Monday, February 15, 2016

Conditional Proof

Me in my office when students don't come in and I know some don't understand what's going on.
Agenda
1. Notes on the test.

  • DN Rule 
  • Assumption column 
2. CP Rule

Extra practice with DN, MP, MT, &In, &Out
You should be able to do these.

Conditional Proofs (CP rule)
How to do conditional proof:
Sing the following:
Started from the bottom, now we're here.
Started from the bottom, put the antecedent up here.

Proofs are solved not only from the top down (e.g., DN, MP, MT, &In, &Out) but also bottom up. We work from both ends. CP proof is what's known as a "bottom up" rule.

Practice (CP only)
A.

  1. Q /:. P>Q
B.
  1. R /:. P>(Q>R)
C. 
  1. T /:. P>(Q>(~R>(S>(~T>(U>V)))))
D. (This proof isn't *only* CP)
  1. /:. (A&B)>(C>B)
Putting It All Together: Proofs with CP, DN, MT, MP, &In, &Out
A.

  1. A>~B
  2. B
  3. (A>~B)>C  /:. B>(D>(~A&C))


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