My question is: is there a mathematical or philosophical basis for rejecting any of the following rules of inference? If yes, then what is the argument for rejecting any of them? I am asking this question because I would like to know if there is any non-classical logic system that rejects some of these rules of inference.
I had a first contact with these rules of inference in the book "Philosophical Foundations for a Christian Worldview" in which the author says that these rules are essential to making a valid argument. By analyzing the truth tables of the connectives "∨", "∧" and "→" I realized that these rules of inference are implicit in mathematical arguments.
I suspect that there is some basis for rejecting certain of these rules of inference because I have heard of, for example, intuitionistic logic which disagrees with some axioms of classical logic.
RULES OF INFERENCE
These rules can be found at the following link: Rules of Inference.
OBS.: {p,q} ⊢ r means that if p and q are true then r is also true.
- Modus Ponens: {p→q,p} ⊢ q
- Modus Tollens: {p→q,¬q} ⊢ ¬p
- Hypothetical Syllogism: {p→q,q→r} ⊢ p→r
- Conjunction: {p,q} ⊢ p∧q
- Simplification: {p∧q} ⊢ p and {p∧q} ⊢ q
- Absorption: {p→q} ⊢ p→(p∧q)
- Addition: {p} ⊢ p∨q
- Disjunctive Syllogism: {p∨q,¬p} ⊢ q and {p∨q,¬q} ⊢ p
- Constructive Dilemma: {(p→q)∧(r→s),p∨r} ⊢ q∨s