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Translate the following arguments into symbolic form and use the eighteen rules of inference to derive the conclusion of each.
After you translate these problems, then solve the argument; as you solve them in part III. I have underlined the conclusion for all the arguments for you.
1. We are conscious if, and only if, not all facts are physical. If we are not conscious and we are zombies, then dualism is true. All facts are physical. So, if we are zombies, then dualism is true.
2. If there is a self, then the concept of the self is irreducible. If I am my conscious experience, then the concept of the self is not irreducible. If I do not have a soul, then l am my conscious experience. If I do have a soul, then I am not my body. So, if I am my body, then there is no self.
3. Consequences are morally important if, and only if, duties are not. Either consequences are morally important or duties are not. So, consequences are morally important and duties are not.
4. If womanhood has an essence, then if there is a mystique of feminine fulfillment, then there is a monolithic patriarchy. But there is no monolithic patriarchy. So, if there is a mystique of femininity, then womanhood has no essence.
5. Either you are moderate and restrained, or you are not happy. Either you are not moderate but are restrained, or you are happy. Either it is not the case that you are happy if and only if you are moderate, or you are restrained. So, you are restrained.