modus ponens
nounEtymology From Latin modus ponendo ponens (roughly, “mode where affirming affirms”).
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Human sciences, Logic, Mathematics, Philosophy, Sciences A valid form of argument in which the antecedent of a conditional proposition is affirmed, thereby entailing the affirmation of the consequent. Modus ponens has the form
- 1. If P, then Q.
- 2. P.
1 more example
- 3. Therefore, Q.
- Related terms
- modus tollens
- Hypernyms
- inference rule