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# Propositions
- Declarative sentences with truth values (T or F)
- Atomic propositions (basic building blocks)
- Compound propositions (combinations of atomic propositions)
### Argument Form: Modus Ponens (Affirming the Antecedent)
- Content: If its raining, then the ground is wet. The ground is wet. Therefore, it was raining.
### Argument Form: Disjunctive Syllogism
- Content: Either its raining or the plants need water. Its not raining. Therefore, the plants need water.
## Propositional Connectives
- Negation (¬): p is true if and only if ¬p is false
- Conjunction (∧): p ∧ q is true if and only if both p and q are true
- Disjunction (): p q is true if and only if at least one of p or q is true
- Implication (⇒): p ⇒ q is false if and only if p is true and q is false
- Equivalence (⇔): p ⇔ q is true if and only if p and q have the same truth value
## Precedence Order of Connectives
1. Negation (¬)
2. Conjunction (∧)
3. Disjunction ()
4. Implication (⇒)
5. Equivalence (⇔)
This means that in a formula without parentheses, ¬ takes precedence over ∧ and , ∧ and have the same precedence but associativity to the left, and ⇒ and ⇔ also have the same precedence but associativity to the right. For example, p ∧ q ⇒ r is equivalent to (p ∧ q) ⇒ r, not p ∧ (q ⇒ r).
### Propositions and Connectives (Examples)
#### Atomic Propositions:
- p: The cat is on the mat.
- q: The dog is sleeping.
#### Compound Propositions Using Connectives:
- p ∧ q: The cat is on the mat and the dog is sleeping.
- ¬p: Its not the case that the cat is on the mat.
- p q: Either the cat is on the mat or the dog is sleeping (or both).
- p ⇒ q: If the cat is on the mat, then the dog is sleeping.
- p ⇔ q: The cat is on the mat if and only if the dog is sleeping.
#### Natural Language Statements
- Natural language statement: If you study hard, then you will pass the exam.
- Formalized as: p ⇒ q
- Natural language statement: Either you will go to the party or stay home and study.
- Formalized as: p ¬q
#### Logic Formulae
- Formula: (p ∧ q) ⇒ ¬r
- Interpretation: If both p and q are true, then r is false.
- Formula: ¬(p ¬q)
- Interpretation: Its not the case that either p is true or q is false.
## Truth Tables for Connectives
- Negation: T|F, F|T
- Conjunction: T&T|TT, F&F|FT, TT|T
- Disjunction: TT|TT, FF|FF, TF|TF
- Implication: T⇒T|TT, F⇒T|FT, TT|F
- Equivalence: T⇔T|TT, F⇔F|FF, TT|T
#### Truth Table for P ⇒ Q:
| P | Q | P ⇒ Q |
| --- | --- | ----- |
| T | T | T |
| T | F | F |
| F | T | T |
| F | F | T |
## Classes of Propositions
- Tautologies: Always true (e.g., p ¬p)
- Contradictions: Always false (e.g., p ∧ ¬p)
- Contingent propositions: Neither tautology nor contradiction
### Logical Equivalence (≡)
- Two formulae are logically equivalent if their equivalence is a tautology
#### Examples
- p ∧ q ≡ q ∧ p
- ¬(p q) ≡ ¬p ∧ ¬q
### Logical Implication or Entailment (|=)
- Formula p entails q if and only if the implication p ⇒ q is a tautology
#### Examples
- p ∧ q |= q
- ¬(p ¬q) |= ¬p ⇒ q
# Ambiguous and Vague Sentences
- Ambiguity: A sentence with multiple distinct meanings.
- Ambiguous sentence: “I want to have dinner with you or your friend.”
- Interpretation 1: You can choose between having dinner with me or my friend.
- Interpretation 2: I want to have dinner with you and your friend together.
- Vagueness: A sentence with only one meaning, but the distinction between truth and falsity is unclear.
- Vague sentence: “The book is heavy.”
- Vague because no quantitative measure of heaviness is provided.
# Logic as a Formal Language
- Alphabet: Symbols for denoting propositions, identifiers, punctuation symbols ((), propositional connectives).
- Syntax: Rules defining the order of symbols in sentences, precedence order of connectives.
- Semantics: Assignment of meaning to correctly written sentences.
### Examples of Logical Structures
- Argument: If the train has six carriages and serves a rural community, then it is not overcrowded.
- Formalized as: p ∧ q ⇒ ¬r
- Argument: If Bob eats carrots, then he will be able to see in the dark. Therefore, if Bob cant see in the dark, then he hasnt eaten carrots.
- Formalized as: p ⇒ q ≡ ¬q ⇒ ¬p
# Summary
- Logicians focus on argument form
- Deduction involves justifying conclusions based solely on premises
- Connectives join atomic propositions to form compound propositions