modus ponendo tollens
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English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin modus pōnendō tollens (roughly, “mode where affirming infirms”).
Noun
modus ponendo tollens (uncountable)
- (philosophy, logic) A valid form of argument in which the antecedent of a conditional proposition is affirmed, thereby entailing the infirmation of the consequent. Modus ponendo tollens has the form:
- 1. If P, then non-Q.
- 2. P.
- 3. Therefore, non-Q.
Hypernyms
- inference rule
- See also Thesaurus:argument form
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