Select the Best Translation into Predicate Logic, Using the Following

question 279

Multiple Choice

select the best translation into predicate logic, using the following translation key:
h: Hume
l: Locke
Px: x is a philosopher
Rx: x is a rationalist
Ixy: x influenced y
Sxy: x is more skeptical than y
-Hume influenced some philosophers more skeptical than Locke.

• A) (∀x)[Px ⊃ (Sxl • Ihx)]
• B) (∃x)[(Px • Ihx) ⊃ Sxl]
• C) (∀x)[(Sxl • Ihx) ⊃ Px]
• D) (∃x)[(Px • Slx) ⊃ ~Ihx]
• E) (∃x)[(Px • Sxl) • Ihx]

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