Philosophy 210

Review Exercises

TRANSLATIONS

Choose suitable lexicons and give appropriate translations for each of the following. Reveal as much logical form as possible.

1. Catsup makes hamburgers taste better.

2. John has ring around the collar. [In case you have missed the TV ad, John, who apparently is not capable of washing his own shirts, has a vapid and bubble-headed wife, whose principal goal in life is to keep John's shirts clean. One day voices of scorn and ridicule draw the attention of John's wife to a dirty ring around the collar of the shirts of John, causing John's wife to be appropriately horrified. Enter Wisk, and fade out to smiles and friendly hugs from John.]

3. Nobody knows the trouble I've seen; nobody knows but Jesus.

4. Whomever the president of Chile believes to be guilty will subsequently be shot.

5. (a) I need you.

(b) I need you to need me.

(c) I need somebody. [Read this in the sense of 'somebody or other', not 'some particular person'].

6. Jessica put applesauce on her sweet potato, but not on her boiled egg.

7. Nobody wanted to decide whether the library should buy the book that the teacher hoped to assign.

COUNTEREXAMPLES

1. Some dogs are vicious.

No vicious creatures are cuddly.

Some dogs are cuddly.

2. The current Gulf conflict is only about money. Therefore, we should not go to war.

3. Hussein will soon have nuclear capability if we do not invade Iraq. Therefore, we should invade Iraq.

4. A good course is one in which the students learn a lot.

5. Kennedy could never be elected President because he is an alleged murderer.

6. Everybody knows that philosophers are intelligent.

Satre is a philosopher.

Everybody knows that Satre is intelligent.

7. Shelters should be built in Pennsylvania for the New York City homeless because it will cost less than paying for their medical problems from living on sidewalks.

8. A good exam is one that I enjoy working on.

9. A vacation is good if I get to spend lots of time with all my friends.