hypothetico-disjunctiveadj.n.
Logic.
A. adj.
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 n.) in which one premiss is conjunctive and the other disjunctive.
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the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > logic > logical syllogism > [adjective] > of types of syllogism
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a1856 W. Hamilton Lect. Metaphysics (1860) III. xviii. 351 An hypothetico-disjunctive syllogism is called the dilemma or horned syllogism.
B. n.
A proposition or syllogism of this kind.
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the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > logic > logical proposition > [noun] > disjunctive or alternative proposition > hypothetico-disjunctive proposition
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1864 F. C. Bowen Treat. Logic Contents 13 Dilemmas or Hypothetico-Disjunctives.
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