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First Question: Propositional Case

The discourse begins with a propositional question. We show how they modify the discourse state.

Theorem (c2): tex2html_wrap_inline4655

Proof !c2(c2): Instantiating the first axiom for the propositional questions, we get

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which, by definition of c1, can be written as

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Instantiating the axiom for reply we have

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and it follows from the two lines above that

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which by definition of c2 we can write as

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Sasa Buvac
Sun Jul 12 14:45:30 PDT 1998