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[–] 6 points 2 years ago (1 child)

Since there are no people, no one is not called Sato, and therefore every person is called Sato.

Uh... No? 🤨

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  • [–] -2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    ∀P∈{X | X lives in Japan} : P is named Sato

    using De Morgan's negation rule this is equivalent to

    ⇔ ∄ P ∈{X | X lives in Japan} : P is not named Sato

    Since {X | X lives in Japan} = ∅ is the empty set, such a person P can by definition not exist. Which means, the first statement is true. If no person lives in Japan, that means every person living in Japan is named Sato.

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