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Jimmy1

['Member']Joined: March 25, 2019 at 02:26Last active: April 19, 2019 at 00:251 discussions12 comments

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There is no logical symbol for “ARE” — I like sushi Then why ask? If your book shows an example and says “are” - in the example given - means implied,...
March 25, 2019 at 11:10
That is false if we use the conventions of logic. Because if it is that p is true, then it is not necessarily the case that q is true. Therefore it's ...
March 25, 2019 at 09:50
That is false if we use the conventions of logic. Because if it is that p is true, then it is not necessarily the case that q is true. Therefore it's ...
March 25, 2019 at 09:46
All ravens are black is translated to symbolic logic as: For all x: . Therefore, the implication symbol is used for "are." Directly translated back to...
March 25, 2019 at 08:56
I edited and changed "there exist birds in Sweden" to "there exist black animals in Sweden", btw, to make the argument consistent with the symbolic ar...
March 25, 2019 at 08:40
I edited and changed "there exist birds in Sweden" to "there exist black animals in Sweden", btw, to make the argument consistent with the symbolic ar...
March 25, 2019 at 08:29
I edited and changed "there exist birds in Sweden" to "there exist black animals in Sweden", btw, to make the argument consistent with the symbolic ar...
March 25, 2019 at 08:23
Well, I wouldn't say I have found an exception to the rule that A are B is equivalent to All A are B (if it is a rule). It could just be the case that...
March 25, 2019 at 06:01
I don't know what you mean. Interpreting if "a, then b" as "a->b" is also a semantic interpretation since the interpretation is related to meaning in ...
March 25, 2019 at 05:56
I was watching a youtube video made by a mathematician. He claimed that it's true that cats are four-legged animals, and that the definition of four-l...
March 25, 2019 at 05:22
Is there a convention in logic for how "cats are yellow" should be interpreted?
March 25, 2019 at 04:51
You can say that all cats are yellow as a logical premise. Did something lead you to believe that I don't believe that? What I wanna know is if, in lo...
March 25, 2019 at 04:19