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2 Natural deduction 27

The basic rules of natural deduction:


introduction elimination

φ ψ φ∧ψ φ∧ψ
∧ ∧i ∧e1 ∧e2
φ∧ψ φ ψ

φ ψ
.. ..
. .
φ ψ φ∨ψ χ χ
∨ ∨i1 ∨i2 ∨e
φ∨ψ φ∨ψ χ

φ
..
.
ψ φ φ→ψ
→ →i →e
φ→ψ ψ

φ
..
.
⊥ φ ¬φ
¬ ¬i ¬e
¬φ ⊥


⊥ (no introduction rule for ⊥) ⊥e
φ

¬¬φ
¬¬ ¬¬e
φ

Some useful derived rules:


φ → ψ ¬ψ φ
MT ¬¬i
¬φ ¬¬φ

¬φ
..
.

PBC LEM
φ φ ∨ ¬φ
Figure 1.2. Natural deduction rules for propositional logic.

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