modus ponens

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الإنجليزية - الإنجليزية
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:

3. Therefore, Q.

modus ponens and modus tollens
(Latin: "method of affirming" and "method of denying") In logic, two types of inference that can be drawn using a hypothetical proposition i. e., from a proposition of the form "If p, then q" (symbolically p q). Modus ponens refers to inferences of the form p q; p, therefore q. Modus tollens refers to inferences of the form p q; q, therefore, p. An example of modus tollens is the following: "If an angle is inscribed in a semicircle, then it is a right angle; this angle is not a right angle; therefore, this angle is not inscribed in a semicircle
الإنجليزية - ألمانية
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modus ponens

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    [ "mO-d&s-"ä-p&-'ra ] (noun.) 1654. Latin mode that affirms From modus ponendo ponens – roughly, “mode where affirming affirms”.
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