A theorem that holds of some deductive systems with a conditional connective such that
That is, which states that modus ponens holds for . Although in some presentations the converse deduction theorem is subsumed as part of the deduction theorem proper, that the converse deduction theorem holds of a logic is distinct from the deduction theorem holding of that system. For example, the converse deduction theorem holds of the logic of philosopher William Parry (1908–1988) but only a very restricted deduction theorem holds.