Description: Axiom to quantify a
variable over a formula in which it does not occur.
Axiom C5 in [Megill] p. 444 (p. 11 of
the preprint). Also appears as
Axiom B6 (p. 75) of system S2 of [Tarski] p. 77. If we allow ax-15 806
(not otherwise used in our development), this axiom is logically
redundant since it is a metatheorem justified by induction on the number
of primitive connectives in wff , using ax17eq 923 and ax17el 924
together hbne 699, hbal 700, and hbim 702.
However if we omit this axiom
our development would be quite inconvenient since we could work only
with specific instances of wffs containing no wff variables - this axiom
is effectively a definition of the concept of a set variable not
occurring in a wff (as opposed to just two set variables being
distinct). |