Antecedent (logic)

In a statement of type “if A, then B” (subjunction), the term that follows the “if”.

For example:

If it rains [then] the road gets wet.

In this statement, “it rains” is the antecedent and “the road gets wet” is the consequent.

• Condition
• Cause

The term “antecedent”comes from the Latin term “antecedens”, which means “that which precedes”.

• Consequent
• Denying the antecedent
• Subjunction