Description: Modus tollendo ponens
(original exclusive-or version), aka disjunctive
       syllogism, similar to mtpor 1436, one of the five "indemonstrables"
in
       Stoic logic.  The rule says, "if   is not true, and either  
       or  
(exclusively) are true, then   must be true".  Today the
       name "modus tollendo ponens" often refers to a variant, the
inclusive-or
       version as defined in mtpor 1436.  See rule 3 on [Lopez-Astorga] p. 12
       (note that the "or" is the same as mptxor 1435, that is, it is
       exclusive-or df-xor 1387), rule 3 of [Sanford] p. 39 (where it is not as
       clearly stated which kind of "or" is used but it appears to be
in the
       same sense as mptxor 1435), and rule A5 in [Hitchcock] p. 5 (exclusive-or
       is expressly used).  (Contributed by David A. Wheeler, 4-Jul-2016.)
       (Proof shortened by Wolf Lammen, 11-Nov-2017.)  (Proof shortened by BJ,
       19-Apr-2019.) |