• 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”

1. proposition: I have a bird

truth value: false

truth conditions : in order for this to be true, I would need to have a pet bird living in my house

entailment: “I have a bird” entails “I have a pet bird”

2. proposition: I have 11 fingers

truth value: false

truth conditions: in order for this to be true I would have 11 fingers instead of 10

entailment: “I have 11 fingers ” entails I would have more than 5 fingers in one hand.

3. proposition: English is my second fluent language because arabic is my first

truth value:true

truth conditions; in order for this to be true, I would have speak and understand both English and arabic fluently.

entailment : ” English is my second fluent language because arabic is my first” entails that growing up I was taught arabic more then I was taught English

• Proposition: I have a husky.
• Truth Value: True.
• Truth Conditions: In order for this to be true, I would need to own and live with a husky.
• Entailment: “I have a husky.” entails that “I have a pet.”

• Proposition: I went to Italy.
• Truth Value: False.
• Truth Conditions: In order for this to be true, I would have traveled to Italy but I never have.
• Entailment: “I went to Italy.” entails that “I visited Italy.”

• Proposition: “I run everyday.”
• Truth Value: Unknown.
• Truth Conditions: In order for this to be true, I would need/have to run everyday.
• Entailment: “I run everyday.” would entail that “I run every single day of the week.”

First Proposition:

• Proposition: I speak Arabic and English fluently.
• Truth value: True.
• Truth conditions: For this to be true, I need to be able to communicate effectively in both Arabic and English languages.
• Entailment: “I speak Arabic and English fluently” entails “I am bilingual”.

Second Proposition:

• Proposition: I arrived in the US in 2019.
• Truth value: True.
• Truth conditions: For this to be true, I would have to have come to the US in the year 2019.
• Entailment: “I arrived in the US in 2019” entails “I have lived in the US for at least five years”.

Third Proposition:

• Proposition: I can speak a little Spanish and French.
• Truth value: True.
• Truth conditions: For this to be true, I would need to have some basic knowledge and ability to communicate in Spanish and French.
• Entailment: “I can speak a little Spanish and French” entails “I have language skills beyond just Arabic and English”.

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.”

1.Proposition: I drive a Nissan which I own.

Truth value: True

Truth conditions: For this to be true, I must be able to drive, the car’s make and model is Nissan and the car must be registered under my name.

Entailment: If this is true, then I can drive and own a vehicle that is a Nissan.

2.Propsition: I’ve been to the Great wall of China.

Truth value: False

Truth conditions: For this to be true, I would have traveled to China, which I never have.

Entailment: If this was true, I would have seen the Great wall of china in person.

3. Proposition: There is life on every planet.

Truth Value: False, there are no scientific evidence of this.

Truth conditions: For this to be true, there would have to be scientific evidence of any living form on every planet.

Entailment: If this was true, There would be scientific evidence of living forms on all planets.

1. Proposition: I own a blue car.

Truth Value: True.

Truth Conditions: For this proposition to be true, I must have legal ownership of a car, and that car must be blue.

Entailment: If it’s true that I own a blue car, it must also be true that “I own a car.”

2. Proposition: I have visited the moon.

Truth Value: False.

Truth Conditions: This would be true if I had physically traveled to and landed on the moon.

Entailment: If it were true that I have visited the moon, it would also be true that “I have traveled in space.”

Truth Value: Unknown.

Truth Conditions: For this to be true, there must be an undiscovered city located within the Amazon rainforest.

Entailment: If this proposition were true, it would entail that “There are undiscovered places on Earth.”