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modus ponendo tollens en · NOUN

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin modus pōnendō tollens (roughly, “mode where affirming infirms”).

Meanings

1. (uncountable) 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.
   • 3. Therefore, non-Q.
   • 2. P.

Hypernyms

inference rule

Relateds

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Translations (1)

tl sayuning-tanggihing panagano (Translations)