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1 24 FUNDAMENTALS OF MATHEMATICAL LOGIC 3 Rules of Inferential Logic The main concern of logic is how the truth of some roositions is connected with the truth of another. Thus, we will usually consider a grou of related roositions. An argument is a set of two or more roositions related to each other in such a way that all but one of them (the remises) are suosed to rovide suort for the remaining one (the conclusion). The transition from remises to conclusion is the inference uon which the argument relies. Examle 3.1 Show that the roositions \The star is made of milk, and strawberries are red. My dog has eas." do not form an argument. Indeed, the truth or falsity of each of the roositions has no bearing on that of the others Examle 3.2 Show that the roositions: \Mark is a lawyer. So Mark went to law school since all lawyers have gone to law school" form an argument. This is an argument. The truth of the conclusion, \Mark went to law school," is inferred or deduced from its remises, \Mark is a lawyer" and \all lawyers have gone to law school." The above argument can be reresented as follows: Let : Mark is a lawyer. q: All lawyers have gone to law school. r: Mark went to law school. Then ^ q :: r The symbol :: is to indicate the inferrenced conclusion. Now, suose that the remises of an argument are all true. Then the

2 3 RULES OF INFERENTIAL LOGIC 25 conclusion may be either true or false. When the conclusion is true then the argument is said to be valid. When the conclusion is false then the argument is said to be invalid. To test an argument for validity one roceeds as follows: (1) Identify the remises and the conclusion of the argument. (2) Construct a truth table including the remises and the conclusion. (3) Find rows in which all remises are true. (4) In each row of Ste (3), if the conclusion is true then the argument is valid; otherwise the argument is invalid. Examle 3.3 is invalid q! _ q We construct the truth table as follows. q q! _ q T T T F F T T F T T F T F F T T F From the last row we see that the remises are true but the conclusion is false. The argument is then invalid Examle 3.4 (Modus Ponens or the method of a rming) a. b. _ q! r _ q :: r

3 26 FUNDAMENTALS OF MATHEMATICAL LOGIC a. q T F F F T T F F T The rst row shows that the argument b. Follows from (a) by relacing with _ q and q with r Examle 3.5 is invalid. q q T F F F T T F F T Because of the third row the argument is invalid. An argument of this form is referred to as converse error because the conclusion of the argument would follows from the remises if is relaced by its converse q! Examle 3.6 (Modus Tollens or the method of denial) q

4 3 RULES OF INFERENTIAL LOGIC 27 q q F F T F F T F F T T F T F F The last row shows that the argument is valid Examle 3.7 is invalid. q q F F T F F T F F T T F T F F The third row shows that the argument is invalid. This is known as inverse error because the conclusion of the argument would follow from the remises if is relaced by the inverse Examle 3.8 (Disjunctive Addition) a. _ q b. q _ q

5 28 FUNDAMENTALS OF MATHEMATICAL LOGIC a. q _ q T F T F T T F F F The rst and second rows show that the argument b. The rst and third rows show that the argument is valid Examle 3.9 (Conjunctive addition) Show that ; q ^ q q ^ q T F F F T F F F F The rst row shows that the argument is valid Examle 3.10 (Conjunctive Simli cation) a. ^ q b. ^ q

6 3 RULES OF INFERENTIAL LOGIC 29 a. q ^ q T F F F T F F F F The rst row shows that the argument b. The rst row shows that the argument is valid Examle 3.11 (Disjunctive Syllogism) a. _ q q b. _ q a. q q _ q T T F F T T F F T T F T T F T F F T T F The second row shows that the argument b. The third row shows that the argument is valid Examle 3.12 (Hyothetical Syllogism) q! r! r

7 30 FUNDAMENTALS OF MATHEMATICAL LOGIC q r q! r! r T T F T F F T F T F T T T F F F T F F T T F T F T F T F F T F F F The rst, fth, seventh, and eighth rows show that the argument is valid Examle 3.13 (Rule of contradiction) Show that if c is a contradiction then the following argument is valid for any.! c Constructing the truth table we nd c! c F T T F F F The rst row shows that the argument is valid

8 3 RULES OF INFERENTIAL LOGIC 31 Review Problems Problem 3.1 Use modus onens or modus tollens to ll in the blanks in the argument below so as to roduce valid inferences. If is rational, then 2 2 = a for some integers a and b: b It is not true that 2 = a for some integers a and b: b :: Problem 3.2 Use modus onens or modus tollens to ll in the blanks in the argument below so as to roduce valid inferences. If logic is easy, then I am a monkey's uncle. I am not a monkey's uncle. :: Problem 3.3 Use a truth table to determine whether the argument below q! _ q Problem 3.4 Use a truth table to determine whether the argument below q _ r :: r Problem 3.5 Use symbols to write the logical form of the given argument and then use a truth table to test the argument for validity. If Tom is not on team A, then Hua is on team B. If Hua is not on team B, then Tom is on team A. :: Tom is not on team A or Hua is not on team B.

9 32 FUNDAMENTALS OF MATHEMATICAL LOGIC Problem 3.6 Use symbols to write the logical form of the given argument. If the argument is valid, identify the rule of inference that guarantees its validity. Otherwise state whether the converse or the inverse error is made. If Jules solved this roblem correctly, then Jules obtained the answer 2. Jules obtained the answer 2. :: Jules solved this roblem correctly. Problem 3.7 Use symbols to write the logical form of the given argument. If the argument is valid, identify the rule of inference that guarantees its validity. Otherwise state whether the converse or the inverse error is made. If this number is larger than 2, then its square is larger than 4. This number is not larger than 2. :: The square of this number is not larger than 4. Problem 3.8 Use the valid argument forms of this section to deduce the conclusion from the remises. _ q! r s_ q t! t ^ r! s Problem 3.9 Use the valid argument forms of this section to deduce the conclusion from the remises.! r^ s t! s u! w u _ w :: t _ w

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