contraposition
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A still more complex form of immediate inference is known as Conversion by Contraposition.
From Deductive Logic by Stock, St. George William Joseph
Contraposition may also be applied to the E proposition by the use of conversion per accidens in the place of simple conversion.
From Deductive Logic by Stock, St. George William Joseph
Thus in Obversion and Conversion by Contraposition, the homogeneity of the negative term is tacitly assumed; it is assumed that A and not-A are of the same kind.
From Logic, Inductive and Deductive by Minto, William
Except Obversion, Conversion and Contraposition, it has not been usual to bestow special names on these processes or their results.
From Logic Deductive and Inductive by Read, Carveth
In this it differs from Obversion, Conversion, and Contraposition, each of which stands for one process.
From Logic Deductive and Inductive by Read, Carveth
