Metamath Proof Explorer


Theorem mt3

Description: A rule similar to modus tollens. Inference associated with con1i . (Contributed by NM, 18-May-1994) (Proof shortened by Wolf Lammen, 11-Sep-2013)

Ref Expression
Hypotheses mt3.1 ⊢ ¬ ψ
mt3.2 ⊢ ¬ φ → ψ
Assertion mt3 ⊢ φ

Proof

Step Hyp Ref Expression
1 mt3.1 ⊢ ¬ ψ
2 mt3.2 ⊢ ¬ φ → ψ
3 1 2 mto ⊢ ¬ ¬ φ
4 3 notnotri ⊢ φ