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
This appearance arises from mentally reading the E as an A proposition: but, if it were so taken, the result would be its contrapositive, and not its converse by negation.
From Deductive Logic by Stock, St. George William Joseph
It is always by means of some contrapositive that we make the object of our thoughts definite; it is not necessarily always the same opposite, but against whatever opposite it is, they are always homogeneous.
From Logic, Inductive and Deductive by Minto, William
