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Theorem xorexmid 1557
Description: Exclusive-or variant of the law of the excluded middle (exmid 908). This statement is ancient, going back to at least Stoic logic. This statement does not necessarily hold in intuitionistic logic. (Contributed by David A. Wheeler, 23-Feb-2019.)
Assertion
Ref Expression
xorexmid (𝜑 ⊻ ¬ 𝜑)

Proof of Theorem xorexmid
StepHypRef Expression
1 pm5.19 391 . 2 ¬ (𝜑 ↔ ¬ 𝜑)
2 df-xor 1542 . 2 ((𝜑 ⊻ ¬ 𝜑) ↔ ¬ (𝜑 ↔ ¬ 𝜑))
31, 2mpbir 234 1 (𝜑 ⊻ ¬ 𝜑)
Colors of variables:    wff setvar class
This proof depends on syntax axioms:  ¬ wn 3  wb 209  wxo 1541
This proof depends on axioms:  ax-mp 5  ax-1 6  ax-2 7  ax-3 8
This proof depends on definitions:  df-bi 210  df-xor 1542
This theorem is used by: (None)
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