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Damon Stokes

Damon Stokes

Answered question

2022-06-24

Find the negation of the following quantified sentence ( x ) ( p ( x ) q ( x ) ¬ q ( x ) )
My attempt:
To negate a quantified sentence, I just need to change the quantifier and connectives.
So: ( x ) ( p ( x ) q ( x ) ¬ q ( x ) )
Denying: ( x ) ( p ( x )   q ( x ) q ( x ) )
¬ ( ) =
¬ ( ) =
¬ ( ) =
¬ ( ¬ q ( x ) ) = q ( x )
I'm pretty sure that my solution is correct, the problem is that the denial of the conditional connective is causing me doubts.

Answer & Explanation

Angelo Murray

Angelo Murray

Beginner2022-06-25Added 23 answers

Step 1
Notes: ¬ ( ) =
Not quite: the negation of A B is ¬ A ¬ B ..
Remember, you are negating a sentence, not merely its main logical connective.
¬ ( )
Not quite: the negation of A B is A ¬ B .
¬ ( )
Not quite: the negation of ¬ x A ( x ) is x ¬ A ( x ) ..
¬ ( ¬ q ( x ) )
Correct.
Step 2
So: ( x ) ( p ( x ) q ( x ) ¬ q ( x ) )
Liberally inserting parentheses helps disambiguate sentences. In any case, the precedence of logical connectives dictates that this sentence ought to be read as x ( ( p ( x ) q ( x ) ) ¬ q ( x ) )
(I removed the unnecessary parentheses around the quantifier).
Denying: ( x ) ( p ( x )   q ( x ) q ( x ) )
This is incorrect, as pointed out in the comments and other answers. My above corrections make clear why.
Lovellss

Lovellss

Beginner2022-06-26Added 5 answers

Step 1
Using the definition of P Q, which is ( ¬ P ) Q.
Step 2
So, since x ( p ( x ) q ( x ) ¬ q ( x ) is the same as x ¬ ( p ( x ) q ( x ) ) ¬ q ( x ), its negation is x ¬ ¬ ( p ( x ) q ( x ) ) ¬ ¬ q ( x ) , i.e. x ( p ( x ) q ( x ) ) q ( x ) .

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