hipotéticos

Hipotéticos is the masculine plural form of the adjective hipotético in Spanish, used to describe things that exist only as suppositions, conjectures, or imagined scenarios. It can refer to propositions, questions, or situations treated as potential but unverified. The feminine plural form is hipotéticas, used with feminine nouns.

Etymology and usage context: The term comes from Latin hypotheticus, from the Greek hypothetikos, formed with hypo- “under” and tithein “to place or set.” In philosophy, logic, science, and everyday language, hipotéticos designates statements, cases, or scenarios considered for the purpose of analysis or testing, rather than as established facts.

In logic and reasoning, hipotéticos frequently appear in discussions of conditional structures. A hypothetical proposition typically expresses a condition and its consequence, such as “If A happens, then B follows.” In classical syllogistic, there are forms such as silogismos hipotéticos, which derive conclusions from conditional premises. In broader discourse, hipotéticos also refers to hypothetical scenarios used to explore outcomes, ethics, or consequences without asserting their real occurrence.

Related concepts include hipótesis (hypothesis), escenários hipotéticos (hypothetical scenarios), and condiciones hipotéticas (hypothetical conditions). The term is common in academic writing as well as in everyday language when distinguishing between what is assumed for argument or testing and what is known to be true.