Hi. I have a philosophy presentation I have to give tomorrow and need some help translating my argument into symbolic form. The argument is based off a long article, so I won't post the whole thing, I'll just put down the premises I derived from it and see if anyone can help. Please please please help! Any advice or tips is greatly appreciated. Thank you!
My argument's premises:
1) Marriage provides the most stability for children.
2) Most children who are raised in a cohabiting relationship are 75% more likely to cohabit themselves.
3) Marriage offers promised permanence.
4) The best relationships require partners who are genuine and authentic.
5) Cohabiting implies not being loyal to your partner. (Implied)
6) Marriage creates healthier individuals.
7) Cohabiting is unnecessary. (Conclusion)
Can someone PLEASE try to translate this into symbolic form? Thank you!
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The only concepts which are repeated are Marriage, Cohabiting, and children. These you can abbreviate. To abbreviate too many other concepts is senseless. Then translate the sentence forms into symbolism. Examples:
M= marriage, CO = cohabiting, ch = children; Prob = probability
1) M==>stability (ch)
2) CO(parents)t ==>Prob(CO(ch)) = 75%
3) M==> promised permanence
4) genuine and authentic partners ==> best relationships
5) for all x, CO(x,y) ==> x not loyal to y
6) M(x) and not-M(y) ==> x is healthier than y
7) not necessary CO
By the way, don't you mean as a conclusion
7*) M is better than CO ?