CONTRAPOSITION
CONTRAPOSITION
ON
•Is a combination of obversion
and conversion. It has an
interchange of predicate.
Given – (A)
All doctors are
trained to cure.
Step 1
Obversion –
No doctors are non-
trained to cure.
Step 2
Conversion-
No non-trained to
cure are doctors.
Given – (E)
No dead is
capable of tales.
Step 1
(Obversion) –
All dead are non-
capable of tales.
Step 2
Conversion-
Some non-capable
of tales are dead.
Given – (O)
Some soldiers
are not-brave.
Step 1
Obversion-
Some soldiers are
non-brave.
Step 2
Conversion-
Some non-brave are
soldiers.
REMINDER
“I” proposition cannot be
contraposed if an “I” proposition is
obverted (Step 1), it becomes an
“O” proposition which cannot be
converted (Step 2)
2. COMPLETE
CONTRAPOSIT
ION
RULES OF COMPLETE
CONTRAPOSITION:
a.Obvert the given.
b.Convert the obverse.
c.Obvert the converse.
Given – (A)
All law
implementers are
law-abiding
Step 1
(Obversion)-
All law implementers
are not non-law abiding
Step 2
Conversion-
All non-law abiding are
not law implementers
Step 3
Obversion-
All non-law abiding are
non-law implementers.
Given - E
No millionaires
are hungry.
Step 1
Obversion-
All millionaires are
non-hungry.
Step 2
Many politicians
do not deserve
respect