"modus ponendo ponens" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Etymology: Borrowed from Latin modus ponendo ponens (roughly, “mode where affirming affirms”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|modus}} Latin modus Head templates: {{en-noun|-|nolinkhead=1}} 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: Wikipedia link: modus ponendo ponens Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Logic, Philosophy Synonyms: modus ponens (english: less precise) Hypernyms: inference rule 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): 肯定前件 (Chinese Mandarin), aðskilnaðarregla [feminine] (Icelandic), aðskilnaðarháttur [masculine] (Icelandic)
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