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| ===Exemplary proofs=== | | ===Exemplary proofs=== |
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− | With the meagre utilities of the axioms and theorems set down so far, it is already possible to prove a multitude of much more complex theorems. A couple of all-time favorites are given next.
| + | Using no more than the axioms and theorems recorded so far, it is already possible to prove a multitude of much more complex theorems. A couple of all-time favorites are given next. |
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| ====Peirce's law==== | | ====Peirce's law==== |
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| This section presents a proof of Peirce's law, commonly written: | | This section presents a proof of Peirce's law, commonly written: |
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− | : <math>((p \Rightarrow q) \Rightarrow p) \Rightarrow p</math>
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| + | <p><math>((p \Rightarrow q) \Rightarrow p) \Rightarrow p</math></p> |
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− | The first order of business is present the statement as it appears in the so-called ''existential interpretation'' of Peirce's own ''logical graphs''. Here is the statement of Peirce's law, as rendered under the existential interpretation into (the topological dual forms of) Peirce's logical graphs:
| + | Figure 31 shows the representation of Peirce's law as a tree-form logical graph, as it appears under the existential interpretation. |
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− | <pre>
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− | o-----------------------------------------------------------o
| + | | [[Image:Logical_Graph_Figure_31.jpg|500px]] || (31) |
− | | Peirce's Law | | + | |} |
− | o-----------------------------------------------------------o
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− | | p o---o q |
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− | | o---o p |
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− | | o---o p |
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− | o-----------------------------------------------------------o
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− | | (((p (q)) (p)) (p))) = | | |
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− | o-----------------------------------------------------------o
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− | </pre>
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− | Finally, here's the promised proof of Peirce's law: | + | Finally, here is the promised proof of Peirce's law: |
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| <pre> | | <pre> |