modus ponens
Noun
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Noun
modus ponens (uncountable)
- (philosophy, logic) 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.
- 3. Therefore, Q.
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