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TypeLabelDescription
Statement
 
Theoremcbveu 2101 Rule used to change bound variables, using implicit substitution. (Contributed by NM, 25-Nov-1994.) (Revised by Mario Carneiro, 7-Oct-2016.)
 |- 
 F/ y ph   &    |-  F/ x ps   &    |-  ( x  =  y  ->  (
 ph 
 <->  ps ) )   =>    |-  ( E! x ph  <->  E! y ps )
 
Theoremeu1 2102* An alternate way to express uniqueness used by some authors. Exercise 2(b) of [Margaris] p. 110. (Contributed by NM, 20-Aug-1993.)
 |-  ( ph  ->  A. y ph )   =>    |-  ( E! x ph  <->  E. x ( ph  /\  A. y ( [ y  /  x ] ph  ->  x  =  y ) ) )
 
Theoremeuor 2103 Introduce a disjunct into a unique existential quantifier. (Contributed by NM, 21-Oct-2005.)
 |-  ( ph  ->  A. x ph )   =>    |-  ( ( -.  ph  /\ 
 E! x ps )  ->  E! x ( ph  \/  ps ) )
 
Theoremeuorv 2104* Introduce a disjunct into a unique existential quantifier. (Contributed by NM, 23-Mar-1995.)
 |-  ( ( -.  ph  /\ 
 E! x ps )  ->  E! x ( ph  \/  ps ) )
 
Theoremmo2n 2105* There is at most one of something which does not exist. (Contributed by Jim Kingdon, 2-Jul-2018.)
 |- 
 F/ y ph   =>    |-  ( -.  E. x ph 
 ->  E. y A. x ( ph  ->  x  =  y ) )
 
Theoremmon 2106 There is at most one of something which does not exist. (Contributed by Jim Kingdon, 5-Jul-2018.)
 |-  ( -.  E. x ph 
 ->  E* x ph )
 
Theoremeuex 2107 Existential uniqueness implies existence. (Contributed by NM, 15-Sep-1993.) (Proof shortened by Andrew Salmon, 9-Jul-2011.)
 |-  ( E! x ph  ->  E. x ph )
 
Theoremeumo0 2108* Existential uniqueness implies "at most one". (Contributed by NM, 8-Jul-1994.)
 |-  ( ph  ->  A. y ph )   =>    |-  ( E! x ph  ->  E. y A. x ( ph  ->  x  =  y ) )
 
Theoremeumo 2109 Existential uniqueness implies "at most one". (Contributed by NM, 23-Mar-1995.) (Proof rewritten by Jim Kingdon, 27-May-2018.)
 |-  ( E! x ph  ->  E* x ph )
 
Theoremeumoi 2110 "At most one" inferred from existential uniqueness. (Contributed by NM, 5-Apr-1995.)
 |- 
 E! x ph   =>    |- 
 E* x ph
 
Theoremmobidh 2111 Formula-building rule for "at most one" quantifier (deduction form). (Contributed by NM, 8-Mar-1995.)
 |-  ( ph  ->  A. x ph )   &    |-  ( ph  ->  ( ps  <->  ch ) )   =>    |-  ( ph  ->  ( E* x ps  <->  E* x ch )
 )
 
Theoremmobid 2112 Formula-building rule for "at most one" quantifier (deduction form). (Contributed by NM, 8-Mar-1995.)
 |- 
 F/ x ph   &    |-  ( ph  ->  ( ps  <->  ch ) )   =>    |-  ( ph  ->  ( E* x ps  <->  E* x ch )
 )
 
Theoremmobidv 2113* Formula-building rule for "at most one" quantifier (deduction form). (Contributed by Mario Carneiro, 7-Oct-2016.)
 |-  ( ph  ->  ( ps 
 <->  ch ) )   =>    |-  ( ph  ->  ( E* x ps  <->  E* x ch )
 )
 
Theoremmobii 2114 Formula-building rule for "at most one" quantifier (inference form). (Contributed by NM, 9-Mar-1995.) (Revised by Mario Carneiro, 17-Oct-2016.)
 |-  ( ps  <->  ch )   =>    |-  ( E* x ps  <->  E* x ch )
 
Theoremhbmo1 2115 Bound-variable hypothesis builder for "at most one". (Contributed by NM, 8-Mar-1995.)
 |-  ( E* x ph  ->  A. x E* x ph )
 
Theoremhbmo 2116 Bound-variable hypothesis builder for "at most one". (Contributed by NM, 9-Mar-1995.)
 |-  ( ph  ->  A. x ph )   =>    |-  ( E* y ph  ->  A. x E* y ph )
 
Theoremcbvmo 2117 Rule used to change bound variables, using implicit substitution. (Contributed by NM, 9-Mar-1995.) (Revised by Andrew Salmon, 8-Jun-2011.)
 |- 
 F/ y ph   &    |-  F/ x ps   &    |-  ( x  =  y  ->  (
 ph 
 <->  ps ) )   =>    |-  ( E* x ph  <->  E* y ps )
 
Theoremcbvmow 2118* Rule used to change bound variables, using implicit substitution. Version of cbvmo 2117 with a disjoint variable condition. (Contributed by NM, 9-Mar-1995.) (Revised by GG, 23-May-2024.)
 |- 
 F/ y ph   &    |-  F/ x ps   &    |-  ( x  =  y  ->  (
 ph 
 <->  ps ) )   =>    |-  ( E* x ph  <->  E* y ps )
 
Theoremmo23 2119* An implication between two definitions of "there exists at most one." (Contributed by Jim Kingdon, 25-Jun-2018.)
 |- 
 F/ y ph   =>    |-  ( E. y A. x ( ph  ->  x  =  y )  ->  A. x A. y ( ( ph  /\  [
 y  /  x ] ph )  ->  x  =  y ) )
 
Theoremmor 2120* Converse of mo23 2119 with an additional  E. x ph condition. (Contributed by Jim Kingdon, 25-Jun-2018.)
 |- 
 F/ y ph   =>    |-  ( E. x ph  ->  ( A. x A. y ( ( ph  /\ 
 [ y  /  x ] ph )  ->  x  =  y )  ->  E. y A. x ( ph  ->  x  =  y ) ) )
 
Theoremmodc 2121* Equivalent definitions of "there exists at most one," given decidable existence. (Contributed by Jim Kingdon, 1-Jul-2018.)
 |- 
 F/ y ph   =>    |-  (DECID 
 E. x ph  ->  ( E. y A. x ( ph  ->  x  =  y )  <->  A. x A. y
 ( ( ph  /\  [
 y  /  x ] ph )  ->  x  =  y ) ) )
 
Theoremeu2 2122* An alternate way of defining existential uniqueness. Definition 6.10 of [TakeutiZaring] p. 26. (Contributed by NM, 8-Jul-1994.)
 |- 
 F/ y ph   =>    |-  ( E! x ph  <->  ( E. x ph  /\  A. x A. y ( (
 ph  /\  [ y  /  x ] ph )  ->  x  =  y ) ) )
 
Theoremeu3h 2123* An alternate way to express existential uniqueness. (Contributed by NM, 8-Jul-1994.) (New usage is discouraged.)
 |-  ( ph  ->  A. y ph )   =>    |-  ( E! x ph  <->  ( E. x ph  /\  E. y A. x ( ph  ->  x  =  y ) ) )
 
Theoremeu3 2124* An alternate way to express existential uniqueness. (Contributed by NM, 8-Jul-1994.)
 |- 
 F/ y ph   =>    |-  ( E! x ph  <->  ( E. x ph  /\  E. y A. x ( ph  ->  x  =  y ) ) )
 
Theoremeu5 2125 Uniqueness in terms of "at most one". (Contributed by NM, 23-Mar-1995.) (Proof rewritten by Jim Kingdon, 27-May-2018.)
 |-  ( E! x ph  <->  ( E. x ph  /\  E* x ph ) )
 
Theoremexmoeu2 2126 Existence implies "at most one" is equivalent to uniqueness. (Contributed by NM, 5-Apr-2004.)
 |-  ( E. x ph  ->  ( E* x ph  <->  E! x ph ) )
 
Theoremmoabs 2127 Absorption of existence condition by "at most one". (Contributed by NM, 4-Nov-2002.)
 |-  ( E* x ph  <->  ( E. x ph  ->  E* x ph ) )
 
Theoremexmodc 2128 If existence is decidable, something exists or at most one exists. (Contributed by Jim Kingdon, 30-Jun-2018.)
 |-  (DECID 
 E. x ph  ->  ( E. x ph  \/  E* x ph ) )
 
Theoremexmonim 2129 There is at most one of something which does not exist. Unlike exmodc 2128 there is no decidability condition. (Contributed by Jim Kingdon, 22-Sep-2018.)
 |-  ( -.  E. x ph 
 ->  E* x ph )
 
Theoremmo2r 2130* A condition which implies "at most one". (Contributed by Jim Kingdon, 2-Jul-2018.)
 |- 
 F/ y ph   =>    |-  ( E. y A. x ( ph  ->  x  =  y )  ->  E* x ph )
 
Theoremmo3h 2131* Alternate definition of "at most one". Definition of [BellMachover] p. 460, except that definition has the side condition that  y not occur in  ph in place of our hypothesis. (Contributed by NM, 8-Mar-1995.) (New usage is discouraged.)
 |-  ( ph  ->  A. y ph )   =>    |-  ( E* x ph  <->  A. x A. y ( (
 ph  /\  [ y  /  x ] ph )  ->  x  =  y ) )
 
Theoremmo3 2132* Alternate definition of "at most one". Definition of [BellMachover] p. 460, except that definition has the side condition that  y not occur in  ph in place of our hypothesis. (Contributed by NM, 8-Mar-1995.)
 |- 
 F/ y ph   =>    |-  ( E* x ph  <->  A. x A. y ( (
 ph  /\  [ y  /  x ] ph )  ->  x  =  y ) )
 
Theoremmo2dc 2133* Alternate definition of "at most one" where existence is decidable. (Contributed by Jim Kingdon, 2-Jul-2018.)
 |- 
 F/ y ph   =>    |-  (DECID 
 E. x ph  ->  ( E* x ph  <->  E. y A. x ( ph  ->  x  =  y ) ) )
 
Theoremeuan 2134 Introduction of a conjunct into unique existential quantifier. (Contributed by NM, 19-Feb-2005.) (Proof shortened by Andrew Salmon, 9-Jul-2011.)
 |-  ( ph  ->  A. x ph )   =>    |-  ( E! x (
 ph  /\  ps )  <->  (
 ph  /\  E! x ps ) )
 
Theoremeuanv 2135* Introduction of a conjunct into unique existential quantifier. (Contributed by NM, 23-Mar-1995.)
 |-  ( E! x (
 ph  /\  ps )  <->  (
 ph  /\  E! x ps ) )
 
Theoremeuor2 2136 Introduce or eliminate a disjunct in a unique existential quantifier. (Contributed by NM, 21-Oct-2005.) (Proof shortened by Andrew Salmon, 9-Jul-2011.)
 |-  ( -.  E. x ph 
 ->  ( E! x (
 ph  \/  ps )  <->  E! x ps ) )
 
Theoremsbmo 2137* Substitution into "at most one". (Contributed by Jeff Madsen, 2-Sep-2009.)
 |-  ( [ y  /  x ] E* z ph  <->  E* z [ y  /  x ] ph )
 
Theoremmo4f 2138* "At most one" expressed using implicit substitution. (Contributed by NM, 10-Apr-2004.)
 |- 
 F/ x ps   &    |-  ( x  =  y  ->  (
 ph 
 <->  ps ) )   =>    |-  ( E* x ph  <->  A. x A. y ( ( ph  /\  ps )  ->  x  =  y ) )
 
Theoremmo4 2139* "At most one" expressed using implicit substitution. (Contributed by NM, 26-Jul-1995.)
 |-  ( x  =  y 
 ->  ( ph  <->  ps ) )   =>    |-  ( E* x ph  <->  A. x A. y ( ( ph  /\  ps )  ->  x  =  y ) )
 
Theoremeu4 2140* Uniqueness using implicit substitution. (Contributed by NM, 26-Jul-1995.)
 |-  ( x  =  y 
 ->  ( ph  <->  ps ) )   =>    |-  ( E! x ph  <->  ( E. x ph  /\  A. x A. y ( (
 ph  /\  ps )  ->  x  =  y ) ) )
 
Theoremexmoeudc 2141 Existence in terms of "at most one" and uniqueness. (Contributed by Jim Kingdon, 3-Jul-2018.)
 |-  (DECID 
 E. x ph  ->  ( E. x ph  <->  ( E* x ph 
 ->  E! x ph )
 ) )
 
Theoremmoim 2142 "At most one" is preserved through implication (notice wff reversal). (Contributed by NM, 22-Apr-1995.)
 |-  ( A. x (
 ph  ->  ps )  ->  ( E* x ps  ->  E* x ph ) )
 
Theoremmoimi 2143 "At most one" is preserved through implication (notice wff reversal). (Contributed by NM, 15-Feb-2006.)
 |-  ( ph  ->  ps )   =>    |-  ( E* x ps  ->  E* x ph )
 
Theoremmoimv 2144* Move antecedent outside of "at most one". (Contributed by NM, 28-Jul-1995.)
 |-  ( E* x (
 ph  ->  ps )  ->  ( ph  ->  E* x ps )
 )
 
Theoremeuimmo 2145 Uniqueness implies "at most one" through implication. (Contributed by NM, 22-Apr-1995.)
 |-  ( A. x (
 ph  ->  ps )  ->  ( E! x ps  ->  E* x ph ) )
 
Theoremeuim 2146 Add existential unique existential quantifiers to an implication. Note the reversed implication in the antecedent. (Contributed by NM, 19-Oct-2005.) (Proof shortened by Andrew Salmon, 14-Jun-2011.)
 |-  ( ( E. x ph 
 /\  A. x ( ph  ->  ps ) )  ->  ( E! x ps  ->  E! x ph ) )
 
Theoremmoan 2147 "At most one" is still the case when a conjunct is added. (Contributed by NM, 22-Apr-1995.)
 |-  ( E* x ph  ->  E* x ( ps 
 /\  ph ) )
 
Theoremmoani 2148 "At most one" is still true when a conjunct is added. (Contributed by NM, 9-Mar-1995.)
 |- 
 E* x ph   =>    |- 
 E* x ( ps 
 /\  ph )
 
Theoremmoor 2149 "At most one" is still the case when a disjunct is removed. (Contributed by NM, 5-Apr-2004.)
 |-  ( E* x (
 ph  \/  ps )  ->  E* x ph )
 
Theoremmooran1 2150 "At most one" imports disjunction to conjunction. (Contributed by NM, 5-Apr-2004.) (Proof shortened by Andrew Salmon, 9-Jul-2011.)
 |-  ( ( E* x ph 
 \/  E* x ps )  ->  E* x ( ph  /\ 
 ps ) )
 
Theoremmooran2 2151 "At most one" exports disjunction to conjunction. (Contributed by NM, 5-Apr-2004.) (Proof shortened by Andrew Salmon, 9-Jul-2011.)
 |-  ( E* x (
 ph  \/  ps )  ->  ( E* x ph  /\ 
 E* x ps )
 )
 
Theoremmoanim 2152 Introduction of a conjunct into at-most-one quantifier. (Contributed by NM, 3-Dec-2001.)
 |- 
 F/ x ph   =>    |-  ( E* x (
 ph  /\  ps )  <->  (
 ph  ->  E* x ps )
 )
 
Theoremmoanimv 2153* Introduction of a conjunct into at-most-one quantifier. (Contributed by NM, 23-Mar-1995.)
 |-  ( E* x (
 ph  /\  ps )  <->  (
 ph  ->  E* x ps )
 )
 
Theoremmoaneu 2154 Nested at-most-one and unique existential quantifiers. (Contributed by NM, 25-Jan-2006.)
 |- 
 E* x ( ph  /\ 
 E! x ph )
 
Theoremmoanmo 2155 Nested at-most-one quantifiers. (Contributed by NM, 25-Jan-2006.)
 |- 
 E* x ( ph  /\ 
 E* x ph )
 
Theoremmopick 2156 "At most one" picks a variable value, eliminating an existential quantifier. (Contributed by NM, 27-Jan-1997.)
 |-  ( ( E* x ph 
 /\  E. x ( ph  /\ 
 ps ) )  ->  ( ph  ->  ps )
 )
 
Theoremeupick 2157 Existential uniqueness "picks" a variable value for which another wff is true. If there is only one thing  x such that 
ph is true, and there is also an  x (actually the same one) such that  ph and  ps are both true, then  ph implies  ps regardless of  x. This theorem can be useful for eliminating existential quantifiers in a hypothesis. Compare Theorem *14.26 in [WhiteheadRussell] p. 192. (Contributed by NM, 10-Jul-1994.)
 |-  ( ( E! x ph 
 /\  E. x ( ph  /\ 
 ps ) )  ->  ( ph  ->  ps )
 )
 
Theoremeupicka 2158 Version of eupick 2157 with closed formulas. (Contributed by NM, 6-Sep-2008.)
 |-  ( ( E! x ph 
 /\  E. x ( ph  /\ 
 ps ) )  ->  A. x ( ph  ->  ps ) )
 
Theoremeupickb 2159 Existential uniqueness "pick" showing wff equivalence. (Contributed by NM, 25-Nov-1994.)
 |-  ( ( E! x ph 
 /\  E! x ps  /\  E. x ( ph  /\  ps ) )  ->  ( ph  <->  ps ) )
 
Theoremeupickbi 2160 Theorem *14.26 in [WhiteheadRussell] p. 192. (Contributed by Andrew Salmon, 11-Jul-2011.)
 |-  ( E! x ph  ->  ( E. x (
 ph  /\  ps )  <->  A. x ( ph  ->  ps ) ) )
 
Theoremmopick2 2161 "At most one" can show the existence of a common value. In this case we can infer existence of conjunction from a conjunction of existence, and it is one way to achieve the converse of 19.40 1677. (Contributed by NM, 5-Apr-2004.) (Proof shortened by Andrew Salmon, 9-Jul-2011.)
 |-  ( ( E* x ph 
 /\  E. x ( ph  /\ 
 ps )  /\  E. x ( ph  /\  ch ) )  ->  E. x ( ph  /\  ps  /\  ch ) )
 
Theoremmoexexdc 2162 "At most one" double quantification. (Contributed by Jim Kingdon, 5-Jul-2018.)
 |- 
 F/ y ph   =>    |-  (DECID 
 E. x ph  ->  ( ( E* x ph  /\ 
 A. x E* y ps )  ->  E* y E. x ( ph  /\  ps ) ) )
 
Theoremeuexex 2163 Existential uniqueness and "at most one" double quantification. (Contributed by Jim Kingdon, 28-Dec-2018.)
 |- 
 F/ y ph   =>    |-  ( ( E! x ph 
 /\  A. x E* y ps )  ->  E* y E. x ( ph  /\  ps ) )
 
Theorem2moex 2164 Double quantification with "at most one". (Contributed by NM, 3-Dec-2001.)
 |-  ( E* x E. y ph  ->  A. y E* x ph )
 
Theorem2euex 2165 Double quantification with existential uniqueness. (Contributed by NM, 3-Dec-2001.) (Proof shortened by Andrew Salmon, 9-Jul-2011.)
 |-  ( E! x E. y ph  ->  E. y E! x ph )
 
Theorem2eumo 2166 Double quantification with existential uniqueness and "at most one." (Contributed by NM, 3-Dec-2001.)
 |-  ( E! x E* y ph  ->  E* x E! y ph )
 
Theorem2eu2ex 2167 Double existential uniqueness. (Contributed by NM, 3-Dec-2001.)
 |-  ( E! x E! y ph  ->  E. x E. y ph )
 
Theorem2moswapdc 2168 A condition allowing swap of "at most one" and existential quantifiers. (Contributed by Jim Kingdon, 6-Jul-2018.)
 |-  (DECID 
 E. x E. y ph  ->  ( A. x E* y ph  ->  ( E* x E. y ph  ->  E* y E. x ph ) ) )
 
Theorem2euswapdc 2169 A condition allowing swap of uniqueness and existential quantifiers. (Contributed by Jim Kingdon, 7-Jul-2018.)
 |-  (DECID 
 E. x E. y ph  ->  ( A. x E* y ph  ->  ( E! x E. y ph  ->  E! y E. x ph ) ) )
 
Theorem2exeu 2170 Double existential uniqueness implies double unique existential quantification. (Contributed by NM, 3-Dec-2001.)
 |-  ( ( E! x E. y ph  /\  E! y E. x ph )  ->  E! x E! y ph )
 
Theorem2eu4 2171* This theorem provides us with a definition of double existential uniqueness ("exactly one 
x and exactly one  y"). Naively one might think (incorrectly) that it could be defined by  E! x E! y ph. See 2exeu 2170 for a one-way implication. (Contributed by NM, 3-Dec-2001.)
 |-  ( ( E! x E. y ph  /\  E! y E. x ph )  <->  ( E. x E. y ph  /\  E. z E. w A. x A. y
 ( ph  ->  ( x  =  z  /\  y  =  w ) ) ) )
 
Theorem2eu7 2172 Two equivalent expressions for double existential uniqueness. (Contributed by NM, 19-Feb-2005.)
 |-  ( ( E! x E. y ph  /\  E! y E. x ph )  <->  E! x E! y ( E. x ph  /\  E. y ph ) )
 
Theoremeuequ1 2173* Equality has existential uniqueness. (Contributed by Stefan Allan, 4-Dec-2008.)
 |- 
 E! x  x  =  y
 
Theoremexists1 2174* Two ways to express "only one thing exists". The left-hand side requires only one variable to express this. Both sides are false in set theory. (Contributed by NM, 5-Apr-2004.)
 |-  ( E! x  x  =  x  <->  A. x  x  =  y )
 
Theoremexists2 2175 A condition implying that at least two things exist. (Contributed by NM, 10-Apr-2004.) (Proof shortened by Andrew Salmon, 9-Jul-2011.)
 |-  ( ( E. x ph 
 /\  E. x  -.  ph )  ->  -.  E! x  x  =  x )
 
1.4.7  Aristotelian logic: Assertic syllogisms

Model the Aristotelian assertic syllogisms using modern notation. This section shows that the Aristotelian assertic syllogisms can be proven with our axioms of logic, and also provides generally useful theorems.

In antiquity Aristotelian logic and Stoic logic (see mptnan 1465) were the leading logical systems. Aristotelian logic became the leading system in medieval Europe; this section models this system (including later refinements to it). Aristotle defined syllogisms very generally ("a discourse in which certain (specific) things having been supposed, something different from the things supposed results of necessity because these things are so") Aristotle, Prior Analytics 24b18-20. However, in Prior Analytics he limits himself to categorical syllogisms that consist of three categorical propositions with specific structures. The syllogisms are the valid subset of the possible combinations of these structures. The medieval schools used vowels to identify the types of terms (a=all, e=none, i=some, and o=some are not), and named the different syllogisms with Latin words that had the vowels in the intended order.

"There is a surprising amount of scholarly debate about how best to formalize Aristotle's syllogisms..." according to Aristotle's Modal Proofs: Prior Analytics A8-22 in Predicate Logic, Adriane Rini, Springer, 2011, ISBN 978-94-007-0049-9, page 28. For example, Lukasiewicz believes it is important to note that "Aristotle does not introduce singular terms or premisses into his system". Lukasiewicz also believes that Aristotelian syllogisms are predicates (having a true/false value), not inference rules: "The characteristic sign of an inference is the word 'therefore'... no syllogism is formulated by Aristotle primarily as an inference, but they are all implications." Jan Lukasiewicz, Aristotle's Syllogistic from the Standpoint of Modern Formal Logic, Second edition, Oxford, 1957, page 1-2. Lukasiewicz devised a specialized prefix notation for representing Aristotelian syllogisms instead of using standard predicate logic notation.

We instead translate each Aristotelian syllogism into an inference rule, and each rule is defined using standard predicate logic notation and predicates. The predicates are represented by wff variables that may depend on the quantified variable  x. Our translation is essentially identical to the one use in Rini page 18, Table 2 "Non-Modal Syllogisms in Lower Predicate Calculus (LPC)", which uses standard predicate logic with predicates. Rini states, "the crucial point is that we capture the meaning Aristotle intends, and the method by which we represent that meaning is less important." There are two differences: we make the existence criteria explicit, and we use  ph,  ps, and  ch in the order they appear (a common Metamath convention). Patzig also uses standard predicate logic notation and predicates (though he interprets them as conditional propositions, not as inference rules); see Gunther Patzig, Aristotle's Theory of the Syllogism second edition, 1963, English translation by Jonathan Barnes, 1968, page 38. Terms such as "all" and "some" are translated into predicate logic using the aproach devised by Frege and Russell. "Frege (and Russell) devised an ingenious procedure for regimenting binary quantifiers like "every" and "some" in terms of unary quantifiers like "everything" and "something": they formalized sentences of the form "Some A is B" and "Every A is B" as exists x (Ax and Bx) and all x (Ax implies Bx), respectively." "Quantifiers and Quantification", Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/quantification/ 1465. See Principia Mathematica page 22 and *10 for more information (especially *10.3 and *10.26).

Expressions of the form "no  ph is  ps " are consistently translated as  A. x (
ph  ->  -.  ps ). These can also be expressed as  -.  E. x
( ph  /\  ps ), per alinexa 1649. We translate "all  ph is  ps " to  A. x (
ph  ->  ps ), "some  ph is  ps " to  E. x
( ph  /\  ps ), and "some  ph is not  ps " to  E. x
( ph  /\  -.  ps ). It is traditional to use the singular verb "is", not the plural verb "are", in the generic expressions. By convention the major premise is listed first.

In traditional Aristotelian syllogisms the predicates have a restricted form ("x is a ..."); those predicates could be modeled in modern notation by constructs such as  x  =  A,  x  e.  A, or  x  C_  A. Here we use wff variables instead of specialized restricted forms. This generalization makes the syllogisms more useful in more circumstances. In addition, these expressions make it clearer that the syllogisms of Aristolean logic are the forerunners of predicate calculus. If we used restricted forms like  x  e.  A instead, we would not only unnecessarily limit their use, but we would also need to use set and class axioms, making their relationship to predicate calculus less clear.

There are some widespread misconceptions about the existential assumptions made by Aristotle (aka "existential import"). Aristotle was not trying to develop something exactly corresponding to modern logic. Aristotle devised "a companion-logic for science. He relegates fictions like fairy godmothers and mermaids and unicorns to the realms of poetry and literature. In his mind, they exist outside the ambit of science. This is why he leaves no room for such nonexistent entities in his logic. This is a thoughtful choice, not an inadvertent omission. Technically, Aristotelian science is a search for definitions, where a definition is "a phrase signifying a thing's essence." (Topics, I.5.102a37, Pickard-Cambridge.)... Because nonexistent entities cannot be anything, they do not, in Aristotle's mind, possess an essence... This is why he leaves no place for fictional entities like goat-stags (or unicorns)." Source: Louis F. Groarke, "Aristotle: Logic", section 7. (Existential Assumptions), Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy (A Peer-Reviewed Academic Resource), https://iep.utm.edu/aristotle-log/ 1649. Thus, some syllogisms have "extra" existence hypotheses that do not directly appear in Aristotle's original materials (since they were always assumed); they are added where they are needed. This affects barbari 2180, celaront 2181, cesaro 2186, camestros 2187, felapton 2192, darapti 2193, calemos 2197, fesapo 2198, and bamalip 2199.

These are only the assertic syllogisms. Aristotle also defined modal syllogisms that deal with modal qualifiers such as "necessarily" and "possibly". Historically Aristotelian modal syllogisms were not as widely used. For more about modal syllogisms in a modern context, see Rini as well as Aristotle's Modal Syllogistic by Marko Malink, Harvard University Press, November 2013. We do not treat them further here.

Aristotelean logic is essentially the forerunner of predicate calculus (as well as set theory since it discusses membership in groups), while Stoic logic is essentially the forerunner of propositional calculus.

 
Theorembarbara 2176 "Barbara", one of the fundamental syllogisms of Aristotelian logic. All  ph is  ps, and all  ch is  ph, therefore all  ch is  ps. (In Aristotelian notation, AAA-1: MaP and SaM therefore SaP.) For example, given "All men are mortal" and "Socrates is a man", we can prove "Socrates is mortal". If H is the set of men, M is the set of mortal beings, and S is Socrates, these word phrases can be represented as  A. x ( x  e.  H  ->  x  e.  M ) (all men are mortal) and  A. x ( x  =  S  ->  x  e.  H ) (Socrates is a man) therefore  A. x ( x  =  S  ->  x  e.  M ) (Socrates is mortal). Russell and Whitehead note that the "syllogism in Barbara is derived..." from syl 14. (quote after Theorem *2.06 of [WhiteheadRussell] p. 101). Most of the proof is in alsyl 1681. There are a legion of sources for Barbara, including https://www.friesian.com/aristotl.htm 1681, https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/aristotle-logic/ 1681, and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syllogism 1681. (Contributed by David A. Wheeler, 24-Aug-2016.)
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 A. x ( ph  ->  ps )   &    |-  A. x ( ch  ->  ph )   =>    |-  A. x ( ch  ->  ps )
 
Theoremcelarent 2177 "Celarent", one of the syllogisms of Aristotelian logic. No  ph is  ps, and all  ch is  ph, therefore no  ch is  ps. (In Aristotelian notation, EAE-1: MeP and SaM therefore SeP.) For example, given the "No reptiles have fur" and "All snakes are reptiles", therefore "No snakes have fur". Example from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syllogism. (Contributed by David A. Wheeler, 24-Aug-2016.) (Revised by David A. Wheeler, 2-Sep-2016.)
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 A. x ( ph  ->  -.  ps )   &    |-  A. x ( ch  ->  ph )   =>    |-  A. x ( ch  ->  -.  ps )
 
Theoremdarii 2178 "Darii", one of the syllogisms of Aristotelian logic. All  ph is  ps, and some  ch is  ph, therefore some  ch is  ps. (In Aristotelian notation, AII-1: MaP and SiM therefore SiP.) For example, given "All rabbits have fur" and "Some pets are rabbits", therefore "Some pets have fur". Example from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syllogism. (Contributed by David A. Wheeler, 24-Aug-2016.)
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 A. x ( ph  ->  ps )   &    |-  E. x ( ch  /\  ph )   =>    |-  E. x ( ch  /\  ps )
 
Theoremferio 2179 "Ferio" ("Ferioque"), one of the syllogisms of Aristotelian logic. No  ph is  ps, and some  ch is  ph, therefore some  ch is not  ps. (In Aristotelian notation, EIO-1: MeP and SiM therefore SoP.) For example, given "No homework is fun" and "Some reading is homework", therefore "Some reading is not fun". This is essentially a logical axiom in Aristotelian logic. Example from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syllogism. (Contributed by David A. Wheeler, 24-Aug-2016.) (Revised by David A. Wheeler, 2-Sep-2016.)
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 A. x ( ph  ->  -.  ps )   &    |-  E. x ( ch  /\  ph )   =>    |-  E. x ( ch  /\  -.  ps )
 
Theorembarbari 2180 "Barbari", one of the syllogisms of Aristotelian logic. All  ph is  ps, all  ch is  ph, and some  ch exist, therefore some  ch is  ps. (In Aristotelian notation, AAI-1: MaP and SaM therefore SiP.) For example, given "All men are mortal", "All Greeks are men", and "Greeks exist", therefore "Some Greeks are mortal". Note the existence hypothesis (to prove the "some" in the conclusion). Example from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syllogism. (Contributed by David A. Wheeler, 27-Aug-2016.) (Revised by David A. Wheeler, 30-Aug-2016.)
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 A. x ( ph  ->  ps )   &    |-  A. x ( ch  ->  ph )   &    |-  E. x ch   =>    |- 
 E. x ( ch 
 /\  ps )
 
Theoremcelaront 2181 "Celaront", one of the syllogisms of Aristotelian logic. No  ph is  ps, all  ch is  ph, and some  ch exist, therefore some  ch is not  ps. (In Aristotelian notation, EAO-1: MeP and SaM therefore SoP.) For example, given "No reptiles have fur", "All snakes are reptiles.", and "Snakes exist.", prove "Some snakes have no fur". Note the existence hypothesis. Example from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syllogism. (Contributed by David A. Wheeler, 27-Aug-2016.) (Revised by David A. Wheeler, 2-Sep-2016.)
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 A. x ( ph  ->  -.  ps )   &    |-  A. x ( ch  ->  ph )   &    |-  E. x ch   =>    |- 
 E. x ( ch 
 /\  -.  ps )
 
Theoremcesare 2182 "Cesare", one of the syllogisms of Aristotelian logic. No  ph is  ps, and all  ch is  ps, therefore no  ch is  ph. (In Aristotelian notation, EAE-2: PeM and SaM therefore SeP.) Related to celarent 2177. (Contributed by David A. Wheeler, 27-Aug-2016.) (Revised by David A. Wheeler, 13-Nov-2016.)
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 A. x ( ph  ->  -.  ps )   &    |-  A. x ( ch  ->  ps )   =>    |-  A. x ( ch  ->  -.  ph )
 
Theoremcamestres 2183 "Camestres", one of the syllogisms of Aristotelian logic. All  ph is  ps, and no  ch is  ps, therefore no  ch is  ph. (In Aristotelian notation, AEE-2: PaM and SeM therefore SeP.) (Contributed by David A. Wheeler, 28-Aug-2016.) (Revised by David A. Wheeler, 2-Sep-2016.)
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 A. x ( ph  ->  ps )   &    |-  A. x ( ch  ->  -.  ps )   =>    |-  A. x ( ch  ->  -.  ph )
 
Theoremfestino 2184 "Festino", one of the syllogisms of Aristotelian logic. No  ph is  ps, and some  ch is  ps, therefore some  ch is not  ph. (In Aristotelian notation, EIO-2: PeM and SiM therefore SoP.) (Contributed by David A. Wheeler, 25-Nov-2016.)
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 A. x ( ph  ->  -.  ps )   &    |-  E. x ( ch  /\  ps )   =>    |-  E. x ( ch  /\  -.  ph )
 
Theorembaroco 2185 "Baroco", one of the syllogisms of Aristotelian logic. All  ph is  ps, and some  ch is not  ps, therefore some  ch is not  ph. (In Aristotelian notation, AOO-2: PaM and SoM therefore SoP.) For example, "All informative things are useful", "Some websites are not useful", therefore "Some websites are not informative." (Contributed by David A. Wheeler, 28-Aug-2016.)
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 A. x ( ph  ->  ps )   &    |-  E. x ( ch  /\  -.  ps )   =>    |- 
 E. x ( ch 
 /\  -.  ph )
 
Theoremcesaro 2186 "Cesaro", one of the syllogisms of Aristotelian logic. No  ph is  ps, all  ch is  ps, and  ch exist, therefore some  ch is not  ph. (In Aristotelian notation, EAO-2: PeM and SaM therefore SoP.) (Contributed by David A. Wheeler, 28-Aug-2016.) (Revised by David A. Wheeler, 2-Sep-2016.)
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 A. x ( ph  ->  -.  ps )   &    |-  A. x ( ch  ->  ps )   &    |-  E. x ch   =>    |- 
 E. x ( ch 
 /\  -.  ph )
 
Theoremcamestros 2187 "Camestros", one of the syllogisms of Aristotelian logic. All  ph is  ps, no  ch is  ps, and  ch exist, therefore some  ch is not  ph. (In Aristotelian notation, AEO-2: PaM and SeM therefore SoP.) For example, "All horses have hooves", "No humans have hooves", and humans exist, therefore "Some humans are not horses". (Contributed by David A. Wheeler, 28-Aug-2016.) (Revised by David A. Wheeler, 2-Sep-2016.)
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 A. x ( ph  ->  ps )   &    |-  A. x ( ch  ->  -.  ps )   &    |-  E. x ch   =>    |- 
 E. x ( ch 
 /\  -.  ph )
 
Theoremdatisi 2188 "Datisi", one of the syllogisms of Aristotelian logic. All  ph is  ps, and some  ph is  ch, therefore some  ch is  ps. (In Aristotelian notation, AII-3: MaP and MiS therefore SiP.) (Contributed by David A. Wheeler, 28-Aug-2016.)
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 A. x ( ph  ->  ps )   &    |-  E. x (
 ph  /\  ch )   =>    |-  E. x ( ch  /\  ps )
 
Theoremdisamis 2189 "Disamis", one of the syllogisms of Aristotelian logic. Some  ph is  ps, and all  ph is  ch, therefore some  ch is  ps. (In Aristotelian notation, IAI-3: MiP and MaS therefore SiP.) (Contributed by David A. Wheeler, 28-Aug-2016.)
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 E. x ( ph  /\ 
 ps )   &    |-  A. x (
 ph  ->  ch )   =>    |- 
 E. x ( ch 
 /\  ps )
 
Theoremferison 2190 "Ferison", one of the syllogisms of Aristotelian logic. No  ph is  ps, and some  ph is  ch, therefore some  ch is not  ps. (In Aristotelian notation, EIO-3: MeP and MiS therefore SoP.) (Contributed by David A. Wheeler, 28-Aug-2016.) (Revised by David A. Wheeler, 2-Sep-2016.)
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 A. x ( ph  ->  -.  ps )   &    |-  E. x ( ph  /\  ch )   =>    |-  E. x ( ch  /\  -.  ps )
 
Theorembocardo 2191 "Bocardo", one of the syllogisms of Aristotelian logic. Some  ph is not  ps, and all  ph is  ch, therefore some  ch is not  ps. (In Aristotelian notation, OAO-3: MoP and MaS therefore SoP.) For example, "Some cats have no tails", "All cats are mammals", therefore "Some mammals have no tails". A reorder of disamis 2189; prefer using that instead. (Contributed by David A. Wheeler, 28-Aug-2016.) (New usage is discouraged.)
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 E. x ( ph  /\ 
 -.  ps )   &    |-  A. x (
 ph  ->  ch )   =>    |- 
 E. x ( ch 
 /\  -.  ps )
 
Theoremfelapton 2192 "Felapton", one of the syllogisms of Aristotelian logic. No  ph is  ps, all  ph is  ch, and some  ph exist, therefore some  ch is not  ps. (In Aristotelian notation, EAO-3: MeP and MaS therefore SoP.) For example, "No flowers are animals" and "All flowers are plants", therefore "Some plants are not animals". (Contributed by David A. Wheeler, 28-Aug-2016.) (Revised by David A. Wheeler, 2-Sep-2016.)
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 A. x ( ph  ->  -.  ps )   &    |-  A. x ( ph  ->  ch )   &    |-  E. x ph   =>    |-  E. x ( ch  /\  -. 
 ps )
 
Theoremdarapti 2193 "Darapti", one of the syllogisms of Aristotelian logic. All  ph is  ps, all  ph is  ch, and some  ph exist, therefore some  ch is  ps. (In Aristotelian notation, AAI-3: MaP and MaS therefore SiP.) For example, "All squares are rectangles" and "All squares are rhombuses", therefore "Some rhombuses are rectangles". (Contributed by David A. Wheeler, 28-Aug-2016.)
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 A. x ( ph  ->  ps )   &    |-  A. x (
 ph  ->  ch )   &    |-  E. x ph   =>    |-  E. x ( ch  /\  ps )
 
Theoremcalemes 2194 "Calemes", one of the syllogisms of Aristotelian logic. All  ph is  ps, and no  ps is  ch, therefore no  ch is  ph. (In Aristotelian notation, AEE-4: PaM and MeS therefore SeP.) (Contributed by David A. Wheeler, 28-Aug-2016.) (Revised by David A. Wheeler, 2-Sep-2016.)
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 A. x ( ph  ->  ps )   &    |-  A. x ( ps  ->  -.  ch )   =>    |-  A. x ( ch  ->  -.  ph )
 
Theoremdimatis 2195 "Dimatis", one of the syllogisms of Aristotelian logic. Some  ph is  ps, and all  ps is  ch, therefore some  ch is  ph. (In Aristotelian notation, IAI-4: PiM and MaS therefore SiP.) For example, "Some pets are rabbits.", "All rabbits have fur", therefore "Some fur bearing animals are pets". Like darii 2178 with positions interchanged. (Contributed by David A. Wheeler, 28-Aug-2016.)
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 E. x ( ph  /\ 
 ps )   &    |-  A. x ( ps  ->  ch )   =>    |-  E. x ( ch  /\  ph )
 
Theoremfresison 2196 "Fresison", one of the syllogisms of Aristotelian logic. No  ph is  ps (PeM), and some  ps is  ch (MiS), therefore some  ch is not  ph (SoP). (In Aristotelian notation, EIO-4: PeM and MiS therefore SoP.) (Contributed by David A. Wheeler, 28-Aug-2016.) (Revised by David A. Wheeler, 2-Sep-2016.)
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 A. x ( ph  ->  -.  ps )   &    |-  E. x ( ps  /\  ch )   =>    |-  E. x ( ch  /\  -.  ph )
 
Theoremcalemos 2197 "Calemos", one of the syllogisms of Aristotelian logic. All  ph is  ps (PaM), no  ps is  ch (MeS), and  ch exist, therefore some  ch is not  ph (SoP). (In Aristotelian notation, AEO-4: PaM and MeS therefore SoP.) (Contributed by David A. Wheeler, 28-Aug-2016.) (Revised by David A. Wheeler, 2-Sep-2016.)
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 A. x ( ph  ->  ps )   &    |-  A. x ( ps  ->  -.  ch )   &    |-  E. x ch   =>    |- 
 E. x ( ch 
 /\  -.  ph )
 
Theoremfesapo 2198 "Fesapo", one of the syllogisms of Aristotelian logic. No  ph is  ps, all  ps is  ch, and  ps exist, therefore some  ch is not  ph. (In Aristotelian notation, EAO-4: PeM and MaS therefore SoP.) (Contributed by David A. Wheeler, 28-Aug-2016.) (Revised by David A. Wheeler, 2-Sep-2016.)
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 A. x ( ph  ->  -.  ps )   &    |-  A. x ( ps  ->  ch )   &    |-  E. x ps   =>    |- 
 E. x ( ch 
 /\  -.  ph )
 
Theorembamalip 2199 "Bamalip", one of the syllogisms of Aristotelian logic. All  ph is  ps, all  ps is  ch, and  ph exist, therefore some  ch is  ph. (In Aristotelian notation, AAI-4: PaM and MaS therefore SiP.) Like barbari 2180. (Contributed by David A. Wheeler, 28-Aug-2016.)
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 A. x ( ph  ->  ps )   &    |-  A. x ( ps  ->  ch )   &    |-  E. x ph   =>    |-  E. x ( ch  /\  ph )
 
1.5  First-order logic with one non-logical binary predicate

This section adds one non-logical binary predicate to the first-order logic developed until here. We call it "the membership predicate" since it will be used in the next part as the membership predicate of set theory, but in this section, it has no other property than being "a binary predicate". "Non-logical" means that it does not belong to the logic. In our logic (and in most treatments), the only logical predicate is the equality predicate (see weq 1549).

 
Syntaxwcel 2200 Extend wff definition to include the membership connective between classes.

For a general discussion of the theory of classes, see mmset.html#class.

The purpose of introducing 
wff  A  e.  B here is to allow us to prove the wel 2201 of predicate calculus in terms of the wceq 1395 of set theory, so that we do not overload the 
e. connective with two syntax definitions. This is done to prevent ambiguity that would complicate some Metamath parsers. The class variables  A and 
B are introduced temporarily for the purpose of this definition but otherwise not used in predicate calculus. See df-clab 2216 for more information on the set theory usage of wcel 2200.

 wff  A  e.  B
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