CONTRAPOSITION

Etymology

Noun

contraposition (countable and uncountable, plural contrapositions)

(countable, logic) The statement of the form "if not Q then not P", given the statement "if P then Q".

Opposition; contrast.

Source: Wiktionary


Con"tra*po*si"tion, n. Etym: [Pref. contra- + position: cf. f. conterposition.]

1. A placing over against; opposite position. [Obs.] F. Potter.

2. (Logic)

Definition: A so-called immediate inference which consists in denying the original subject of the contradictory predicate; e.g.: Every S is P; therefore, no Not-P is S.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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