(Ax Bh)
Assumption
26
27
28
29
30
Ai Bh
(y)(Ai By)
(x)(y)(Ax By)
(x)(y)(Ax By)
(x)(y)(Ax By) (y)(x)(Ax By)
25 E
26 I
27 I
24, 2528 E
123, 2429 I
273
4. Equivalence
b. Derive: (x)(y)Axy Aab
1
(x)(y)Axy Aab
2
3
4
5
6
7
Aab
(y)Aay
(x)(y)Axy
Aab (x)(y)Axy
((x)(y)Axy Aab) & (Aab (x)(y)Axy)
(x)(y)Axy Aab
Assumption
Assumption
2 I
3 I
2, 4 I
1, 5 &I
6 Equiv
Derive: (x)(y)Axy Aab

1
(x)(y)Axy Aab
Assumption
2
3
((x)(y)Axy Aab) & (Aab (x)(y)Axy)

(x)(y)Axy Aab
1 Equiv
2 &E
d. Derive: (x)(y)[ (Cy Ax) (Cy Bx)]

1
(x)(y)[(Ax & Bx) Cy]
Assumption
2
3
4
5
6
(x) (y)[(Ax & Bx) Cy]

(x)(y) [(Ax & Bx) Cy]
(x)(y) [Cy (Ax & Bx)]
(x)(y) [(Cy Ax) & (Cy Bx)]
(x)(y)[ (Cy Ax) (Cy Bx)]
1
2
3
4
5
QN
QN
Com
Dist
DeM
Derive: (x)(y)[(Ax & Bx) Cy]

1
(x)(y)[ (Cy Ax) (Cy Bx)]
Assumption
2
3
4
5
6
(x)(y) [(Cy Ax) & (Cy Bx)]

(x)(y) [Cy (Ax & Bx)]
(x)(y) [(Ax & Bx) Cy]
(x) (y)[(Ax & Bx) Cy]
(x)(y)[(Ax & Bx) Cy]
1
2
3
4
5
DeM
Dist
Com
QN
QN
f. Derive: (x)[ Ax (y)(Bxy & Bxy)]

1
(x)(Ax & (y) Bxy)
Assumption
2
3
4
5
6
7
1
2
3
4
5
6
(x)(Ax & (y) Bxy)

(x) (Ax & (y) Bxy)
(x)( Ax (y) Bxy)
(x)( Ax (y) Bxy)
(x)( Ax (y)Bxy)
(x)[ Ax (y)(Bxy & Bxy)]
DN
QN
DeM
QN
DN
Idem
Derive: (x)(Ax & (y) Bxy)

1
(x)[ Ax (y)(Bxy & Bxy)]
Assumption
2
3
4
5
6
(x)( Ax (y)Bxy)
(x) ( Ax (y)Bxy)
(x)( Ax & (y)Bxy)
(x)(Ax & (y)Bxy)
(x)(Ax & (y) Bxy)
1
2
3
4
5
Idem
QN
DeM
DN
QN
5. Inconsistency
b. 1
2
3
4
5
6
d.
Fa
(x)( Fx Fx)
Assumption
Assumption
(x) Fx
(x) Fx
Fa
Fa
2
3
4
1
Idem
QN
E
R
1
2
(x)(y)(Hxy (w)Jww)
(x) Jxx & (x) Hxm
Assumption
Assumption
(y)(Hay (w)Jww)
Assumption
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
Ham (w)Jww
(x) Hxm
(x) Hxm
Ham
Ham (w)Jww
(w)Jww
(w)Jww
Jaa
(x)Jxx
(x) Jxx
(x)Jxx
3 E
2 &E
5 QN
6 E
4 Impl
7, 8 DS
1, 39 E
10 E
11 E
2 &E
13 QN
275
f.
1
2
3
4
(x)[(Sx & Bxx) Kax]

(x)(Hx Bxx)
(x)(Sx & Hx)
(x) (Kax & Hx)
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
Sc & Hc
Hc Bcc
Hc
Bcc
Sc
Sc & Bcc
(Sc & Bcc) Kac
Kac
(Kac & Hc)
Kac Hc
Kac Hc
Hc
Hc (x)(Sx & Hx)
(x)(Sx & Hx)
(x)(Sx & Hx)
(x)(Sx & Hx)
Assumption
Assumption
Assumption
Assumption
Assumption
2 E
5 &E
6, 7 E
5 &E
9, 8 &I
1 E
10, 11 E
4 E
13 DeM
14 Impl
12, 15 E
7 I
16, 17 DS
3, 518 E
3R
6. b. Suppose there is a sentence on an accessible line i of a derivation

to which Existential Introduction can be properly applied at line n. The sentence that would be derived by Existential Introduction can also be derived by
using the routine beginning at line n:
i
n
n
n
n
n

1
2
3
4
P(a/x)
(x)P
(x) P
P(ax)
P(ax)
(x)P
Assumption
n QN
n 1 E
iR
nn3E
Suppose there is a sentence on an accessible line i of a derivation and an accessible subderivation from line j to line k of a derivation to which Existential
Elimination can be properly applied at line n. The sentence that would be
derived by Existential Elimination can also be derived by using the routine
beginning at line n:
(x)P
i
j
P(a/x)
n1
n
n
n
n
n
n
n
n

2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
P(ax)
P(ax) Q
Q
Q
P(ax)
(x) P
(x)P
(x)P
Q
Assumption
Assumption
jk I
n 1, n 2 E
nR
n1n4I
n 5 I
n 6 QN
iR
nn8E
No restriction on the use of Universal Introduction was violated at line n 6.

We assumed that we could have applied Existential Elimination at line n. So a
does not occur in any undischarged assumption prior to line n, and a does not
occur in either (x)P or Q. So a does not occur in P. Hence
(i) a does not occur in any undischarged assumption prior to line
n 6. Note that the assumption on line n 1 has been discharged and the
assumption on line n does not contain a, for a does not occur in Q.
(ii) a does not occur in (x) P, for a does not occur in P.
Section 10.6E
1. b. Derive: (a b & b c) a c
1
2
3
4
5
ab&bc
ab
bc
ac
(a b & b c) a c
Assumption
1 &E
1 &E
2, 3 E
14 I
277
d. Derive: a b b a
1
ab
Assumption
ba
3
4
5
bb
bb
ba
2, 2 E
1, 2 E
24 I
ba
Assumption
ab
7
8
9
10
11
aa
aa
ab
abba
Assumption
Assumption
7, 7 E
6, 7 E
79 I
15, 610 I
2. b. Derive: Ge Hd
1
2
Ge d e
Ge He
Ge
4
5
6
7
He
de
Hd
Ge Hd
Assumption
Assumption
Assumption
2, 3
1, 3
4, 5
36
E
E
E
I
d. Derive: (x)[(Hx & Mx) & x s]

1
2
(x)(Hx & Mx)

Ms & Hs
Assumption
Assumption
Ha & Ma
Assumption
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
as
Hs
Ha
Hs
as
(Ha & Ma) & a s
(x)[(Hx & Mx) & x s]
(x)[(Hx & Mx) & x s]
Assumption
2 &E
3 &E
4, 6 E
47 I
3, 8 &I
9 I
1, 310 E
3. b. Derive: (x)(y)(x x & y y)

1
2
3
4
5
6
(x)x x
aa
bb
aa&bb
(y)(a a & y y)
(x)(y)(x x & y y)
I
1 E
1 E
2, 3 &I
4 I
5 I
d. Derive: (x)(y)(z)[(x y & y z) x z]

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
ab&bc
ab
bc
ac
(a b & b c) a c
(z)[(a b & b z) a z]
(y)(z)[a y & y z) a z]
(x)(y)(z)[(x y & y z) x z]
Assumption
1 &E
1 &E
2, 3 E
14 I
5 I
6 I
7 I
4. b. Derive: (x)(Dx & (y)[(Py & Iy) & Kxy])

1
2
3
(x)[(Px & Ix) & Khx]

jh
Dj
Assumption
Assumption
Assumption
(Pa & Ia) & Kha
Assumption
5
6
7
8
9
(Pa & Ia) & Kja

(y)[(Py & Iy) & Kjy]
(y)[(Py & Iy) & Kjy]
Dj & (y)[(Py & Iy) & Kjy]
(x)(Dx & (y)[(Py & Iy) & Kxy])
2, 4 E
5 I
1, 46 E
3, 7 &I
8 I
d. Derive: Lsr & Lrs

1
2
3
(x)(Lrx Lxr)
(x)[(Bxc & (y)(Byc x y)) & Lxr]
Bsc
Assumption
Assumption
Assumption
(Bac & (y)(Byc a y)) & Lar
Assumption
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
Bac & (y)(Byc a y)

(y)(Byc a y)
Bsc a s
as
Lar
Lsr
Lrs Lsr
Lrs
Lsr & Lrs
Lsr & Lrs
4 &E
5 &E
6 E
3, 7 E
4 &E
8, 9 E
1 E
10, 11 E
10, 12 &I
2, 413 E
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5. b. 1
(x)Sg(x,x)
Assumption
Sg(i,i)
Assumption
2
3
4
(x)Sg(i,x)
(x)Sg(i,x)
2 I
1, 23 E
Line 4 is a mistake as the instantiating individual constant, i, used in the

assumption on line 2 must be absent from the sentence derived from the
subderivation.
d. Correctly done.
f. Correctly done.
h. Correctly done.
j. 1
2
3
(x)Lx
Assumption
Lf(a,a)
(x)Lf(a,x)
1 E
2 I
Line 3 is a mistake. Universal Introduction must be applied so that the instantiating constant, in this case a, does not occur in the derived sentence.
6. Theorems in PDE
b. Derive: (x)(y)(z)[( f(x) g(x,y) & g(x,y) h(x,y,z)) f(x) h(x,y,z)]
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
f(a) g(a,b) & g(a,b) h(a,b,c)

f(a) g(a,b)
g(a,b) h(a,b,c)
f(a) h(a,b,c)
( f(a) g(a,b) & g(a,b) h(a,b,c)) f(a) h(a,b,c)
(z)[( f(a) g(a,b) & g(a,b) h(a,b,z)) f(a) h(a,b,z)]
(y)(z)[( f(a) g(a,y) & g(a,y) h(a,y,z)) f(a) h(a,y,z)]
(z)(y)(z)[( f(x) g(x,y) & g(x,y) h(x,y,z)) f(x) h(x,y,z)]
Assumption
1 &E
1 &E
2, 3 E
14 I
5 I
6 I
7 I
d. Derive: (x)[ f(x) x (y)(f(x) y x y)]

1
f(a) a
Assumption
f(a) b
Assumption
ab
Assumption
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
f(a) a
f(a) a
ab
f(a) b a b
(y)( f(a) y a y)
f(a) a (y)( f(x) y a y)
(x)[ f(x) x (y)( f(x) y x y)]
2, 3 E
1R
35 I
26 I
7 I
18 I
9 I
f. Derive: (x)(y)(z)[(f(g(x)) y & f(y) z) f( f(g(x))) z]

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
f(g(a)) b & f(b) c

f(g(a)) b
f(b) c
f( f(g(a))) c
( f(g(a)) b & f(b) c) f( f(g(a))) c
(z)[( f(g(a)) b & f(b) z) f( f(g(a))) z]
(y)(z)[( f(g(a)) y & f(y) z) f( f(g(a))) z]
(x)(y)(z)[(f(g(x)) y & f(y) z)
f( f(g(x))) z]
Assumption
1 &E
1 &E
2, 3 E
14 I
5 I
6 I
7 I
7. Validity in PDE
b. Derive: (x)(Kg(x) Hg(g(x)))
1
(x)(Kx Hg(x))
Assumption
2
3
Kg(a) Hg(g(a))
(x)(Kg(x) Hg(g(x)))
1 E
1 I
d. Derive: (x) Rf(x,g(x))

1
2
3
4
5
6
(x)Rx
Rf(a,g(a))
(x) Rx
(x)Rx
Rf(a,g(a))
(x) Rf(x,g(x))
Assumption
Assumption
2 I
1R
24 E
5 I
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f. Derive: (x)Lf (x)f (f (x)) (y)Ng(y)

1
2
(x)[ Lxf(x) (y)Ng(y)

(x)Lf(x)f(f(x))
Assumption
Assumption
Lf(a)f(f(a))
Assumption
4
5
Lf(a)f( f(a)) (y)Ng(y)

Lf(a)f( f(a))
1 E
Assumption
(y)Ng(y)
7
8
9
Lf(a)f( f(a))
Lf(a)f( f(a))
(y)Ng(y)
3R
5R
68 E
(y)Ng(y)
Assumption
10
11
12
13
14
(y)Ng(y)
(y)Ng(y)
(y)Ng(y)
(x)Lf(x)f( f(x)) (y)Ng(y)
Assumption
10 R
4, 59, 1011 E
2, 312 E
213 I
h. Derive: (x)(y) (z)Mzg(y)f(g(x))

1
2
(x)(y)(z)Sf(x)yz
(x)(y)(z)(Sxyz (Cxyz Mzyx))
Assumption
Assumption
3
4
5
(y)(z)Sf(g(a))yz
(z)Sf(g(a))g(b)z
Sf(g(a))g(b)c
1 E
3 E
Assumption
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
(y)(z)(Sf(g(a))yz (Cf(g(a))yz Mzyf(g(a))))

(z)(Sf(g(a))g(b)z (Cf(g(a))g(b)z Mzg(b)f(g(a))))
Sf(g(a))g(b)c (Cf(g(a))g(b)c Mcg(b)f(g(a)))
(z)Mzg(b)f(g(a))
Mcg(b)f(g(a))
Cf(g(a))g(b)c Mcg(b)f(g(a))
(Cf(g(a))g(b)c Mcg(b)f (g(a)))
(z)Mzg(b)f(g(a))
(y) (z)Mzg(y)f(g(x))
(x)(y) (z)Mzg(y)f(g(x))
(x)(y) (z)Mzg(y)f(g(x))
2 E
6 E
7 E
Assumption
9 E
10 I
5, 8 E
912 I
13 I
14 I
4, 515 E
CHAPTER ELEVEN
Section 11.1E
1. Case 3. P has the form Q R. Then P(ax) is Q(ax) R(ax).
By the denition of satisfaction, d satises Q(ax) R(ax) if and only if
either d satises Q(ax) or d satises R(ax). Both immediate components
contain fewer than k 1 occurrences of logical operators, so, by the inductive hypothesis, d satises Q(ax) if and only if d[I(a)/x] satises Q, and d
satisfies R(ax) if and only if d[I(a)/x] satisfies R. Therefore d satisfies
Q(ax) R(ax) if and only if either d[I(a)/x] satises Q or d[I(a)/x] satises R. Again by the denition of satisfaction, this is the case if and only if
d[I(a)/x] satises Q R.
Case 4. P has the form Q R. Then P(ax) is Q(ax) R(ax).
By the denition of satisfaction, d satises Q(ax) R(ax) if and only if either
d does not satisfy Q(ax) or d does satisfy R(ax). Both immediate components
contain fewer than k 1 occurrences of logical operators so, by the inductive
hypothesis, d does not satisfy Q(ax) if and only if d[I(a)/x] does not satisfy
Q, and d does satisfy R(ax) if and only if d[I(a)/x] satises R. By the denition of satisfaction, d[I(a)/x] does not satisfy Q or does satisfy R if and only if
d[I(a)/x] satises Q R.
Case 5. P has the form Q R. Then P(ax) is Q(ax) R(ax).
By the denition of satisfaction, d satises Q(ax) R(ax) if and only if either
d satises both Q(ax) and R(ax) or d satises neither. By the inductive
hypothesis, this is the case if and only if either d[I(a)/x] satises both Q and
R or d[I(a)/x] satises neither. And by the denition of satisfaction, this is the
case if and only if d[I(a)/x] satises Q R.
2. Cases 35. Like case 2, except that satisfaction clauses for the connectives &, , and are used.
Case 7. P has the form (x)Q. By the denition of satisfaction, d
satises (x)Q if and only if for some member u of the UD, d[ux] satises Q.
Because Q contains fewer than k 1 occurrences of logical operators, it follows from the inductive hypothesis that d[ux] satises Q if and only if every
variable assignment that assigns the same values to the free variables in Q as
d[ux] satises Q. Because the variables other than x that are free in Q are
also free in (x)Q, every variable assignment that assigns the same values to
the free variables in Q as d[ux] is a variant d[ux] of a variable assignment
d that assigns the same values to the free variables in (x)Q as d, and vice
versa. So d[ux] satises Q if and only if every variable assignment d that
assigns the same values to the free variables in (x)Q as d is such that d[ux]
satises Q. By the denition of satisfaction, this is the case if and only if every
variable assignment that assigns the same values to the free variables in (x)Q
as d satises (x)Q.
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3. Let (x)P be any existentially quantied sentence, let P(ax) be any

one of its substitution instances, and let I be any interpretation on which
P(ax) is true. By 11.1.3, every variable assignment satises P(ax) on I. By
11.1.1, every variable assignment d is therefore such that its variant d[I(a)/x]
satises P on I. And by the denition of satisfaction, it follows that every variable assignment d satises (x)P on I, so (x)P is also true on I.
4. Let a be a constant that does not occur in the sentences (x)P
and Q and that does not occur in any member of the set , and assume that
|= (x)P and {P(ax)} |= Q. We shall assume, contrary to what we want
to show, that does not quanticationally entail Qthat there is at least one
interpretation, call it I, on which every member of is true and Q is false.
Because |= (x)P, (x)P is also true on I. Therefore, for every variable assignment d on I, there is a member u of the UD such that d[ux] satises P. Choose
one of these variants d[ux]. Let I be the interpretation that is just like I
except that it assigns u to a.
We shall now show that every member of and P(ax) are true on I,
and that Q is false on I, which contradicts our second assumption, that
{P(ax)} |= Q. That every member of is true and Q is false on I follows
from 11.1.7 because, by stipulation, a does not occur in any of these sentences.
By 11.1.6, d[ux] satises P on I (a was also stipulated not to occur in (x)P).
By 11.1.1, since I(a) u, d satises P(ax) on I. By 11.1.3, every variable
assignment satises P(ax) on I, and so it is true.
Having contradicted one of our assumptions, we conclude that |= Q
as well.
7. Assume that I is an interpretation on which each member of the UD
is assigned to at least one individual constant, and that every substitution
instance of (x)P is false on I. Assume, contrary to what we wish to prove, that
(x)P is true on I. Letting d be a variable assignment for I, there is at least
one member u of the U.D. such that d[ux] satises P. Because every member
of the UD is assigned to some individual constant, u is I(a) for some individual constant a. By 11.1.1, then, d satises P(ax) on I, and, by 11.1.3, P(ax)
is true on I, contradicting our assumption that every substitution instance of
(x)P is false on I. We conclude that (x)P must also be false on I.
8. Let P be a sentence of PL and b an individual constant that does
not occur in P, and let I be an interpretation on which P is true. Let d be a
variable assignment for I; d must satisfy P. Let P(xa) be the result of replacing every occurrence of a in P with a variable x that does not occur in P; By
11.1.1, d[I(a)/x] satises P(xa) on I. Let I be the interpretation that is just
like I except that it assigns I(a) to b; by 11.1.6 (b does not occur in P(ax)),
it follows that d[I(a)/x] satises P(xa) on I. Because I(b) I(a), d[I(b)/x]
satises P(xa) on I. By 11.1.1, d satises P(xa)(b/x) on I. P(xa)(b/x) is
just P(b/a), and so d satises P(b/a) on I. Therefore, by 11.1.3, every variable
assignment satises P(b/a) on I; and so the sentence is true on I.
Section 11.2E
1. a. If P has the form t1 t2, then P(tx) is t1 t2, where t,
i 1
i
2,
is t if t i is x and ti is just t i otherwise. By the denition of satisfaction, d satises t1 t2 if and only if denI,d(t1) denI,d(t2), and d satises t1 t2 if and
only if denI,d(t1) denI,d(t2). But now we note that denI,d(t)
i denI,d(t i),
1
i
2, by exactly the same reasoning that we used after clause c in the
proof of the basis clause for the PLE version of 11.1.1, and so denI,d(t1)
denI,d(t2) if and only if denI,d(t1) denI,d(t2). We conclude that d satises
t1 t2 if and only if d satises t1 t2.
b. The proof in the case where P is a sentence letter remains the same
as it was in Section 11.1.
If P has the form At1 . . . t n, then by the denition of satisfaction,
a. d satises P if and only if denI,d(t1), denI,d(t2), . . . , denI,d(t n) is
a member of I(A);
and where d is a variable assignment that assigns the same values to the free
variables in P as does d,
b. d satises P if and only if denI,d(t1), denI,d(t2), . . . , denI,d(t n)
is a member of I(A).
But now we note that
c. denI,d(t1), denI,d(t2), . . . , denI,d(t n)
denI,d(t1), denI,d(t2), . . . , denI,d(t n).
For if t i is a constant, then denI,d(t i) I(t i) and denI,d(t i) I(t i). If
t i is a variable, then t i is free in At1 . . . t n and is therefore by stipulation assigned
the same value by d as it is assigned by d. So denI,d(t i) d(t i) d(t i)
denI,d(t i). If t i is a complex term, it follows from 11.2.2 that denI,d(t i)
denI,d(t i). Hence by (a) to (c), we conclude that d satises At1 . . . t n if and
only if every variable assignment d that assigns the same values to the free variables in At1 . . . t n as d satises At1 . . . t n.
If P has the form t1 t2, then d satises t1 t2 if and only if
denI,d(t1) denI,d(t2), and a variable assignment d that assigns the same values to the free variables in t1 t2 as does d satises t1 t2 if and only if
denI,d(t1) denI,d(t2). But now we note that denI,d(t i) denI,d(t i), 1
i
2, by exactly the same reasoning that we used in the case where P has the form
At1 . . . t n and so denI,d(t1) denI,d(t2) if and only if denI,d(t1) denI,d(t2).
We conclude that d satises t1 t2 if and only if every variable assignment d
that assigns the same values to the free variables in t1 t2 as does d satises
t1 t2.
c. The proof in the case where P is a sentence letter remains the same
as it was in Section 11.1.
If P is an atomic formula At1 . . . t n then by the denition of satisfaction,
a. d satises P on I if and only if denI,d(t1), denI,d(t2), . . . , denI,d(t n)
is a member of I(A).
b. d satises P on I if and only if
denI,d(t1), denI,d(t2), . . . , denI,d(t n) is a member of I(A).
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We note that
c. denI,d(t1), denI,d(t2), . . . , denI,d(t n)
denI,d(t1), denI,d(t2), . . . , denI,d(t n)
because if t i is a constant, then denI,d(t i) I(t i) and denI,d(t i) I(t i), and
I(t i) I(t i) since I and I assign the same values to the nonlogical symbols in
P; if t i is a variable, then denI,d(t i) d(t i) denI,d(t i); and if t i is a complex
term, then denI,d(t i) denI,d(t i) by 11.2.3. Moreover,
d. I(A) I(A), by our assumption about I and I.
So by (c) and (d),
e. denI,d(t1), denI,d(t2), . . . , denI,d(t n) is a member of I(A) if and
only if denI,d(t1), denI,d(t2), . . . , denI,d(t n) is a member of I(A),
and by (a), (b), and (e) it follows that d satises At1 . . . t n on I if and only if
it does so on I.
If P has the form t1 t2, then d satises t1 t2 on I if and only if
denI,d(t1) denI,d(t2), and d satises t1 t2 on I if and only if denI,d(t1)
denI,d(t2). But now we note that denI,d(t i) denI,d(t i), 1
i
2, by exactly
the same reasoning that we used in the case where P has the form At1 . . . t n
and so denI,d(t1) denI,d(t2) if and only if denI,d(t1) denI,d(t2). We conclude that d satises t1 t2 on I if and only if it does so on I.
2. We shall prove 11.2.2 by mathematical induction on the number of
occurrences of functors in the term.
Basis clause: If a complex term t contains 1 functor, then for any
variable assignment d that assigns the same values to the variables
in t as does d, denI,d(t) denI,d(t).
Proof of basis clause: If a complex term t contains 1 functor, then
t is f (t1, . . . , t n) where f is a functor and each t i is either a variable
or constant. If t i is a variable, then since d assigns the same values
to the variables in t as does d, denI,d(t i) denI,d(t i). If t i is a
constant, then denI,d(t i) I(t i) denI,d(t i). So we know that
denI,d(t1), denI,d(t2), . . . , denI,d(t n). Therefore, the n 1-tuple
denI,d(t1), denI,d(t2), . . . , denI,d(t n), u is a member of I( f ) if
and only if denI,d(t1), denI,d(t2), . . . , denI,d(t n), u is a member of
I(f ) since these are the same n-tuple, so
denI,d( f (t1, . . . , t n)) denI,d( f (t1, . . . , t n)).
Inductive step: If every complex term t that contains k or fewer functors is such that for any variable assignment d that assigns the same
values to the variables in t as does d, denI,d(t) denI,d(t), then
every complex term that contains k 1 functors is such that for any
variable assignment d that assigns the same values to the variables
in t as does d, denI,d(t) denI,d(t).
Proof of inductive step: Letting k be an arbitrary positive integer, we
assume that the inductive hypothesis holdsthat our claim is true of
every complex term that contains k or fewer functors. We must show

that the claim is also true of every complex term that contains k 1
functors. If t contains k 1 functors, then t is f (t1, . . . , t n) where
each t i has k or fewer functors. So each t i falls under the inductive
hypothesis, i.e., denI,d(t i) denI,d(t i) and hence
denI,d(t1), denI,d(t2), . . . , denI,d(t n), u is a member of I( f ) if and
only if denI,d(t1), denI,d(t2), . . . , denI,d(t n), u is a member of I(f ),
so denI,d( f (t1, . . . , t n)) denI,d( f (t1, . . . , t n)).
3. We shall prove 11.2.3 by mathematical induction on the number of
occurrences of functors in the term.
Basis clause: If a complex term t contains 1 functor, then, denI,d(t)
denI,d(t).
Proof of basis clause: If a complex term t contains 1 functor, then
t is f(t1, . . . , t n) where f is a functor and each t i is either a variable
or constant. If t i is a variable, then denI,d(t i) d(t i) denI,d(t i).
If t i is a constant, then denI,d(t i) I(t i) I(t i) (because I and I
agree on the values assigned to constants) denI,d(t i). So we know
that denI,d(t1), denI,d(t2), . . . , denI,d(t n)
only if denI,d(t1), denI,d(t2), . . . , denI,d(t n), u is a member of
I( f ) since these are the same n-tuple, and
denI,d(t1), denI,d(t2), . . . , denI,d(t n), u is a member of I( f ) if
and only if denI,d(t1), denI,d(t2), . . . , denI,d(t n), u is a member
of I( f ) since I and I agree on the values assigned to functors, so
Inductive step: If every complex term t that contains k or fewer functors is such that denI,d(t) denI,d(t), then every complex term that
contains k 1 functors is such that denI,d(t) denI,d(t).
Proof of inductive step: Letting k be an arbitrary positive integer, we
assume that the inductive hypothesis holdsthat our claim is true of
every complex term that contains k or fewer functors. We must show
that the claim is also true of every complex term that contains k 1
functors. If t contains k 1 functors, then t is f (t1, . . . , t n) where
each t i has k or fewer functors. So each t i falls under the inductive
hypothesis, i.e., denI,d(t i) denI,d(t i) and hence
only if denI,d(t1), denI,d(t2), . . . , denI,d(t n), u is a member of I( f ),
and denI,d(t1), denI,d(t2), . . . , denI,d(t n), u is a member of I( f )if

and only if denI,d(t1), denI,d(t2), . . . , denI,d(t n), u is a member of
I( f ) since I and I agree on the values assigned to functors, so
5. Assume that is a quanticationally consistent set that contains a
sentence with a complex term f (a1, . . . , a n), where a1, . . . , a n are constants,
and that the constant b does not occur in . Let I be an interpretation on
which every member of is true. We construct an interpretation I that is just
like I except that I(b) denI,d( f (a1, . . . , a n)) (where d is any variable assignment). Since I and I agree on the assignments made to each individual constant, functor, predicate, and sentence letter that occurs in (b does not occur
in ), it follows from 11.1.6 for PL E that every member of is true on I.
Moreover, by the way we have dened I, denI,d(b) denI,d( f (a1, . . . , a n)),
and denI,d( f (a1, . . . , a n)) denI,d( f (a1, . . . , a n)) by 11.2.3 since b does
not occur in f (a1, . . . , a n), so denI,d(b) denI,d( f (a1, . . . , a n)) and hence
b f (a1, . . . , a n) is true on I. Therefore every member of {b
f (a1, . . . , a n)} is true on I, so the set is quanticationally consistent.
Section 11.3E
1. c. Assume that sentences P and Q are equivalent in PD. Then {P} Q
and {Q} P. By Metatheorem 11.3.1, it follows that {P} |= Q and {Q} |= P. But
then, on every interpretation on which P is true, so is Q and the reverse. Hence
P and Q are quanticationally equivalent.
4. a. We may show this by producing a derivation in which the restriction
is dropped, that is not truth-preserving:
1
Rb
Assumption
(x)Rx
1 I
It is straightforward to verify that {Rb} does not quanticationally entail

(x)Rx.
b. We may show this by producing a derivation in which the restriction
is dropped, that is not truth-preserving:
1
(x)Bx
2
3
4
Assumption
Bc
Assumption
Bc
2R
1, 23 E
Bc
It is straightforward to verify that {(x)Bx} does not quanticationally entail Bc.

Section 11.4E
1. Assume that |= P. Then, on any interpretation I on which every
member of is true, I(P) T. Hence on such an interpretation P is false.
Therefore there is no interpretation on which every member of { P} is

true; that is, { P} is quanticationally inconsistent.
3. c. Assume that sentences P and Q are quanticationally equivalent.
Then, on every truth-value assignment on which P is true, Q is true and the
reverse. Hence {P} |= Q and {Q} |= P. By Metatheorem 11.4.1, it follows that
{P} Q and {Q} P. So P and Q are equivalent in PD.
8. Let and e be as described, and assume that e is quanticationally consistent. Let I be an interpretation on which every member of e is true,
and let I be an interpretation that is like I except that for each constant a
occurring in , I(a) I(a), where a is the constant obtained by doubling
the subscript in a. We claim that every member of is true on I. Consider any
sentence P in . If P contains no individual constants then, by 11.1.6, P is true
on I because it is true on I. If P contains individual constants, then repeated
applications of 11.1.13 along with 11.1.6 show that P is true on I because its
counterpart in e is true on I. Therefore is also quanticationally consistent.
9. Assume that P and that every member of is a member of a set
* that is maximally consistent in PD. Assume that P *. Then * {P} is
inconsistent in PD. So there is some nite subset of * such that {P} is
inconsistent in PD. Hence P (by a derivation similar to that in Exercise 2). But then (from our initial assumption) P and P.
It follows that * is inconsistent in PD. But this contradicts one of our assumptions, so P *.
12. As in Exercise 11, it will sufce to show that with E* and I* instead
of E and I, every set * of sentences of PD* that is both maximally consistent in PD* and -complete has properties f and g. Here is the proof:
f. Assume that (x)P *. The reasoning in the text establishes that
every substitution instance of (x)P is also in *. Now assume that (x)P *.
Then (x)P *, by property a. The following derivation shows that
{ (x)P} (x) P:
1
(x)P
Assumption
(x) P
Assumption
3
4
P(ax)
P(ax)
2 E (where a is foreign to P)
Assumption
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
P(ax)
P(ax)
P(ax)
(x)P
(x)P
(x) P
(x) P
4R
3R
46 E
7 I
1R
29 I
10 I*
The rest of property f is proved as in the book.

g. Assume that (x)P *. Then because * is -complete, at

least one substitution instance of (x)P is also a member of *. Now
assume that (x)P *. Then (x) P * (for if it were, then, because
{ (x) P} (x)P by I*, (x)P would be a member of *). By property a,
(x) P *, and, by property f, every substitution instance P(ax) *.
By property a again, for every constant a, P(ax) *.
14. Let be a set of sentences of PL that is quanticationally consistent.
Then is consistent in PD (by Metatheorem 11.3.1), and we may use the
method in the proof of 11.4.3 and 11.4.4 to extend to a set that is both maximally consistent in PD and -complete. And, by the reasoning of Exercise 13,
it follows that there is an interpretation with the set of positive integers as UD
on which every member of is true.
15. Because I and E are unchanged in PDE, the proof of 11.4.3 does
not require any change.
Inspection shows that for 11.4.9, changes need to be made in the
proofs of results 11.1.1 and 11.1.6. These were done in Section 11.2.
Section 11.5E
1. Lemma 11.5.2 is established by mathematical induction on the levels of trees. The proof of the basis clause, that Lemma 11.5.2 holds for the rst
level of any tree for a quanticationally consistent set of sentences, is trivial.
There is just one path to the rst level of a tree for a set ; that path consists
of some sentence P that is a member of and that has been entered on the
tree with the justication SM. And {P} must be quanticationally consistent if
, of which {P} is a subset, is. The inductive step is
If Lemma 11.5.2 holds for every level prior to level k 1 of any tree,
then Lemma 11.5.2 holds for level k 1 of any tree.
To prove the inductive step, we assume the inductive hypothesis: that for each
level i of a tree for a quanticationally consistent set, where i k 1, either
(a) at least one completed path to a level prior to i is quanticationally consistent or (b) at least one path to level i is quanticationally consistent. We want
to establish that either (a) or (b) holds for level k 1 as well. Consider an
arbitrary tree for a consistent set of sentences with at least k 1 levels. The
level prior to k 1kfalls under the inductive hypothesis. That is, either
some completed path to a level earlier than level k is quanticationally consistent or at least one path to level k on this tree is quanticationally consistent.
In the former case, since a level prior to k is also prior to k 1, Lemma 11.5.2
follows immediately for level k 1since in that case (a) holds for level k 1.
So assume that the latter holdsthat at least one path to level k on
the tree is quanticationally consistent. Call that path *. We have two cases to
consider. First, if * is a completed path to level k, then Lemma 11.5.2 holds
for level k 1 because there is a completed path to a level earlier than k 1
that is quanticationally consistent.
Our second case is that where a rule is applied at level k 1 to some

sentence on *. Here we must ensure that at level k 1 there will still be at
least one quanticationally consistent path to that level. That is, if some rule
is applied at k 1 to some sentence on *, then the consistent path to level
k is being extended to a path to level k 1 (possibly into two paths if a branching rule is used) to obtain level k 1; we shall now show that this extension
of the path * yields at least one quanticationally consistent path to level
k 1. We therefore consider four various possible results of application of a
decomposition rule at level k 1 to a sentence on * and show that in each
casewhichever rule is appliedwe are left with at least one quanticationally
consistent path to level k 1.
(i) A sentence Q is entered on level k 1 as the result of applying
one of the nonbranching rules D, & D, D, D, or D to a sentence
P on *. Then {P}, the unit set of the sentence to which the rule was applied,
quanticationally entails Q. Hence the set consisting of Q and all the sentences
on * is quanticationally consistent. So there is a path to level k 1 that ends
with Q and is quanticationally consistent.
(ii) Sentences Q and R are entered on level k 1 as the result of
applying one of the branching rules & D, D, or D to a sentence P on
*. Then on any interpretation on which P is true so is either Q or R. Hence
either the set consisting of Q and all the sentences on * is quanticationally
consistent or the set consisting of R and all the sentences on * is quanticationally consistent. If the former, then the path to k 1 ending with Q is quanticationally consistent; if the latter, then the path to k 1 ending with R is
(iii) Sentences are entered on level k 1 as a result of applying either
D or D to a sentence on *. Similar to (ii).
(iv) A sentence P(ax) is entered on level k 1 as the result of applying D to a sentence (x)P on *. Then a does not occur in any sentence on
*, so the set consisting of P(ax) and all the sentences on * is quanticationally consistent by 11.1.10. Thus the path to k 1 ending with P(ax) is
Lemma 11.5.2 therefore holds for every level of a tree for a quanticationally consistent set of sentences of PL.
2. c. Assume that { (P Q)} has a closed systematic truth-tree. Then,
by Metatheorem 11.5.1, { (P Q)} is quanticationally inconsistent. Hence
there is no interpretation on which (P Q) is true. So P Q is true on
every interpretation. On each interpretation, then, P and Q have the same
truth-value. So P and Q are quanticationally equivalent.
e. Assume that the set consisting of the premises and the negation of
the conclusion of an argument has a closed systematic truth-tree. Then, by
Metatheorem 11.5.1, that set is quanticationally inconsistent. Thus there is no
interpretation on which all of the premises are true and the negation of the
conclusion is true; that is, there is no interpretation on which the premises are
true and the conclusion is false. Therefore the argument is quanticationally

valid.
3. b. P or Q is obtained from P & Q by & D. It is straightforward that
{P & Q} |= P and {P & Q} |= Q.
c. P or Q is obtained from (P Q) by D. On any interpretation on which (P Q) is true, P Q is falsehence both P and Q are
false. But then, on such an interpretation, both P and Q are true; that is,
{ (P Q)} |= P and { (P Q)} |= Q.
f. (x) P is obtained from (x)P by D. It is straightforward
that { (x)P} |= (x) P.
g. (x) P is obtained from (x)P by D. It is straightforward that
{ (x)P} |= (x) P.
4. b. P and Q are obtained from P Q by D. It is trivial that on any
interpretation on which P Q is true, either P is true or Q is true.
c. P and Q are obtained from P Q by D. On any interpretation
on which P Q is true, either P is false or Q is true. Thus, on such an interpretation, either P is true or Q is true.
8. The proof of 11.5.4 must be modied as follows. When showing that
an open path of a systematic tree that contains only a nite number of individual constants must be nitely long, we must consider what happens with the
additional decomposition rules D and CTD.
D applies to a literal t1 t2 and a literal P to produce P(t1t2).
Given a nite number of constants and a nite number of literals, D can
apply at most nitely many times. This is because t1 in the new literals P(t1t2)
that are produced must be a constant. Given a nite number of constants there
are only nitely many literals that are like P except that one or more terms
have been replaced by constants.
CTD adds exactly one sentence to each path, a literal, and the only
way that this literal can be used to generate further sentences is via D, which
we have already discussed.
Section 11.6E
1. c. Assume that P and Q are quanticationally equivalent. Then P Q
is quanticationally true. So (P Q) is quanticationally false, and
{ (P Q)} is quanticationally inconsistent. It follows from Metatheorem
11.6.1 that every systematic tree for { (P Q)} closes.
e. If an argument of PL is quanticationally valid, then, on every interpretation on which all of the premises are true, the conclusion is true as well;
hence the negation of the conclusion is false. So the set consisting of the premises and negation of the conclusion is quanticationally inconsistent. It follows
from Metatheorem 11.6.1 that every systematic tree for that set closes.
2. c. Assume that the length of a sentence Q R is k. As Q R contains at least one sentence letter or predicate that R does not contain and
Q R contains at least one occurrence of the triple bar that R does not
contain, the length of R is k 2 or less. Hence the length of R is k 1
or less. Similar reasoning shows that the length of Q is k 1 or less.
3. b. P is of the form (Q R). Assume that P . Then by property
f, both Q and R are members of . By the inductive hypothesis, then,
I( Q) T and I( R) T. So I(Q) F and I(R) F. Consequently,
I(Q R) F and I( (Q R)) T.
d. P is of the form (Q R). Assume that P . Then, by property
h, Q and R . By the inductive hypothesis, I(Q) T and I( R)
T. So I(R) F, and I(Q R) F.
e. P is of the form Q R. Assume that P . Then, by property i of
Hintikka sets, either both Q and R or both Q and R . In
the former case, I(Q) T and I(R) T, by the inductive hypothesis, and
I(Q R) T. In the latter case I(Q) F and I(R) F, by the inductive
hypothesis, so I(Q R) T. Therefore I(Q R) T.
h. P is of the form (x)Q. Assume that P . Then, by property n,
(x) Q . And, by property k, for every constant a that occurs in ,
Q(ax) . By the inductive hypothesis, it follows that for each constant a
that occurs in some member of , I( Q(ax)) T. By property 1 of the
construction of I, each member of the UD is I (a) for some constant a that
occurs in . By 11.1.11, I((x) Q) T. Therefore every variable assignment
satises Q, so no variable assignment satises Q. So (x)Q is false on I, and
I( (x)Q) T.
4. Let I be an interpretation on which for each member u of the U.D.
there is at least one constant a such that I(a) u and I(P(ax)) T. Assume,
contrary to what we wish to prove, that I((x)P) F. Then every variable
assignment d fails to satisfy (x)P on I; for every one there is at least one variant d[u/x] that does not satisfy P. Because u I(a) for some constant a, it
follows from 11.1.1 that d does not satisfy P(ax). This being the case,
I(P(a/x)) F, and the same is true of any substitution instance using a constant that denotes u. This contradicts our original assumption, and we conclude that (x)P must be true on I as well.

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TESTS AND ANSWERS

Because The Logic Book contains a comprehensive development of elementary

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Dene the following:

2. For each of the following, indicate whether it has a truth-value (i.e.,

Dene the following:

2. For each of the following, indicate whether it has a truth-value (i.e.,

b. An argument is deductively sound if and only if it is deductively valid

Dene the following:

2. For each of the following, indicate whether it has a truth-value (i.e.,

3. Which of the following passages are best understood as arguments?

c. This sentence is an imperative or command. It gives instructions,

d. F In a valid argument, the conclusion must be true if the premises

Dene the following:

2. For each of the following, indicate whether it has a truth-value (i.e.,

3. Which of the following passages are best understood as arguments?

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e. F Every Aristotelean syllogism has two premises and one conclusion,

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4. Assuming that A has the truth-value T and B has the truth-value

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If it is not the case that I will be able to complete my bibliography then

Not a sentence: cannot immediately precede a binary connective

4. Assuming that A has the truth-value T and B has the truth-value

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Not a sentence: needs more parentheses.

3. Give the characteristic truth-tables for the following connectives:

4. Assuming that A has the truth-value F and B has the truth-value

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4. Assuming that A has the truth-value T and B has the truth-value

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Not a sentence: , is not a symbol of SL

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7. Assume that the argument

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A full table is necessary to establish truth-functional inconsistency, since we

a. The dictator will be assassinated only if his countrymen rebel or the

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A full table is necessary to establish truth-functional validity, for we must show

An argument with a nite number of premises is truth-functionally valid if and

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([A (B D)] K) (B & D)

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A full table is necessary to establish truth-functional inconsistency, for we must

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(B & D) [A (B & C)]