Category
page 1Theorems in propositional logic
distributive property
property involving two mathematical operations
De Morgan's laws
pair of transformation rules that are both valid rules of inference
principle of excluded middle
logical principle stating that for every proposition, either it or its negation is true
reductio ad absurdum
form of argument in informal logic
law of noncontradiction
theorem of logic
modus ponens
if X implies Y, and X is true, then Y is true
modus tollens
if X implies Y, and Y isn't true, then neither is X
contraposition
In logic and mathematics, contraposition, or transposition, refers to the inference of going from a conditional statement into its logically equivalent contrapositive, and an associated proof method known as . The contrapositive of a statement has its antecedent and consequent negated and swapped.
resolution
in logic, rule of inference
principle of explosion
theorem which states that any statement can be proven from a contradiction
hypothetical syllogism
term
disjunctive syllogism
inference rule in logics : with "A or B" and "not A" deduce "B"

Peirce's law
Axiom used in logic and philosophy

absorption law
theorem
double negation
theorem
conjunction elimination
inference in propositional logic
consensus theorem
theorem
modus ponendo tollens
if X and Y can't both be true, and X is true, then Y isn't true
disjunction introduction
inference introducing a disjunction in logical proofs
monotonicity of entailment
property of many logical systems that if a sentence follows deductively from a given set of sentences then it also follows deductively from any superset of those sentences
Conjunction introduction
rule of inference of propositional logic
consequentia mirabilis
theorem
Frege's theorem
metatheorem that states that the Peano axioms of arithmetic can be derived in second-order logic from Hume's principle
disjunction elimination
Rule of inference of propositional logic
absorption
inference rule where, given P→Q, one deduces P→(P∧Q)

William of Soissons
ancient French logician
constructive dilemma
Rule of inference of propositional logic
Biconditional introduction
Inference in propositional logic