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Natural deduction rules for English
Authors:Frederic B Fitch
Institution:(1) Yale University, USA
Abstract:A system of natural deduction rules is proposed for an idealized form of English. The rules presuppose a sharp distinction between proper names and such expressions as lsquothe crsquo, lsquoa (an) crsquo, lsquosome crsquo, lsquoany crsquo, and lsquoevery crsquo, where lsquocrsquo represents a common noun. These latter expressions are called quantifiers, and other expressions of the form lsquothat crsquo or lsquothat c itselfrsquo, are called quantified terms. Introduction and elimination rules are presented for any, every, some, a (an), and the, and also for any which, every which, and so on, as well as rules for some other concepts. One outcome of these rules is that lsquoEvery man loves some womanrsquo is implied by, but does not imply, lsquoSome woman is loved by every manrsquo, since the latter is taken to mean the same as lsquoSome woman is loved by all menrsquo. Also, lsquoJack knows which woman camersquo is implied by lsquoSome woman is known by Jack to have comersquo, but not by lsquoJack knows that some woman camersquo.
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