Paola P.

asked • 11/22/14

How do i Prove the following through natural deduction


Using conjunction elimination/introduction; disjunction elimination/introduction; contidional elimination/introduction, negation elimination/introduction; biconditional elimination/introduction.

1.
A -->(B-->C)
____________
(A-->(D&(E&B)))-->(A-->C)



2.
A-->B
~A-->~C
_________
C-->B

3.
C v ~C
C --> ~B
~C --> ~N
___________
~B v ~N


4.
F-->(GvH)
G
_________
F-->H

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Dal J. answered • 11/22/14

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Okay, so here's the formal proof of PROBLEM 3 using a reasonable set of symbols for natural logic.

What we will do is assume one side of C & ~C is true, prove what follows, then assume the other side is true, prove what follows, and since it's the same thing either way, we're done. I've used the full name, since I have no idea what formal symbology you're using in class.


1  C V ~C       given 
2  C => ~B     given 
3 ~C => ~N    given 


4  assume C  
5     ~B                                      2,4, modus ponens
6     ~B V ~N                              5, disjunctive introduction of ~N
7  therefore C => (~B V ~N)       4,6, implication

8  assume ~C 
9     ~N                                      3,8, modus ponens
10   ~B + ~N                              9, disjunctive introduction of ~B
11 therefore ~C => (~B + ~N)    8,10, implication

12    (~B + ~N)                           1,7,11, implication 

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