Modus tollendo tollens Uncommon

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A valid form of argument in which the antecedent of a conditional proposition is infirmed, thereby entailing the infirmation of the consequent. Modus tollendo tollens has the form

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proposition conditional argument modus ponendo tollens antecedent modus ponendo ponens infirm valid

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proposition conditional argument modus ponendo tollens antecedent modus ponendo ponens infirm valid modus tollendo ponens consequent entail

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