Hans Halvorson Physics, Logic, Philosophy

Quantifying: Solutions to Problems

Exercise 6.1

  1. No logicians are celebrities.

    \(∀x(Lx→¬Cx)\)

Exercise 6.5

  1. \(∀x∀yRxy ⊢ ∀xRxx\)

    1(1) \( ∀x∀yRxy \)A
    1(2) \( ∀yRay \)1 UE
    1(3) \( Raa \)2 UE
    1(4) \( ∀xRxx \)3 UI

Exercise 6.13

  1. \(P→∃xFx ⊢ ∃x(P→Fx)\)

    1(1) \( P → ∃xFx \)A
    (2) \( P ∨ ¬P \)lem
    3(3) \( P \)A
    1,3(4) \( ∃xFx \)1,3 MP
    5(5) \( Fa \)A
    3,5(6) \( P → Fa \)3,5 CP
    1,3,5(7) \( ∃x(P → Fx) \)6 EI
    1,3(8) \( ∃x(P → Fx) \)4,5,7 EE
    9(9) \( ¬P \)A
    9(10) \( P → Fa \)9 npar
    9(11) \( ∃x(P → Fx) \)10 EI
    1(12) \( ∃x(P → Fx) \)2,3,8,9,11 ∨E