Meaning of CONTRAPOSITION
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 Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Con"tra*po*si"tion\, n. [Pref. contra- +
position: cf. f. conterposition.]
1. A placing over against; opposite position. [Obs.] --F.
Potter.
2. (Logic) 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.
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