English Explanatory Dictionary

modus ponendo tollens

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. 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

Word forms

modus ponendo tollens

Etymology

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

Related words

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