What Makes a Sentence True or False? Predicate Logic

[@marijastrahinjic8273]

Why don't you teach at my uni, but instead I have to listen to these tedious classes I do every week... It is important how a topic is taught, and you do it brilliantly, clearly and precisely. Thank you for these videos!

[@thelingspace]

+Maria Milica Thanks for the kind words here - we really appreciate it. We try our best to break these things down well, and it's good to know it worked for you. ^_^

[@moneymasisandversaces1872]

This video needs to be at the top of the search results. If it was, I would have saved a lot of time searching for this info. A lot of the videos on here are way to wordy and the speakers think too highly of themselves (they like to hear themselves talk). This video actually captures what is important and isn't annoying. Thank you for putting this video together.

[@dalilaweiss3045]

Very welll done! Thank you so much! Before your video, I had difficult time understanding Gottlob Frege contributions to Semantics, once Frege is the Father of Predicate Logic.

[@robert_wigh]

Predicate logic is awesome! THank you very much for showing it to us though this video! ☺

[@thelingspace]

Sure! Glad to be able to help. ^_^

[@KatSoloArt]

This is very helpful for studying my Discrete Structures in Computing course. Thank you!

[@RonLWilson]

Really great video!

[@NadiaAlmiraSagitta]

All of the variables and the symbols makes language looks like math. It's hard for me to grasp these explanations, especially the predicate logic. Anyway, are these logics part of semantics or else? Thank you. ^^v

[@thelingspace]

+Nadia Almira Sagitta Yep, these are part of semantics. For semantics, finding sentences written out in predicate logic (or lambda calculus, which we'll look at in the future) is pretty common. We want to say that underlyingly, language is a logic-based system - the hierarchies we develop in syntax have to get translated into semantics for us to understand the meanings! But since we do it unconsciously, some of it can be hard to follow when we spell it out. What's the confusing part for you? ^_^

[@sadielewis3219]

So happy abt the Buffy references! ☺️☺️

[@izabelatrofin2341]

Useful explanations! Thank you!

[@ghofrant77]

AMAZING as always!! thank you very much!!

[@magnusleitet]

Isn't the correct formulation in the example at time 6:56: (Fx ^ Oxy) ^ Hy) instead of: (Fx ^ Oxy ^ Hy) The conjunction can´t scope over another conjunction? Just a question since i thought i learned it differently : ) Fantastic videos btw.

[@thelingspace]

+Philosophy And Fitness Glad you like them! And I think how we present it is fine, since on top of being commutative, "and" is also associative, like addition. So the order in which the operations are performed makes no difference to the final result. That is, where the brackets go - or whether there are even any brackets at all - doesn't affect the meaning. If one wants to be particularly careful, one should be putting brackets around every pair of expressions connected by a binary connective. But in cases where it makes no meaningful difference, for the sake of visual clarity, it's fine to leave some out, I think. Thanks for the question! ^_^

[@elevenbyfive]

Angel AND linguistics!! This totally made my day. Throw in a little Buffy, and it's my best day ever ;P

[@thelingspace]

+Punk Kimono Glad you liked it! And we'll think about some Buffy for the future. I have a Buffy shirt, I just need to find it. Don't know where it went. ^^;

[@CorneliusSneedley]

Thanks, Moti. This was interesting, and as usual I learned something, although I must admit much of this was over my head; I had no idea this sort of thing existed before watching this video. On another topic, is it just me, or is the use of the word "an" disappearing of late? I have noticed that many people who otherwise seem reasonably well educated routinely say things like "a apple," often in contexts where I would not expect this. Newscasts, for example.

[@thelingspace]

+Cornelius Sneed Glad you liked the video! And yeah, the logic stuff can be a challenge; watching the two logic videos in conjunction could help, but it is pretty technical. On the other hand, I haven't noticed this with "an" changing, and I can't remember anyone else mentioning this, but I'll keep an eye out for it now! Thanks for bringing it to my attention. ^_^

[@CorneliusSneedley]

The Ling Space Moti, it could very well be that this has been the norm for quite some time, and I am only noticing it now. However, I remember in the sixties, if show writers wanted to make a hillbilly character sound _particularly_ hick-like and uneducated, they'd give them a line like "Ah'm gonna git me a apple." Nowadays, It seems most people would not notice that _any_ of that was non-standard.

[@scovila]

So helpful...thank you!!

[@dominicclark3774]

"Logic gets us closer and closer to understanding what speakers must know, when they know the meaning of words" ....seems to me all our governments need Boards of Logic.

[@BalkanixGaming]

Hey, can anyone help me with this translation, please? "To pass the SEG exam the students have to obtain grade 5 to all the three evaluation forms: laboratory, test, final exam. If one of these grades are below 5, even if the others are higher, the student fails."

[@freddy7phil]

Thanks!

[@ozzyfromspace]

Wow, that was amazing!

[@Davia271]

I'm digging the bunnies man.

[@thelingspace]

+Davia Dally Thanks! I was surprised how many we had around. ^_^

[@annbandodo778]

cheers mate, legend

[@austinmurphy9074]

so what did you learn? "BUNNIES!"

[@elevenbyfive]

PS love the shirt ;D

[@zyaicob]

This is a good shirt

[@skerbl]

The following sentence is false. The previous sentence is true.