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The virtual society is a product of a post-industrial society. Write an argumentative essay about the pros and cons of engaging in the virtual society.

what would be your reactions to your friend after she says thise words?

we all know that death is impending meaning it can happen anytime. Assuming that you are about to die at this moment what are your regrets in life or what are the things that you haven't done or finished before you died? explain

3 Use the short truth table method to determine the validity or invalidity of all the argument forms above, as well as the following, which contain more variables. (Here premises and conclusion are listed horizontally.)

a. «p v q) ⊃ J r), «r v s) ⊃ J ~ t) / ... (p ⊃J ~ t)

c. (p. q) ⊃ J (r⊃ J (s v t)), s == (p. t), ~ t == (q v ~ r) / .'. r⊃J (s v ~ p)

8. Symbolize the following sets of statements and test their forms for consistency:

b. (1) Postal rates will increase only if the number of postal workers is not reduced and their salaries increase. (2) Postal salaries will increase if and only if the number of postal workers is reduced. (3) If either salaries increase or the number of postal workers is not reduced, then postal rates will increase.

d. (1) If the human population continues to explode, then the planet will become polluted and most animal species will become extinct. (2) If the planet is polluted, then the human population will not continue to explode. (3) If the human population does not continue to explode, then it is not true that most animal species will become extinct.

7. Symbolize the following pairs of statements and test their forms for logical implication and equivalence.

f. (1) If taxes were raised if and only if education was supported, then John was not elected. (2) If John was not elected, then either taxes were raised but education was not supported, or education was supported but taxes were not raised.

h. (1) John was elected if and only if Bob was elected, and Mary was elected if and only if Bob was not elected. (2) John was elected if and only if Mary was not elected.

4. Use the truth table method to decide for the following pairs of formulas whether 1 logically implies 2, or 2 logically implies 1, or both, or neither.

b. ((2) (p v q) ⊃ J q

d. (1) (p. q) v ~ r (2) p. (q v ~ r)

.6. Symbolize the following and then test their forms to determine whether they are tautologous, contradictory, or contingent

h. John will get a job if and only if he will run out of money if and only if he doesn't get a job.

 j. John will get an A in logic if and only if he does not get an A in physics, but he won't get an A in either one.

 Accurate and responsible media is necessary for a democracy to function properly. If CNN and MSNBC are in the business of skewing all its media to supporting only democrats, then it is irresponsible and a derelict of its duty to present false news as objective. Well it turns out CNN and MSNBC does skew over half of its reporting to support one party, the democrats. This is a problem, because then the voter cannot make any accurate and responsible decisions regarding what is the truth and for whom they should vote.

What is the relation between Heaven and Earth in ancient Chinese cosmology?

Explain five (5) aspects which neurodiversity focuses on when applied to

education.