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According to Kearns (2011), I know that "the ten apples are bruised" can be interpreted as "‘The ten apples are bruised’ is true if and only if |A ∩ B| = 10."
But how about this sentence "Neither artist is Bulgarian."? Should it be interpreted as "'Neither artist is Bulgarian' is true if and only if |A ∩ B| = 0"? Also, should "Both avenues are broad." be "‘Both avenues are broad’ is true if and only if |A ∩ B| = 2"?
Correct; "neither" does essentially assert "neither" and "both" asserts "2".
What makes them more complicated is that "neither" and "both" bear an additional presupposition, namely that |A| = 2. You could then formulate the meanings more precisely as
neither A B ⇔
|A| = 2 and |A ∩ B| = 0
both A B ⇔
|A| = 2 = |A ∩ B|
Though note that the key feature of presuppositions is that they survive under negation, so if you negate the quantifiers, what is negated is the cardinality of the intersection while the cardinality of the subject terms reimains, and you end up with
not neither A B ⇔
|A| = 2 and |A ∩ B| ≠ 0
not both A B ⇔
|A| = 2 ≠ |A ∩ B|
If someone knows of a standardized notation to separate presupposed content from assertion in these kinds of meaning postulates, I'd like to know.
