PHIL 2100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Modus Tollens, Modus Ponens
Philosophy Seminar #2 – Valid Argument Patterns
Valid Argument Patterns
• Valid
• Modus Ponens
(Affirming the Antecedent)
• Modus Tollens
(Denying the
Consequent)
• Hypothetical
Syllogism
• Disjunctive
Syllogism
• If P than Q
• If P than Q
• If P than Q
• Either P or Q
• P
• Not Q
• If Q than R
• OR
• If P than R
Not P
• Therefore Q
• There Not P
•
• Therefore Q
Invalid Argument Patterns
Denying the Antecedent
Affirming the Consequent
IF P than Q
If P than Q
Not P
Q
Not Q
Therefore P
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