(* Proof found by the trained neural-symbolic prover (round-3 model, no critic, at most 2 lemmas per goal). Every step was checked by Rocq during the search; this file re-checks the assembled proof from scratch. *) From Stdlib Require Import Classical Relations. Section Pilot. (* Vocabulary. Nothing is assumed about any of these. *) Variable Thing : Type. Variable Gives : Thing -> Thing -> Prop. (* Gives y x : y gives existence to x *) Variable Through : Thing -> Thing -> Prop. (* Through x y : x has its existence through y *) Variable Exists : Thing -> Prop. (* x exists *) Variable Ess : Thing -> Prop. (* x's existence is from its own nature *) Variable PartOf : Thing -> Thing -> Prop. (* p is a part of u *) Variable Universe : Thing. (* the universe *) (* Definitions. *) Definition DependsOn (x y : Thing) : Prop := Gives y x. (* x depends on y *) Definition ThroughAnother (x : Thing) : Prop := exists y, Gives y x. Definition OfItself (x : Thing) : Prop := Exists x /\ ~ ThroughAnother x. Definition Necessary (x : Thing) : Prop := Exists x /\ Ess x. Definition Possible (x : Thing) : Prop := Exists x /\ ~ Ess x. Definition InUniverse (x : Thing) : Prop := x = Universe \/ PartOf x Universe. (* Approved postulates, written as definitions: a theorem uses one only when its statement lists it as a condition. *) Definition MP001 : Prop := forall x y, Gives y x -> ~ Through y x. (* a giver does not have its existence through what it gives existence to *) Definition MP002 : Prop := forall x y, Gives y x -> Through x y. (* the receiver has its existence through the giver *) Definition MP003 : Prop := forall x y z, Through x y -> Through y z -> Through x z. (* existence-through is inherited *) Definition MP008 : Prop := forall x, Exists x -> ~ ThroughAnother x -> Ess x. (* existence comes from one's nature or from a giver *) Definition OP001 : Prop := forall x y, Gives y x -> OfItself y. (* only what exists of itself gives existence *) Definition OP006 : Prop := exists x, InUniverse x /\ Possible x. (* the universe is not wholly necessary *) Definition SP001 : Prop := exists x, Exists x. (* something exists *) Theorem step3_possible_needs_cause : MP008 -> forall x, Possible x -> ThroughAnother x. Proof. (unfold ThroughAnother, Possible, MP008 in *; firstorder). { (apply NNPP; intro). { (firstorder). } } Qed. End Pilot. Print Assumptions step3_possible_needs_cause.