• Negation introduction is a rule of inference, or transformation rule, in the field of propositional calculus. Negation introduction states that if a given...
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  • double negation, i.e. a proposition is equivalent of the falsehood of its negation." Double negation elimination and double negation introduction are two...
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    {\displaystyle P} " is "Spot does not run". An operand of a negation is called a negand or negatum. Negation is a unary logical connective. It may furthermore be...
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  • for negation are given below. A desideratum is always the negation introduction law, discussed next. A quick analysis of the valid rules for negation gives...
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    each other via negation. The rules can be expressed in English as: The negation of "A and B" is the same as "not A or not B". The negation of "A or B" is...
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    expressible in propositional logic. This axiom is the introduction rule for negation (see negation introduction). The "absurd" conclusion of a reductio ad absurdum...
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    negatives intensify the negation. Languages where multiple negatives affirm each other are said to have negative concord or emphatic negation. Lithuanian, Portuguese...
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  • (Peirce's arrow); 2, Converse nonimplication; 3, ¬p, Negation; 4, Material nonimplication; 5, ¬q, Negation; 6, XOR, Exclusive disjunction; 7, NAND, Logical...
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  • include de Morgan's laws, commutation, association, distribution, double negation, transposition, material implication, logical equivalence, exportation...
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  • Disjunction introduction or addition (also called or introduction) is a rule of inference of propositional logic and almost every other deduction system...
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    example, a proposition ( P {\displaystyle P} ) is equivalent to the negation of its negation ( ¬ ¬ P {\displaystyle \lnot \lnot P} ). As a result, one can infer...
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  • In propositional logic, biconditional introduction is a valid rule of inference. It allows for one to infer a biconditional from two conditional statements...
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  • the negation of a propositional function's existential quantification is a universal quantification of that propositional function's negation; symbolically...
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  • contrapositive. The form shows that inference from P implies Q to the negation of Q implies the negation of P is a valid argument. The history of the inference rule...
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  • assumption, plus four pairs of introduction and elimination rules for the binary connectives, and the rules of double negation and reductio ad absurdum, of...
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  • useful for classical propositional calculus systems with implication and negation (i.e. without the conjunction symbol), is the following: (HS1) ( Q → R...
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  • tollens is the principle that, if the negation of a conjunction holds and also one of its conjuncts, then the negation of its other conjunct holds." In logic...
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  • {\displaystyle \neg \neg p\to p} - Double negation (one direction) (DN2) p → ¬ ¬ p {\displaystyle p\to \neg \neg p} - Double negation (another direction) (HS1) ( q...
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  • Conjunction introduction (often abbreviated simply as conjunction and also called and introduction or adjunction) is a valid rule of inference of propositional...
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  • is a philosopher, then x is a scholar" holds for all choices of x. The negation of the sentence "For every x, if x is a philosopher, then x is a scholar"...
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  • and negation (as Russell, Whitehead, and Hilbert did), or using only implication and negation (as Frege did), or using only conjunction and negation, or...
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  • predicate logic, existential generalization (also known as existential introduction, ∃I) is a valid rule of inference that allows one to move from a specific...
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  • tollens Modus non excipiens Negation introduction Rules of replacement Associativity Commutativity Distributivity Double negation De Morgan's laws Transposition...
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  • edu. Retrieved 6 March 2020. Herbert B. Enderton, 2001, A Mathematical Introduction to Logic Second Edition, Harcourt Academic Press, Burlington MA, ISBN 978-0-12-238452-3...
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    (ab)c for all a, b, c in G. Durbin, John R. (1992). Modern Algebra: an Introduction (3rd ed.). New York: Wiley. p. 78. ISBN 978-0-471-51001-7. If a 1 , a...
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  • conditional statement to be replaced by a disjunction in which the antecedent is negated. The rule states that P implies Q is logically equivalent to not- P {\displaystyle...
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  • tollens Modus non excipiens Negation introduction Rules of replacement Associativity Commutativity Distributivity Double negation De Morgan's laws Transposition...
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  • Elliott Mendelson (1964) Introduction to Mathematical Logic, page 21, D. Van Nostrand Company Alfred Tarski (1941) Introduction to Logic, page 52, Oxford...
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  • tollens Modus non excipiens Negation introduction Rules of replacement Associativity Commutativity Distributivity Double negation De Morgan's laws Transposition...
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  • the law of excluded middle and double negation elimination have been removed. Excluded middle and double negation elimination can still be proved for some...
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