aliases:
- Inverse error
- Fallacy of the inverse
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- Type/Concept
- proto
- v/bad
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- "[[Fallacy]]"
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dateCreated: 2023-11-30, 10:21
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Denying the antecedent, sometimes also called inverse error or fallacy of the inverse, is a formal fallacy of inferring the inverse from an original statement. It is a type of mixed hypothetical syllogism in the form:If P, then Q. Not P. Therefore, not Q. | |
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wikipedia:: Denying the antecedent |
sometimes also called inverse error or fallacy of the inverse
From Modus Ponens
P > Q
~P
Thus, not Q
Valid conclusion: ~P v Q