TITLE: “PROVING (OR DISPROVING) THE CONCEPTS OF LIFE”

Using your knowledge of logic as well as the different ways of proof and disproof, you are going to prove or disprove concepts you are interested in.

1. Given a certain statement, provide the inverse, the converse and the contrapositive of it.
2. Afterwards, construct the truth table of the concept you have chosen and provide the conclusion that can be drawn from it.
3. Output is to be printed on a short bond paper and oral presentation is to be done on the performance task week.
4. Refer to the given example below as to what kind of output is expected.

Sample Concept Used: Speed (Science)

Statement: If you increase the distance traveled within a lesser time, the speed will be increased. ( p ˄q)→ r
Inverse: If you decrease the distance traveled within a longer period of time, the speed will be decreased. ¬( p ˄q)→¬ r
Converse: If the speed will be increased then the distance traveled is increased within a lesser time. r →( p ˄q)
Contrapositive: If the speed is decreased, the distance traveled is decreased within a longer period of time. ¬ r → ¬( p ˄ q)

Truth Table for ( p ˄q)→ r

p q
T T
T T
T F
T F
F T
F T
F F
F F
r ( p ˄q) ( p ˄q)→ r
T T T
F T T
T F T
F F T
T F T
F F T
T F T
F F T

Conclusion: Since all the values in the last column resulted into “true,” we can therefore say that the concept is indeed correct.

5. Consider the rubric below as you go about this task.

Criteria Excellent (5) Proficient (4) Progressing (3) Beginning (2)

Correctness of All statements are correctly stated. All statements are correctly stated. One or two statement/s is/are Statements are not correctly
 Use of appropriate words and
Statements grammar made the statements
easier to understand.
All necessary parts of the
statement to be proved are clearly
Accuracy of Truth Table indicated in the truth table. Logical
order of the parts and clear order
of the values is evident.
All statements and parts of the
truth table were properly
Clarity of Explanation explained. Follow-up questions
were answered adequately, and
additional details were provided.
The presentation shows deep
understanding of the relevant
ideas and processes. Main
Use of Logical Concepts concepts are accurately presented
in an in-depth way that makes
connections among the
information.
All necessary parts of the
statement to be proved are clearly
indicated in the truth table.
All statements and parts of the
truth table were properly
explained.
The presentation shows adequate
understanding of the relevant
ideas and processes. All sub-
concepts are organized and
consistently branch out from the
main idea.
correctly stated.
One or two part/s of the
statement to be proved is/are not
clearly indicated in the truth table.
One or two of the statement/s or
parts of the truth table were not
clearly explained.
The presentation shows limited
understanding of the relevant
ideas and processes and sub-
concepts don’t consistently branch
out from the main idea.
stated.
The truth table in general is not
easy to understand and lacks
cohesiveness in its parts.
Statements and the truth table are
not clearly explained, and guide
questions did not help in arriving
at the proper explanation.
The presentation shows little
understanding of the relevant
ideas and processes and sub-
concepts don’t consistently branch
out from the main idea.