Blog Post #3

Sentence one:

  • Proposition: I have a cat.
  • Truth value: True.
  • Truth conditions: For this to be true, I would need a cat to live inside my house.
  • Entailment: “I have a cat” entails “I have a pet”.

Sentence two:

  • Proposition: I have 34 eyes.
  • Truth value: False.
  • Truth conditions: I would actually have to have 34 eyes somewhere on my body.
  • Entailment: “I have 34 eyes” entails “I have more than two eyes”.

Sentence three:

  • Proposition: There is an elephant sized rat wandering in my backyard.
  • Truth value: Unknown.
  • Truth conditions: For this to be true, there must be a rat the size of an elephant wandering in my backyard.
  • Entailment: “There is an elephant sized rat wandering in my backyard” would entail “There is a rodent in my backyard.”

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