MODUS PONENS AND MODUS TOLLENS: THEIR VALIDITY/INVALIDITY IN NATURAL LANGUAGE ARGUMENTS
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Studies in Logic, Grammar and Rhetoric
سال: 2017
ISSN: 2199-6059,0860-150X
DOI: 10.1515/slgr-2017-0028