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modus tollendo ponens en · NOUN

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin modus tollendō pōnēns (roughly, “mode where negating confirms”).

Meanings

1. (uncountable) A valid form of argument in which the antecedent of a conditional proposition is negated, thereby entailing the affirmation of the consequent. Modus tollendo ponens has the form
   • 3. Therefore, Q.
   • 2. non-P.
   • 1. Either P or Q.

Hypernyms

inference rule

Relateds

modus tollendo tollens · modus ponendo ponens · modus ponendo tollens

Synonyms

disjunctive syllogism

Translations (1)

tl tanggihing-sayuning panagano (Translations)