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neitunarháttur

neitunarháttur

Icelandic

Noun

Examples (logic: denial of consequent by denial of antecedent)
  1. I always cry at weddings.
  2. I didn't cry.
  3. Therefore, I am not at a wedding.

neitunarháttur m ‎(genitive singular neitunarhátts, nominative plural neitunarhættir)

  1. (philosophy, logic) modus tollens; (a valid form of argument in which the consequent of a conditional proposition is denied; entailing the denial of the consequent):
    1. If P, then Q.
    2. Not Q.
    3. Therefore, not P.

Related terms

  • aðskilnaðarregla, aðskilnaðarháttur (modus ponens)

Etymology

From neitunar ‎(“of refusal, of negation”) the genitive of neitun ‎(“a refusal, a negation”) and háttur ‎(“mood, custom”).

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