English Explanatory Dictionary

modus ponendo ponens

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. 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

Word forms

modus ponendo ponens

Etymology

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

Synonyms

modus ponens

Related words

modus ponendo tollens modus tollendo ponens modus tollendo tollens
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