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Stream: maths

Topic: Geach-Kaplan sentence


Bulhwi Cha (Feb 27 2023 at 06:07):

Do you think my formalization of the Geach-Kaplan sentence is correct?

import Mathlib.Data.Set.Basic

opaque Human : Type
opaque isCritic : Human  Prop
opaque Admires : Human  Human  Prop
infix:55 " admires " => Admires

-- the Geach-Kaplan sentence: "some critics admire only one another"
def GKS : Prop :=  isSomeCritic : Human  Prop, ( x : Human, isSomeCritic x)
 ( x : Human, isSomeCritic x  isCritic x  ( y : Human, x admires y)
    y : Human, x admires y  isSomeCritic y  x  y)

-- restate the proposition `GKS` by using `Set`
def GKS' : Prop :=  someCritics : Set Human, ( x : Human, x  someCritics)
 ( x : Human, x  someCritics  isCritic x  ( y : Human, x admires y)
    y : Human, x admires y  y  someCritics  x  y)

-- the above two definitions are equivalent
example : GKS  GKS' := Iff.refl GKS

Bulhwi Cha (Feb 27 2023 at 08:58):

Should I keep ∃ y : Human, x admires y in the definitions?

Bulhwi Cha (Feb 28 2023 at 00:21):

I think GKS requires that "at least two critics admire each other," so I'll leave it as it is.


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