Blog Post #3

  • Proposition: I’m Palestinian
  • Truth value: True.
  • Truth conditions: In order for this to be true, my immigrant parents would have an ethnically Palestinian background.
  • Entailment: “I’m Palestinian” entails “I’m Palestinian because my parents are ethnically Palestinian and born in Palestine which makes me the same ethnicity as them”
  • Proposition: I have 3 siblings
  • Truth value: True
  • Truth conditions: For this to be true, I would have to live and grow up with them
  • Entailment: “I have 3 siblings” entails “My mom gave birth to 3 other kids including me”
  • Proposition: I have a dog
  • Truth value: False
  • Truth conditions: For this to be true, I need to own and live with a dog
  • Entailment: “I have a dog” would entail “I have a pet dog”

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