Dictionary

modus ponendo ponens en · NOUN

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin modus ponendo ponens (roughly, “mode where affirming affirms”).

Meanings

1. (uncountable) A valid form of argument in which the antecedent of a conditional proposition is affirmed, thereby entailing the affirmation of the consequent. Modus ponendo ponens has the form
   • 3. Therefore, Q.
   • 1. If P, then Q.
   • 2. P.

Hypernyms

inference rule

Relateds

modus tollendo ponens · modus tollendo tollens · modus ponendo tollens

Synonyms

modus ponens

Translations (3)

is aðskilnaðarregla (a valid form of argument in which the antecedent of a conditional proposition is affirmed, thereby entailing the affirmation of the consequent) · cmn 肯定前件 (a valid form of argument in which the antecedent of a conditional proposition is affirmed, thereby entailing the affirmation of the consequent) · is aðskilnaðarháttur (a valid form of argument in which the antecedent of a conditional proposition is affirmed, thereby entailing the affirmation of the consequent)