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'''Universal Quantifier'''
'''Universal Quantifier'''


''x'' (('''sculpture'''(''x'') ∧ '''make'''('''ramon''', ''x'')) &imp;  '''sign'''('''ramon''', ''x''))
∀''x'' (('''sculpture'''(''x'') ∧ '''make'''('''ramon''', ''x'')) ⊃  '''sign'''('''ramon''', ''x''))


Paraphrse: ''"For every thing ''x'', if ''x'' is a sculpture and ''x'' is made by Ramon then ''x'' is signed by Ramon."''
Paraphrse: ''"For every thing ''x'', if ''x'' is a sculpture and ''x'' is made by Ramon then ''x'' is signed by Ramon."''

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Sentence: Ramon signs every sculpture he makes.

Universal Quantifier

x ((sculpture(x) ∧ make(ramon, x)) ⊃ sign(ramon, x))

Paraphrse: "For every thing x, if x is a sculpture and x is made by Ramon then x is signed by Ramon."

We use the name constant ramon for both the name (Ramon) and the personal pronoun he that referes to Ramon.

Restricted Quantifier

[Every x: SCULPTURE (x) & MAKE (r, x)] SIGN (r, x)

Here, the N' is "sculpture he makes" and therefore belongs in square brackets together with the Quantifier every.

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