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West Los Angeles College Philosophy Sentence Paraphrasing Questions

 

I’m working on a philosophy question and need a sample draft to help me learn.

1.Paraphrase and then symbolize each of the following sentences, indicating which sentences the sentence letters you use symbolize.

*b. Albert and Bob are joggers.

*d. Some joggers are marathon runners

*f. Not all joggers are marathon runners.

2.Paraphrase and then symbolize each of the following sentences, indicating which sentences the sentence letters you use symbolize.

*b. Veronica will vacation in Bermuda only if Clarence does.

*d. Either Clarence or Robert will vacation in Bermuda.

*f. Robert won’t vacation in Bermuda.


for each of the following sentences, indicate whether the sentence is a negation, a conjunction, a disjunction, a conditional, or a biconditional. Please consult the rules for constructing a syntactically correct sentence to refresh your understanding of which connective is the MAIN LOGICAL CONNECTIVE.

a. ~ A

b. ~ A & B

c. ~ (A & B)

d. ~ (A & B) B

e. ~ ~ (A & B) ⊃ B (this one is tricky – don’t be fooled) : )

f. ~ ~ [(A & B) ⊃ B]

g. ~ A & ~ ~ [(A & B) ⊃ B]