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Question

Modus Tollens - Is modus tollens fallacious?

Answer

"If P, then Q is highly unlikely" is the premise of probabilistic modus tollens, a variant of modus tollens. Hence, P is quite improbable (Q). In his analysis of the design argument, Elliott Sober noted that this form is erroneous.