quiz 5 Flashcards
Why do ordinary sentences need to be translated in order to become logical statements?
We translate them so that we can use the principles we have learned to analyze them.
List the components which a logical proposition should have.
Logical statements must have a subject and a predicate, a quantifier, a complement and a copula.
Explain Rule E in your own words.
Any in which are exclusive (i.e., in which the subject is taken universally) are to be considered A statements (i.e., their subjects should be introduced by the word ‘all’.
Explain Rule F in your own words.
Any statements whose quality is negative should be made into E or O statements (i.e., ‘no’ or ‘some . . . not’ statements).
Explain Rule G in your own words.
Sentences that contain the word ‘except’ should be changed into negative universal or affirmative universal statements.
Explain Rule H in your own words.
Sentences containing ‘anyone,’ ‘anything,’ ‘whoever,’ ‘the,’ ‘if,’ ‘if . . . then,’ or ‘whatever’ should be translated into affirmative universal statements.
Explain Rule T in your own words.
Sentences containing ‘someone,’ ‘something,’ ‘there is,’ or ‘there are’ should be translated into affirmative particular statements
Rewrite the following sentence
Man shall not live by bread aione.
No man is a creature that can live by bread alone. [Rule F]
Rewrite the following sentence
To everything there is a season
All things are things that have a season. [Rule H]
Rewrite the following sentence
No man can serve two masters
No man is a creature that can serve two masters. [Rule C]
Without Him was not anything made that was made.
All things are things that were made by Him [Rule G]
true or false
A quantifier is a form of the to be verb.
false
true or false
The complement is a word that links together a subject and a predicate.
false
true or false
Exclusive sentences should be changed into A statements.
true
true or false
An exceptive statement needs only a complement.
false
