- In
classical logic,
disjunctive syllogism (historically
known as
modus tollendo ponens (MTP),
Latin for "mode that
affirms by denying") is a
valid argument...
- jacket, I will keep dry
Therefore if it
rains today, I will keep dry
Disjunctive syllogism (sometimes
abbreviated DS) has one of the same
characteristics as...
-
argument form and a rule of inference.
Modus tollens is a
mixed hypothetical syllogism that
takes the form of "If P, then Q. Not Q. Therefore, not P." It is...
- example, the
constructive dilemma, the
destructive dilemma or the
disjunctive syllogism.
False dilemmas are
usually discussed in
terms of
deductive arguments...
- also be.
Disjunctive syllogism Hypothetical syllogism Legal syllogism Polysyllogism Prosleptic syllogism Quasi-
syllogism Statistical syllogism Philosophy...
- for
different patterns of
valid arguments, such as
modus tollens,
disjunctive syllogism,
constructive dilemma, and
existential generalization.
Rules of...
- to be true, i.e.,
unicorns exist (this
inference is
known as the
Disjunctive syllogism). The
procedure may be
repeated to
prove that
unicorns do not exist...
-
disjunctive syllogism as in the next section. Practically, in the
intuitionistic context, the
principle of
explosion enables proving the
disjunctive syllogism...
- for
which excluded middle holds can be
proven stable using the
disjunctive syllogism,
which is
discussed more
thoroughly below. The
converse does however...
-
approach is to
reject disjunctive syllogism. From the
perspective of dialetheism, it
makes perfect sense that
disjunctive syllogism should fail. The idea...
