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4.3 Sentential connectives retained in Predicate Logic

  1. John doesn't love Mary
  2. $ \neg \mathrm{\:\bf Love\:}(\mathrm{\:j\:},\:\mathrm{\:m\:})$

  1. John loves Mary and Fred loves Sue.
  2. $ \mathrm{\:\bf Love\:}(\mathrm{\:j\:},\:\mathrm{\:m\:})\wedge\mathrm{\:\bf Love\:}(\mathrm{\:f\:},\:\mathrm{\:s\:})$

  1. If John loves Mary, then Fred loves Sue.
  2. $ \mathrm{\:\bf Love\:}(\mathrm{\:j\:},\:\mathrm{\:m\:})\rightarrow \mathrm{\:\bf Love\:}(\mathrm{\:f\:},\:\mathrm{\:s\:})$



Jean Mark Gawron 2009-02-16