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Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Chapter 6

Chapter 7

Chapter 8

Chapter 9

Chapter 10

Chapter 11

Chapter 13

Chapter 14

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Philosophy 120A
Autumn 2007

Supplementary Exercises and Examples

Below you will find some additional exercises for your use as take-home practice problems. Examples presented in class are also included here.

Chapter 1

Ch1Ex1.sen

Ch1Ex1.wld

AlwaysTrue.sen

AlwaysFalse.sen

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Chapter 2

Ch2Ex1a.sen

Ch2Ex1b.sen

Ch2Ex1.wld

Proof Identity 1.prf

Ch2Ex1a.prf

Ch2Ex1b.prf

Ch2Ex2.prf

Ch2Ex3.prf

Bill's Argument.wld

Deductive vs. Inductive.wld

Deductive vs. Inductive.sen

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Chapter 3

Sentences TF1

World TF1

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Chapter 4

Possibility.pdf

Ch4Ex1.tt

Ch4Ex1.prf

Ch4Ex3.prf

Ch4Ex2.tt

Ch4Ex2.prf

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Chapter 5

Ch5Ex1.sen

Ch5Ex1.wld

Ch5Ex1.prf

Ch5Ex2.sen

Ch5Ex2.wld

Ch5Ex2.prf

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Chapter 6

Page 151.prf

Page 163.prf

Ch6Ex2a

Ch6Ex2b

Ch6Ex2c

Ch6Ex2d

Proof 6.33 simpler.prf

Proof 6.41a.prf

Proof 6.41b.prf

Proof 6.41c.prf

Proof 6.41d.prf

Proof 6.41e.prf

Proof 6.41f.prf

Proof 6.41g.prf

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Chapter 7

Ch7Ex1.sen

Ch7Ex1.wld

Some useful truth-table equivalences

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Chapter 8

ProblemWB.prf  [a good practice problem for learning the “working backwards” strategy]

Irrelevant Antecedent

Irrelevant Consequent

Conditional Tricks

The problem
The completed proof
Converted to a proof without premises

Proof 8.48a.prf

Proof 8.48b.prf

Proof 8.48c.prf

Proof 8.52a.prf

Ch8Ex1a.prf

Ch8Ex1b.prf

Ch8Ex1c.prf

Ch8Ex1d.prf

Ch8Ex2.prf

Proof Ch8Ex2.prf

MidtermPrep1.prf

ProofMidtermPrep1.prf

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Chapter 9

Ch9Ex1.sen

Ch9Ex2.sen

Ch9Ex2.wld

Common Forms of Quantification

Equivalent Translations into FOL of some common English quantificational forms

All vs. Only

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Chapter 10

Example 1, sentences

Example 1, world

Example 2, sentences

Example 2, world

Example 3, argument on page 269

Example 3, replacement method applied to argument on page 269

Example 3, invalid argument of same form as page 269

Example 3, counter-example world

Example 4, sentences

Example 4, world

Some useful quantifier equivalences

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Chapter 11

Step-by-step1.sen

Step-by-step1.wld

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Chapter 13

Ch13Ex1

EI Varieties

Proof 13.23a.prf

Proof 13.23b.prf

Proof 13.23.prf

Symmetry.sen

Asymmetry.prf

Doris Day's Argument

Proof Doris Day Stage 1

Proof Doris Day Stage 2

Proof Doris Day's Argument

Doris Day 2.prf

Dangerfield's Argument

Proof Dangerfield Stage 1

Proof Dangerfield Stage 2

Proof Dangerfield's Argument

Leibniz's Argument

Proof Leibniz Start

Proof Leibniz Stage 1

Proof Leibniz Stage 2

Proof Leibniz's Argument

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Chapter 14

Ch14Ex1.sen

Ch14Ex1a.sen

Ch14Ex2.sen

Ch14Ex3.prf

Russell.sen

Ezra Pound’s First Argument

Ezra Pound’s Second Argument

Limitations of the blocks language

UniqueWorld.sen

UniqueWorld.wld

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