Select the Best Translation into Predicate Logic, Using the Following

question 36

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
-All philosophers are more skeptical than some rationalists.

• A) (∀x)[Px ⊃ (∀y)(Ry ⊃ Sxy)]
• B) (∀x)[Px ⊃ (∀y)(Sxy ⊃ Ry)]
• C) (∀x)[Px • (∃y)(Ry • Sxy)]
• D) (∀x)[Px ⊃ (∃y)(Ry • Sxy)]
• E) (∃x)[Px • (∃y)(Ry • Sxy)]

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