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MODUS TOLLENS [1 record]

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Record 1 2024-05-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Artificial Intelligence
DEF

A rule of logic that states: when B is known to be false, and if there is a rule "if A, then B", then it is valid to conclude that A is false.

CONT

This rule, which has the latin name modus tollens ... cannot be reached by most expert systems.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Intelligence artificielle
DEF

OtOtRègle d'inférence de la forme: si A alors B; or B n'est pas vrai; donc A ne l'est pas non plus.

OBS

Signifie en latin "mode qui supprime". Il existe aussi un mode qui supprime en posant" (modus ponendo-tollens) du type: ou A est vrai, ou B est vrai mais pas les deux; or A est vrai; donc B n'est pas vrai.

Spanish

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