Proofs in Propositional Logic
... How to declare propositional variables A propositional variable is just a variable of type Prop. So, you may just use the Parameter command for declaring a new propositional variable : ...
... How to declare propositional variables A propositional variable is just a variable of type Prop. So, you may just use the Parameter command for declaring a new propositional variable : ...
Lesson 1
... This apple is an agaric. ---------------------------------------------------------------------Hence This apple has a strong toxic effect. The argument is valid. But the conclusion is evidently not true (false). Hence, at least one premise is false (obviously the second). Circumstances according to ...
... This apple is an agaric. ---------------------------------------------------------------------Hence This apple has a strong toxic effect. The argument is valid. But the conclusion is evidently not true (false). Hence, at least one premise is false (obviously the second). Circumstances according to ...
Section I(e)
... We defined implication in section E of this chapter. Let P and Q be propositions then the compound proposition ‘ P implies Q ’ means ‘if P then Q ’ and is denoted by P Q . The truth table for P implies Q , P Q , is given by: Q PQ P Row 1 T T T Row 2 T F F Row 3 F T T Row 4 F F T TABLE 11 You mi ...
... We defined implication in section E of this chapter. Let P and Q be propositions then the compound proposition ‘ P implies Q ’ means ‘if P then Q ’ and is denoted by P Q . The truth table for P implies Q , P Q , is given by: Q PQ P Row 1 T T T Row 2 T F F Row 3 F T T Row 4 F F T TABLE 11 You mi ...
From p
... Logical implication and the material conditional are both associated with an operation on two logical values, typically the values of two propositions, that produces a value of false just in the singular case the first operand is true and the second operand is false. The truth table associated with ...
... Logical implication and the material conditional are both associated with an operation on two logical values, typically the values of two propositions, that produces a value of false just in the singular case the first operand is true and the second operand is false. The truth table associated with ...
overhead 8/singular sentences [ov]
... SYMBOLIZING simple singular sentences in predicate logic Singular sentences can be simple or compound. Our example: Los Angeles is sunny. is a simple sentence. To symbolize this sentence: (1) represent the predicate with a PROPOSITIONAL FUNCTION; this is just a technical term for what we get if we p ...
... SYMBOLIZING simple singular sentences in predicate logic Singular sentences can be simple or compound. Our example: Los Angeles is sunny. is a simple sentence. To symbolize this sentence: (1) represent the predicate with a PROPOSITIONAL FUNCTION; this is just a technical term for what we get if we p ...
The Decision Problem for Standard Classes
... We say that a class K of formulas is decidable if both satisfiability and finite satisfiability (that is, satisfiability in a finite model) are decidable for formulas in K. K is conservative [8] if there exists an algorithm a. '> a' which associates a formula a' E K with each formula a in such a way ...
... We say that a class K of formulas is decidable if both satisfiability and finite satisfiability (that is, satisfiability in a finite model) are decidable for formulas in K. K is conservative [8] if there exists an algorithm a. '> a' which associates a formula a' E K with each formula a in such a way ...
A Small Framework for Proof Checking - CEUR
... We call the formulas that the framework uses weak untyped second order (WUSO) formulas. They are formally defined in Section 1.1. The system stores formulas in contexts. A context is essentially a stack of formulas. By specifying operators that modify contexts, the natural deduction rules →-intro an ...
... We call the formulas that the framework uses weak untyped second order (WUSO) formulas. They are formally defined in Section 1.1. The system stores formulas in contexts. A context is essentially a stack of formulas. By specifying operators that modify contexts, the natural deduction rules →-intro an ...
Classical Logic and the Curry–Howard Correspondence
... proceed line by line, with each line derived from those preceding it by means of some inference rule. Nowadays such logics are known as ‘Hilbert systems’. This format can be somewhat cumbersome and inelegant, both because it does not follow the reasoning-patterns of ordinary mathematics and because ...
... proceed line by line, with each line derived from those preceding it by means of some inference rule. Nowadays such logics are known as ‘Hilbert systems’. This format can be somewhat cumbersome and inelegant, both because it does not follow the reasoning-patterns of ordinary mathematics and because ...
Available on-line - Gert
... Of course no one supposes that this is a logical guarantee, or even an empirical one; it is as easy to make logical mistakes in practice as it is to be run over by a bus. But the formal logic of the present logical situation is still, I claim, clear to all of us. We all know perfectly well that the ...
... Of course no one supposes that this is a logical guarantee, or even an empirical one; it is as easy to make logical mistakes in practice as it is to be run over by a bus. But the formal logic of the present logical situation is still, I claim, clear to all of us. We all know perfectly well that the ...
A short article for the Encyclopedia of Artificial Intelligence: Second
... λx[∃w(Axw ⊃ Bww)] then the resulting expression (after doing β-conversion) would be [. . . ∧ [∃w(Acw ⊃ Bww)] ∧ . . .], which has one new occurrence each of a quantifier and logical connective. Theorem provers in first-order logic need to only consider substitutions that are generated by the unificat ...
... λx[∃w(Axw ⊃ Bww)] then the resulting expression (after doing β-conversion) would be [. . . ∧ [∃w(Acw ⊃ Bww)] ∧ . . .], which has one new occurrence each of a quantifier and logical connective. Theorem provers in first-order logic need to only consider substitutions that are generated by the unificat ...
equivalents of the compactness theorem for locally finite sets of
... As it is known (see [2]) Ff in is equivalent to some statement about propositional calculus. We consider the language {¬, ∧, ∨} and accept standard definitions of propositional formulae. A set X of propositional formulas is said to be locally satisfiable iff every finite subset X0 of X is satisfiabl ...
... As it is known (see [2]) Ff in is equivalent to some statement about propositional calculus. We consider the language {¬, ∧, ∨} and accept standard definitions of propositional formulae. A set X of propositional formulas is said to be locally satisfiable iff every finite subset X0 of X is satisfiabl ...
Lecture 9 Notes
... (right). If we compare the rules, we notice a strong similarity if we associate the T -formulas with assumptions and F -formulas with the conclusion. • Using the above association both calculi have the same initial goal. In the tableaux calculus it has the form F X, where X is the formula to be prov ...
... (right). If we compare the rules, we notice a strong similarity if we associate the T -formulas with assumptions and F -formulas with the conclusion. • Using the above association both calculi have the same initial goal. In the tableaux calculus it has the form F X, where X is the formula to be prov ...
7.5.2 Proof by Resolution
... constant k a symbol that does not appear elsewhere in the KB v: . ({v/k}) • E.g., from the sentence x: Father(John) = x we can infer the instantiation Father(John) = F1, where F1 is a new constant • Eliminating existential quantifiers by replacing the variables with Skolem constants and universal qu ...
... constant k a symbol that does not appear elsewhere in the KB v: . ({v/k}) • E.g., from the sentence x: Father(John) = x we can infer the instantiation Father(John) = F1, where F1 is a new constant • Eliminating existential quantifiers by replacing the variables with Skolem constants and universal qu ...