modus ponens
A valid form of argument in which the antecedent of a conditional proposition is…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
Meaning
1 senses(uncountable)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.
Translations
1 languagesOrigin
From Latin modus ponendo ponens (roughly, “mode where affirming affirms”).From Latin modus ponendo ponens (roughly, “mode where affirming affirms”).
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Word family
1 related wordsRelatedmodus tollens
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable