PHILOS 31 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Atomic Sentence, Cotton Candy, Chuck Schumer
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~ it is not the case that. We can express their meanings in terms of truth values. Flips the truth value of the sentence. For ^ (and), the statement is true only if both are true. For v (or), one or more parts of the statement must be true for the statement to be true. ** or is inclusive unless otherwise specified. Only false if the antecedent is true and the consequent false. * if the consequent is true, the whole statement is true no matter what the antecedent is. Ex. contract stating: if you wash my car then i will give you . Think of it in a legally binding way. If you don"t wash my car and i still give you , you can"t sue me because i still gave you the . Note stylistic variants and look for hidden negations. What sentence letter corresponds to what atomic sentence.