contrapositive
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The proof of part ii. is the contrapositive of part i.
From Textbooks • Mar. 30, 2016
He has a wife and kids at home," says twin Nicole, who then states the contrapositive of the real lesson of reality programming: "Celebs like him are just average normal people.
From Time Magazine Archive
As before, the conclusion in the constructive type resolves itself into the subalternate of the major itself, and in the destructive type into the subalternate of its contrapositive.
From Deductive Logic by Stock, St. George William Joseph
The positive and the contrapositive are of the same kind.
From Logic, Inductive and Deductive by Minto, William
Prove indirectly the truth of the contrapositive of 'All A is B.' 4.
From Deductive Logic by Stock, St. George William Joseph
