Question: Use conditional proof or indirect proof and the eighteen rules of inference to establish the truth of the following tautologies. 1. P [(P
Use conditional proof or indirect proof and the eighteen rules of inference to establish the truth of the following tautologies.
★1. P ⊃ [(P ⊃ Q) ⊃ Q]
2. (∼P ⊃ Q) ⋁ (P ⊃ R)
3. P ≡ [P ⋁ (Q P)]
★4. (P ⊃ Q) ⊃ [(P R) ⊃ (Q R)]
5. (P ⋁ ∼Q) ⊃ [(∼P ⋁ R) ⊃ (Q ⊃ R)]
6. P ≡ [P (Q ⋁ ∼Q)]
★7. (P ⊃ Q) ⋁ (∼Q ⊃ P)
8. (P ⊃ Q) ≡ [P ⊃ (P Q)]
9. [(P ⊃ Q) (P ⊃ R)] ⊃ [P ⊃ (Q R)]
★10. [∼(P ∼Q) ∼Q] ⊃ ∼P 11. (P ⊃ Q) ⋁ (Q ⊃ P)
12. [P ⊃ (Q ⊃ R)] ≡ [Q ⊃ (P ⊃ R)]
★13. (P ⊃ Q) ⊃ [(P ⊃ ∼Q) ⊃ ∼P]
14. [(P ⊃ Q) ⊃ R] ⊃ [(R ⊃ ∼R) ⊃ P]
15. (∼P ⋁ Q) ⊃ [(P ⋁ ∼Q) ⊃ (P ≡ Q)]
★16. ∼[(P ⊃ ∼P) (∼P ⊃ P)]
17. P ⊃ [(Q ∼Q) ⊃ R]
18. [(P Q) ⋁ R] ⊃ [(∼R ⋁ Q) ⊃ (P ⊃ Q)]
★19. P ≡ [P ⋁ (Q ∼Q)]
20. P ⊃ [Q ≡ (P ⊃ Q)]
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