Discrete Structures

Translating Lewis Carroll into First-Order Logic

Part I

Last Update: 1 February 2009

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Here is a translation example inspired by a puzzle by Lewis Carroll, author of Alice in Wonderland:

First, here is the syntax and semantics of the representation in FOPL (first-order predicate logic):

Now, here is a translation of the above logical argument (or "syllogism"):

... before I show you, you might want to try it for yourself, so I'll put the answers in the next document!


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