Conditional

(-dish'ün-al.) [From L. condo, to put together. ] (Log.) A C. proposition is that which a erts the dependence of one categorical proposition on another. Thus, " If the child falls, it will be hurt." The proposition from which the other results is the antecedent; the result is the consequent.-A (1. syllogism is one in which the reasoning depends on a conditional proposition. It is of two kinds, constructive and destructive. " If A is equal to B, C is equal to D, but A is equal to B, therefore C is equal to D," is constructive. " Îf A is equal to B, C is equal to D, but A is not equal to B, therefore C is not equal to D," is destructive. [s. 216]