We certainly do not want to take our simple categorical statements and contrapose them into cumbersome natural language.
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Contrapose
Synonyms for "contrapose" (34 found)
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Russian
3 entries- приводить в качестве контрпримера verb ((logic) To place in contraposition)
- противопоставить verb ((logic) To place in contraposition)
- противопоставлять verb ((logic) To place in contraposition)
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To contrapose an argument one swaps the conclusion with any one of the premisses and negates each of the swapped statements.
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But subjunctive conditionals do not contrapose, and we are misled into accepting a sensitivity condition by confusing it with a safety condition.
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At such moments, King was contraposed against the more frightening threat, his symbolism making the radicalism of the other party all the more apparent.
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