Identify the error or errors in this argument that supposedlyshows that if ∃xP(x)∧∃xQ(x)is true then∃x(P(x)∧Q(x))is true. ∃xP(x)∨∃xQ(x) Premise ∃xP(x) Simplification from (1) P(c) Existential instantiation from (2) ∃xQ(x) Simplification from (1) Q(c) Existential instantiation from (4) P(c)∧Q(c) Conjunction from (3) and (5) ∃x(P(x)∧Q(x)) Existential generalization
Identify the error or errors in this argument that supposedlyshows that if ∃xP(x)∧∃xQ(x)is true then∃x(P(x)∧Q(x))is true. ∃xP(x)∨∃xQ(x) Premise ∃xP(x) Simplification from (1) P(c) Existential instantiation from (2) ∃xQ(x) Simplification from (1) Q(c) Existential instantiation from (4) P(c)∧Q(c) Conjunction from (3) and (5) ∃x(P(x)∧Q(x)) Existential generalization
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Identify the error or errors in this argument that supposedlyshows that if ∃xP(x)∧∃xQ(x)is true then∃x(P(x)∧Q(x))is true.
- ∃xP(x)∨∃xQ(x) Premise
- ∃xP(x) Simplification from (1)
- P(c) Existential instantiation from (2)
- ∃xQ(x) Simplification from (1)
- Q(c) Existential instantiation from (4)
- P(c)∧Q(c) Conjunction from (3) and (5)
- ∃x(P(x)∧Q(x)) Existential generalization
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