Logic Proposition

2.
The Logic of Compound Statements

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Aaron Tan
20 – 24 August 2018
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Summary
2. The Logic of Compound Statements
2.1 Logical Form and Logical Equivalence

• Statements; Compound Statements; Statement Form (Propositional
Form)
• Logical Equivalence; Tautologies and Contradictions
2.2 Conditional Statements

• Conditional Statements; If-Then as Or
• Negation, Contrapositive, Converse and Inverse
• Only If and the Biconditional; Necessary and Sufficient Conditions
2.3 Valid and Invalid Arguments

• Argument; Valid and Invalid Arguments
• Modus Ponens and Modus Tollens
• Rules of Inference
• Fallacies
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Definition 2.1.1 (Statement)

A statement (or proposition) is a sentence that is true or false, but not both.
Definition 2.1.2 (Negation)

If p is a statement variable, the negation of p is “not p” or “it is not the case that
p” and is denoted ~p.
Definition 2.1.3 (Conjunction)

If p and q are statement variables, the conjunction of p and q is “p and q”,
denoted p  q.
Definition 2.1.4 (Disjunction)

If p and q are statement variables, the disjunction of p and q is “p or q”,
denoted p  q.
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Definition 2.1.5 (Statement Form/Propositional Form)

A statement form (or propositional form) is an expression made up of statement
variables and logical connectives that becomes a statement when actual statements
are substituted for the component statement variables.
Definition 2.1.6 (Logical Equivalence)

Two statement forms are called logically equivalent if, and only if, they have identical
truth values for each possible substitution of statements for their statement variables.
The logical equivalence of statement forms P and Q is denoted by P  Q.
Definition 2.1.7 (Tautology)

A tautology is a statement form that is always true regardless of the truth values of
the individual statements substituted for its statement variables. A statement whose
form is a tautology is a tautological statement.
Definition 2.1.8 (Contradiction)

A contradiction is a statement form that is always false regardless of the truth
values of the individual statements substituted for its statement variables. A
statement whose form is a contradiction is a contradictory statement.
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Theorem 2.1.1 Logical Equivalences

Given any statement variables p, q and r, a tautology true and a contradiction false:
1 Commutative laws pqqp pqqp
2 Associative laws (p  q)  r  p  (q  r) (p  q)  r  p  (q  r)
3 Distributive laws p  (q  r) p  (q  r)
 (p  q)  (p  r)  (p  q)  (p  r)
4 Identity laws p  true  p p  false  p
5 Negation laws p  ~p  true p  ~p  false
6 Double negative law ~(~p)  p
7 Idempotent laws ppp ppp
8 Universal bound laws p  true  true p  false  false
9 De Morgan’s laws ~(p  q)  ~p  ~q ~(p  q)  ~p  ~q
10 Absorption laws p  (p  q)  p p  (p  q)  p
Negation of true and
11 false ~true  false ~false  true
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Definition 2.2.1 (Conditional)

If p and q are statement variables, the conditional of q by p is “if p then q” or “p implies q”,
denoted p  q.
It is false when p is true and q is false; otherwise it is true.
We called p the hypothesis (or antecedent) and q the conclusion (or consequent).
Definition 2.2.2 (Contrapositive)

The contrapositive of a conditional statement “if p then q” is “if ~q then ~p”.
Symbolically, the contrapositive of p  q is ~q  ~p.
Definition 2.2.3 (Converse)

The converse of a conditional statement “if p then q” is “if q then p”.
Symbolically, the converse of p  q is q  p.
Definition 2.2.4 (Inverse)

The inverse of a conditional statement “if p then q” is “if ~p then ~q”.
Symbolically, the inverse of p  q is ~p  ~q.
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pq  ~p  q Implication law
pq  ~q  ~p
conditional contrapositive
statement
qp  ~p  ~q
converse inverse
Note that:
pq  qp
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Definition 2.2.5 (Only If)

If p and q are statements,
“p only if q” means “if not q then not p”
Or, equivalently,
“if p then q”
Definition 2.2.6 (Biconditional)

Given statement variables p and q, the biconditional of p and q is “p if, and only if, q”
and is denoted p  q.
It is true if both p and q have the same truth values and is false if p and q have opposite
truth values.
The words if and only if are sometimes abbreviated iff.
Definition 2.2.7 (Necessary and Sufficient Conditions)

If r and s are statements,
“r is a sufficient condition for s” means “if r then s”
“r is a necessary condition for s” means “if not r then not s” (or “if s then r”)
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Order of Operations
Order of operations:
~    
not and or if-then/implies if and only if
Coequal in order Coequal in order
Performed first
Performed last
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Definition 2.3.1 (Argument)

An argument (argument form) is a sequence of statements (statement forms). All
statements in an argument (argument form), except for the final one, are called
premises (or assumptions or hypothesis). The final statement (statement form) is
called the conclusion. The symbol , which is read “therefore”, is normally placed just
before the conclusion.
To say that an argument form is valid means that no matter what particular statements
are substituted for the statement variables in its premises, if the resulting premises are
all true, then the conclusion is also true.
Definition 2.3.2 (Sound and Unsound Arguments)

An argument is called sound if, and only if, it is valid and all its premises are true.
An argument that is not sound is called unsound.
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Table 2.3.1 Rules of Inference
Rule of Rule of
inference inference
Modus Ponens pq Elimination pq
p ~q pq
 q  p ~p

Modus Tollens pq q
~q
 ~p Transitivity pq
Generalization p q qr
 pq   pr
pq Proof by pq
Specialization Division Into pr
pq pq
Cases qr
 p  q  r
Conjunction p Contradiction ~p  false
q Rule  p
 pq 11
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2.

The Logic of Compound Statements

2.1 Logical Form and Logical Equivalence

2.2 Conditional Statements

2.3 Valid and Invalid Arguments

Definition 2.1.1 (Statement)

Definition 2.1.2 (Negation)

Definition 2.1.3 (Conjunction)

Definition 2.1.4 (Disjunction)

Definition 2.1.5 (Statement Form/Propositional Form)

Definition 2.1.6 (Logical Equivalence)

Definition 2.1.7 (Tautology)

Definition 2.1.8 (Contradiction)

Theorem 2.1.1 Logical Equivalences

Definition 2.2.1 (Conditional)

Definition 2.2.2 (Contrapositive)

Definition 2.2.3 (Converse)

Definition 2.2.4 (Inverse)

pq  ~p  q Implication law

Definition 2.2.5 (Only If)

Definition 2.2.6 (Biconditional)

Definition 2.2.7 (Necessary and Sufficient Conditions)

Coequal in order Coequal in order

Definition 2.3.1 (Argument)

Definition 2.3.2 (Sound and Unsound Arguments)

Table 2.3.1 Rules of Inference

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