Hypothetical Inference

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An inference of necessity ("If A, then B; A is; therefore B is"). It expresses a necessary if-then relation (ground-consequence, cause-effect). It is the basic form of scientific laws and groundings.

Origin: Classical logic (*modus ponens*). Hegel (development of the forms of inference).

In Hegel: Enc. §191; SL Vol. 2, Subjective Concept, The Inference

Cross-references: Inference; Inferences of necessity; Causality

Commentary on the Logic, Chapter 11

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