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
But take the obverse of the contrapositive of both premises: All m is p; All m is s: ∴ Some s is p.
From Logic Deductive and Inductive by Carveth Read
The positive and the contrapositive are of the same kind.
From Logic, Inductive and Deductive by William Minto
Under the same law, we know that he has a homogeneous contrapositive of the subject, a subject that admits of the same predicate, some other book in short.
From Logic, Inductive and Deductive by William Minto
