"He who thinks is. The contrapositive thereof is: he who is not does not think. But does the converse of this hold as well: that he who does not think is not?" "That rock over there does not think, and yet it is."
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Contrapositive
Synonyms for "contrapositive" (33 found)
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3 entriesTranslations
5 translations across 5 languages.
Finnish
1 entries- kontrapositio noun (the inverse of the converse of a given proposition)
German
1 entries- Kontraposition noun (the inverse of the converse of a given proposition)
Icelandic
1 entries- mótskilyrðing noun (the inverse of the converse of a given proposition)
Japanese
1 entries- 対偶 noun (the inverse of the converse of a given proposition)
Spanish
1 entries- contraposición noun (the inverse of the converse of a given proposition)
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The contrapositive of a true statement is true.
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