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Examples:

  • If P, then Q.


Q is the consequent of this hypothetical proposition.

  • If X is a mammal, then X is an animal.


Here, "X is an animal" is the consequent.

  • If computers can think, then they are alive.


"They are alive" is the consequent.

Please note that the consequent in a hypothetical proposition is not necessarily a consequence of the Antecedent .

  • If monkeys are orange, then fish speak Klingon.


"Fish speak Klingon" is the consequent here, but clearly is not a consequence of (nor has anything to do with) the claim made in the antecedent that "monkeys are orange".


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