Database: Inference rule

Terminology 54: We will state inference rules (or just rules), each taking as premises finitely many inferences of one of the forms \vdash \phi \hspace{5mm} \textup{or} \hspace{5mm} \phi \vdash \psi (i.e. that a statement \phi holds or entails another statement \psi ), yielding one such inference as the conclusion. We may express this using the notation \cfrac{\textup{First premise} \quad \textup{Second premise} \quad \cdots \quad \textup{Final premise}}{\textup{Conclusion}} A few inference rules will be declared; we accept that if each premise of such a rule is justified or is of the form \vdash \phi where \phi is an assumption, then the given conclusion is justified. Further rules will be verified using these rules.

This database entry builds on the following:

  1. Terminology: Class, statement
  2. Terminology: Context, assumption
  3. Terminology: Inference
  4. Terminology: Entailment