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PROPOSITIONS
CHAPTER 5
WHAT IS HYPOTHETICAL
PROPOSITIONS?
• A HYPOTHETICAL PROPOSITIONS
STATES A SOMETHING IS TRUE IF
SOMETHING ELSE IS TRUE.
WHAT IS HYPOTHETICAL PROPOSITIONS?
• IF HE STUDIED,THEN HE RECEIVED
AN EXCELLENT GRADE.
• CONJUNCTION
• DISJUNCTION
• CONDITIONAL PROPOSITIONS
• BICONDITIONAL PROPOSITIONS
• DISAMBIGUATING AN AMBIGUOUS
FORMULA
CONJUNCTION
• A TRIANGLE IS EQUILATERAL IF
AND ONLY IF ALL OF ITS SIDES ARE
EQUAL.
DISAMBIGUATING AN AMBIGUOUS
FORMULA
• TO DISAMBIGUATE AN AMBIGUOUS
FORMULA, YOU NEED TO CLARIFY THE
INTENDED MEANING BY PROVIDING
MORE INFORMATION OR CONTEXT.
EXAMPLE OF DISAMBIGUATING AN AMBIGUOUS
FORMULA