aleilyg2005
aleilyg2005
03.03.2020 • 
Mathematics

If we let the domain be all animals, and S(x) = "x is a spider", I(x) = " x is an insect", D(x) = "x is a dragonfly", L(x) = "x has six legs", E(x, y ) = "x eats y", then the premises be

"All insects have six legs," (∀x (I(x)→ L(x)))
"Dragonflies are insects," (∀x (D(x)→I(x)))
"Spiders do not have six legs," (∀x (S(x)→¬L(x)))
"Spiders eat dragonflies." (∀x, y (S(x) ∧ D(y)) → E(x, y)))
The conditional statement "∀x, If x is an insect, then x has six legs" is derived from the statement "All insects have six legs" using .

a. existential generalization
b. existential instantiation
c. universal instantiation
d. universal generalization

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