Re: An argument against modus ponens

OP wrote:
John Jones wrote:
Modus Ponens:
If P, then Q.
P. Therefore, Q.

The "If" announces a truth value. So "if P" requires the consideration of another element or object through which a truth value may be ascertained.

Why does "if P" require the consideration of another element or object through which a truth value may be ascertained?

"If P" does not mean this: P may be presented or may not be presented.
Rather, "If P" requires us to consider the non-representation of P as an element.

So if "if P" turns out for P (P is true), and not for the other, unnamed element (R, as I term it) we still need to entertain the idea of that element (R) which P is not if we want to retain the ontological significance of "if" statements.

"If P" then, says P, R. In fact, simply "if" says P, R.
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