| Description: Modus tollendo ponens
(original exclusive-or version), aka disjunctive
       syllogism, similar to mtpor 1769, one of the five "indemonstrables"
in
       Stoic logic.  The rule says:  "if 𝜑 is not true, and either 𝜑
       or 𝜓 (exclusively) are true, then 𝜓 must be
true".  Today the
       name "modus tollendo ponens" often refers to a variant, the
inclusive-or
       version as defined in mtpor 1769.  See rule 3 on [Lopez-Astorga] p. 12
       (note that the "or" is the same as mptxor 1768, that is, it is
       exclusive-or df-xor 1511), 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 1768), 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.) |