contrapositive

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the inverse of the converse of a given proposition
If p and q are two logical propositions, then the contrapositive of the proposition (p IMPLIES q) is the proposition ((NOT q) IMPLIES (NOT p) ) The contrapositive is logically equivalent to the original proposition
A claim formed by switching the subject and predicate terms of a categorical claim, and replacing both by their complementary terms A- and O-claims are equivalent to their contrapositives
A type of conditional statement; if a conditional is p ® q, then its contrapositive is ~q ® ~p
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