Predicate

Question 1

What are the five connectives of predicate?

Answer 1

¬, &, ∨, →, =

Question 2

What are designators in predicate?

Answer 2

an infinite supply of lower case letters a, b, c, …

Question 3

What are individual variables in predicate?

Answer 3

An infinite supply of lower case letters x, y, z, …

Question 4

What are Predicates

Answer 4

An infinite supply of capital letters P, Q, R

Question 5

What are the two quantifiers in predicate?

Answer 5

∀ and ∃

Question 6

What do designators represent?

Answer 6

Proper nouns I.e. London, Gabriel, Edgecliffe

Question 7

what do individual variables represent?

Answer 7

they denote things but not specific ones.

i.e. let x be an arbitrary human

Question 8

What do predicates represent?

Answer 8

their function is to denote (a) properties which characterise things or (b) relations in which things stand

(a) ‘Stewart is American’ - American is the predicate

(b) ‘John is married to Katie’ the predicate is married

Question 9

In Predicate - ‘All As are Bs’ would be translated as a

Answer 9

universally quantified conditional

Question 10

In Predicate - ‘Some As are Bs’ would be translated as a

Answer 10

existentially quantified conjunction