The Short-Cut Truth Table Method
and Forking
Peter Suber, Philosophy Department, Earlham College




Part III, exercise 7 (p. 45)
1. (Q R) S
2. ~(Q R) S
3. (~Q·~R) S
4. S (~Q·~R)
5. (S ~Q)·(S ~R)
6. S ~Q
7. ~Q S
8. Q S
/ Q S
1 imp
2 DeM
3 com
4 dist
5 simp
6 com
7 imp


Part II, exercise 13 (p. 77)
1. (x)[(Bx Gx) Fx]
2. (x)[(Fx Vx) Nx]
3. (By Gy) Fy
4. (Fy Vy) Ny
5. By
6. By Gy
7. Fy
8. Fy Vy
9. Ny
10. By Ny
11. (x)(Bx Nx)

/ (x)(Bx Nx)
1 UI
2 UI
ass, CP
5 add
3,6 MP
7 add
4,8 MP
5-9 CP
10 UG



This file is an electronic hand-out for the course, Symbolic Logic.

Most of the logic symbols in this file are GIFs. See my Notes on Logic Notation on the Web.

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