modus ponendo ponens

English

Etymology

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

Noun

modus ponendo ponens (uncountable)

1. (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 ponendo ponens has the form:

   1. If P, then Q.

   2. P.

   3. Therefore, Q.

Synonyms

• modus ponens (less precise)

Hypernyms

• inference rule
• See also Thesaurus:argument form

Related terms

• modus ponendo tollens
• modus tollendo ponens
• modus tollendo tollens

Translations

a valid form of argument in which the antecedent of a conditional proposition is affirmed, thereby entailing the affirmation of the consequent

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 肯定前件

• Icelandic: aðskilnaðarregla f, aðskilnaðarháttur m