单词 | modus ponens |
释义 | modus ponensn. Logic. The rule of logic which states that if a conditional statement if p then q is accepted, and the antecedent p holds, then the consequent q may be inferred; an argument using this rule. Also modus ponendo ponens. Cf. modus tollens n. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > logic > logical syllogism > [noun] > mood or mode > types of Bocardo1509 Ferison1509 Camestres1551 Celarent1551 Darapti1551 Datisi1551 Disamis1551 Felapton1551 Ferio1551 Festino?1568 Baroko1581 Cesare1588 Barbara1589 dabitis1599 fapesmo1599 Frisesomorum1599 baralipton1653 Dimaris1827 modus ponendo ponens1838 modus tollens1838 Camenes1851 1838 F. Haywood tr. I. Kant Critick Pure Reason ii. 594 The modus ponens..concluding as to the truth of a cognition from the truth of its consequences. a1856 W. Hamilton Lect. Metaphysics (1860) III. xviii. 344 We can always easily convert an hypothetical syllogism of one form into another,—the modus ponens into the modus tollens. 1870 W. S. Jevons Elem. Lessons Logic xix. 161 The argument is said to be of the modus ponens, or mood which posits or affirms. 1916 H. W. B. Joseph Introd. Logic (ed. 2) xv. 335 The argument is said to be in the modus ponens. 1957 P. Suppes Introd. to Logic ii. 32 The Latin name for the Law of Detachment is modus ponendo ponens. 1972 Computer Jrnl. 15 230/2 Applying the rule of modus ponens on the above instance. 1991 Mind 100 19 Similarly..with explanations that appeal to a nomological counterpart of modus ponens to connect John's believing that (P and P->Q) to his believing that Q. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1838 |
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