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A Compilation of Rules of Inference Keith Burgess-Jackson 28 November 2017 THESE RULES MAY BE APPLIED ONLY TO WHOLE LINES OF A PROOF (ONE-WAY RULES; INFER- ENCES) THESE RULES MAY BE APPLIED EI- THER TO WHOLE LINES OR TO PARTS OF LINES (TWO-WAY RULES; EQUIVALENCES) 1. Implication Rules Modus Ponens (MP) Modus Tollens (MT) Hypothetical Syllogism (HS) Disjunctive Syllogism (DS) Constructive Dilemma (CD) Simplification (Simp) Conjunction (Conj) Addition (Add) 2. Quantification Rules Universal Instantiation (UI) Universal Generalization (UG) Existential Instantiation (EI) Existential Generalization (EG) 3. Laws of Distribution Universal Disjunction (UD) Existential Conjunction (EC) 1. Replacement Rules De Morgan’s Theorems (DM) Commutation (Com) Association (Assoc) Distribution (Dist) Double Negation (DN) Transposition (Trans) Material Implication (MI) Material Equivalence (ME) Exportation (Exp) Tautology (Taut) 2. Change-of-Quantifier Rule (CQ) 3. Laws of Distribution Universal Conjunction (UC) Existential Disjunction (ED)

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Page 1: A Compilation of Rules of Inference - UT Arlington – UTA Compilation of Rules of... · A Compilation of Rules of Inference Keith Burgess-Jackson 28 November 2017 THESE RULES MAY

A Compilation of Rules of Inference Keith Burgess-Jackson

28 November 2017

THESE RULES MAY BE APPLIED ONLY TO WHOLE LINES OF A PROOF (ONE-WAY RULES; INFER-ENCES)

THESE RULES MAY BE APPLIED EI-THER TO WHOLE LINES OR TO PARTS OF LINES (TWO-WAY RULES; EQUIVALENCES)

1. Implication Rules

• Modus Ponens (MP) • Modus Tollens (MT) • Hypothetical Syllogism (HS) • Disjunctive Syllogism (DS) • Constructive Dilemma (CD) • Simplification (Simp) • Conjunction (Conj) • Addition (Add)

2. Quantification Rules

• Universal Instantiation (UI) • Universal Generalization

(UG) • Existential Instantiation (EI) • Existential Generalization

(EG) 3. Laws of Distribution

• Universal Disjunction (UD) • Existential Conjunction

(EC)

1. Replacement Rules

• De Morgan’s Theorems (DM)

• Commutation (Com) • Association (Assoc) • Distribution (Dist) • Double Negation (DN) • Transposition (Trans) • Material Implication (MI) • Material Equivalence (ME) • Exportation (Exp) • Tautology (Taut)

2. Change-of-Quantifier Rule (CQ) 3. Laws of Distribution

• Universal Conjunction (UC) • Existential Disjunction (ED)