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affirming the consequent

logical fallacy of the form: if 𝑃, then 𝑄; indeed 𝑄; thus, 𝑃
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affirming the consequent

Summary

affirming the consequent ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (397 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • affirming the consequent's subclass of is recorded as propositional fallacy[2].
  • affirming the consequent's subclass of is recorded as quantificational fallacy[3].
  • affirming the consequent's opposite of is recorded as denying the antecedent[4].
  • affirming the consequent's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0hxy[5].
  • affirming the consequent's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/affirming-the-consequent[6].
  • affirming the consequent's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/affirmation-of-the-consequent[7].
  • affirming the consequent's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 2777662235[8].
  • affirming the consequent's ProofWiki ID is recorded as Affirming_the_Consequent[9].
  • affirming the consequent's RationalWiki ID is recorded as Affirming_the_consequent[10].
  • affirming the consequent's Encyclopaedia Herder concept ID is recorded as Afirmación_del_consecuente[11].

Why It Matters

affirming the consequent ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (397 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[12] It is known by 17 alternative names across languages and contexts.[13]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [12] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [13] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). affirming the consequent. Retrieved April 10, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/affirming-the-consequent
MLA “affirming the consequent.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 10 Apr. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/affirming-the-consequent.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_affirming-the-consequent_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{affirming the consequent}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/affirming-the-consequent}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-10}}
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