PHIL 347N Week 4 - Discussion;, Truth-Functional Logic

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Required Resources Read/review the following resources for this activity: Textbook: Chapter 7 Lesson Minimum of 1 scholarly source Initial Post Instructions Consider some of the skills and kno... wledge you need to understand truth-functional logic. Forming the truth-functional claims means you have to have a good understanding of how English sentences are formed in order to convey accurate and precise meaning. Translating English sentences into symbolic language requires you to distinguish the parts of complex thought, put those thoughts into logical order, and make inferences from them. For the initial post, address the following: Determine how abstracting the parts of a truth-functional statement forces you to pay strict attention to the meaning and the validity of its logic. To get you started, reduce this statement to truth-functional symbolic form: "If I ask you to help me out, then I need your help; I need your help, so I must be asking for it." Connect these skills to the things you will be doing in your professional life. Follow-Up Post Instructions [Show More]

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