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Modus Ponens
Disciplines > Argument > Syllogisms > Modus Ponens
Description | Example | Discussion | See also
Description
If X is true then Y is true.
X is true.
Therefore Y is true.
Example
If you repent, you will go to heaven. You have repented. So you will go to heaven.
If you buy today, I will give you a 10% discount. You have agreed to buy today, so I will reduce the price by 10%.
Discussion
Modus Ponens is a fancy name for a simple thing, although it is at the root of most Syllogisms and many other conditional arguments and offers.
If you want another fancy name: this is Affirming the Antecedent, where X is the antecedent which is affirmed as true.
See also
Conditional Reasoning, Denying the Antecedent, Affirming the Consequent,
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