Alvarez 1 NEW SYNTACTICAL ELEMENTS IN PREDICATE LOGIC
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Predicate logic is propositional logic with several new symbol types described below. These additional symbols give predicate logic greater expressive power than propositional logic. Specifically, the new symbols allow predicate logic statements to differentiate among individual objects in some domain of discourse, to refer to properties of objects or tuples of objects, and to quantify the scope of a statement within the domain of discourse. These notes discuss the new ingredients and provide an introduction to first-order predicate logic.
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