| Description: Modus tollendo ponens
(original exclusive-or version), aka disjunctive
       syllogism, 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 mtp-or 1538.  See rule 3 on [Lopez-Astorga] p. 12 (note that the
"or"
       is the same as mpto2 1534, that is, it is exclusive-or df-xor 1305), 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 mpto2 1534), 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.) |