Usually means: Logical inference rule denying consequent.
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  1. modus tollens: Merriam-Webster
  2. modus tollens: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. modus tollens: Collins English Dictionary
  4. modus tollens: Wiktionary
  5. Modus Tollens, Modus tollens: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  6. modus tollens: TheFreeDictionary.com

Art (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Modus Tollens: Dictionary of Philosophical Terms and Names
  2. The Organon: A Conceptually Indexed Dictionary (by Genus and Differentia) (No longer online)

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  1. A Glossary of Mathematical Terms (No longer online)
  2. Modus Tollens: Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics
  3. modus tollens: PlanetMath Encyclopedia
  4. FOLDOP - Free On Line Dictionary Of Philosophy (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (modus tollens)

noun:  (philosophy, logic) A valid form of argument in which the consequent of a conditional proposition is denied, thus implying the denial of the antecedent. Modus tollens has this form:

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