PHL 1115: Introduction to Logic

Monday, January 12, 2015

HOMEWORK: FIRST SET OF PROBLEMS

Deadline:
11:00 pm, Saturday, January 17, 2015. Please, submit it via the Blackboard.
Late Deadline (with penalty):
11:00 pm, Monday, January 19, 2015
Please, use this template and fill it out with your answers (as you write your answers in the assigned cells, they are supposed to
expand). Save it and then send it back via the Blackboard as an attached file.

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WORK:
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I. For each of the following sentence write a sentence which expresses the same proposition
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Given sentence

Your Sentence

I.a

After losing the chess match, Lisa promptly Lisa stormed out in disgust quickly after losing the chess
stormed out in disgust.
match.

I.b

Since Wednesday is a holiday, the mail will The mail will not be delivered, as Wednesday is a
not be delivered.
holiday.

Instructors Comments/Evaluation
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II. Determine whether pairs of sentences assert the same proposition. EXPLAIN your answer.
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Examples

Answer
(yes/no)

This office will not be large enough for the desk./

II.a The desk will not fit into this office.

no

If I hit the jackpot, I wont be poor anymore./If I

II.b dont hit the jackpot, then I will be poor.

no

Explanation
The office itself could be large enough,
but not the doorway to get the desk in!
This satisfies sentence 2, not 1.
You could hit the jackpot and still be
poor. Again, this satisfies #2 but not #1.

Instructors Comments/Evaluation
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III. Identify all propositions asserted and/or expressed by a given sentence.

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Sentences

III.a

The sun shines and all the birds cheerfully

chirp.

II.b

If the weather is fine and if we can get a

day off, then we will go to the beach.

IV.c

Your Answer

Instructors Comments/Evaluation
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-The sun shines.

-All the birds cheerfully chirp.

-The weather is fine.

-We can get a day off.
-We will go to the beach.
After losing the chess match, Lisa promptly -Lisa lost the chess match.
stormed out in disgust
-After losing, Lisa promptly stormed out in disgust.

EXTRA CREDIT PROBLEMS

Please, notice, that extra credit problems should be submitted separately, following the link: 1st HW extra
credit.
a) Problem 3 on page 8 of Propositional Logic (the red book).
b) [A problem by Raymond Smullyan] A quarter and a penny are placed on the table. You, the students, can make statements. If
your statement is true, then I agree to give you either the penny or the quarter, not saying which one, but if the statement is
false, then I give neither coin. Question: What statement should you make that would force me to give the quarter.