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hypothetico-disjunctive, a. Logic.
a. Combining the ‘hypothetical’ (conjunctive) and disjunctive forms of statement: applied to a conditional proposition of which the consequent is disjunctive (e.g. If A is B, C is either D or E); also to that form of syllogism (the dilemma) in which one premiss is conjunctive and the other disjunctive.
b. as n. A proposition or syllogism of this kind.
1837–8Sir W. Hamilton Logic xviii. (1866) I. 351 An hypothetico-disjunctive syllogism is called the dilemma or horned syllogism. 1864Bowen Logic Contents 13 Dilemmas or Hypothetico-Disjunctives. |