the same meaning but of different quantity or quality or both 1 2 3 4 1 Changing the quality of the subject and predicate without changing the quantity and meaning
Applicable to all propositions: A, E, I, O
Obvertend Obverse 1) Change the QUALITY of the given proposition 2) Change the PREDICATE into its contradictory (immediately opposed contrary) term 3) Retain the subject and quantity of the given proposition All philosophers are rational.
1 No philosophers are rational.
2 No philosophers are non-rational.
No philosophers are non-rational.
Not all teachers in MCL are females. Some animals are endangered species. Not all birds have feathers. Every lecture is helpful to students. Some papers are not colored. No bag is a wallet. All papers are yellow. 2 Transforming the position of the subject and predicate Two types: Simple Conversion Accidental Conversion Convertend Converse Only applicable to I-prop and E-prop 1) Transpose the subject and the predicate 2) Retain the subject and quantity of the given proposition No dog is a cat.
No cat is a dog.
Some philosophers are rational.
Some rational thinkers are
philosophers. Some teachers are males. No man is a woman.
Some animals are mammals.
No black is white.
Some adults are vegetarians.
Some milk are pure.
Only applicable to A-prop **this is a conversion from A to I 1) Transpose the subject and the predicate 2) Change the quantity from universal to particular 3) Retain the affirmative quality All bananas are fruits.
Some fruits are bananas.
All infants are sensitive beings. All teachers are persons devoted to their work. All computers are expensive gadgets. All buildings are tall. All diamonds are expensive. All polygons are squares. 3 A combination of obversion and conversion Two types: Partial Full An I-prop has no partial contraposition Contraponend Contraposit Obversion then conversion 1) Obvert the given proposition 2) Convert the obverse of the given proposition All philosophers are rational.
1.1 No philosophers are rational.
1.2 No philosophers are non rational (irrational).
1 No philosophers are irrational.
2 No irrational thinkers are
philosophers. No male is a nun. All men are priests. All Christians are theists. No college students are illiterate. Some Filipinos are not wealthy individuals. To get the full contraposition, obvert the partial contraposit of the given proposition 1) Obvert the given proposition 2) Convert the obverse of the given proposition 3) Obvert the converse of the obverse of the given proposition All birds are animals.
1 No birds are non-animals.
2 No non-animals are birds.
3 All non-animals are non-birds.
Every diagram is a visual aid. Not all MCL students reside in Cabuyao.
All politicans are corrupt officials.
Some lawyers are not honest professionals. All artists are nature lovers. 4 Process of getting the equivalent proposition wherein the given proposition undergoes a series of obversions and conversion Two types: Simple Complete Invertend Inverse Process of inferring a new proposition: the subject is the contradictory
1) Change the SUBJECT of the original
proposition to its contradictory 2) Change the UNIVERSAL to PARTICULAR 3) Change the quality 4) Retain the original predicate All priests are males.
1 All non-priests are males.
2 Some non-priests are males.
3 Some non-priests are not males.
No male is a nun. No wives are single. No college students are illiterate. All Christians are theists. Process of inferring a new proposition: the subject and predicate are the contradictory 1) Change the SUBJECT and PREDICATE of the original proposition to its contradictory 2) Change the quantity from UNIVERSAL to PARTICULAR 3) Retain the quality No books are pens.
1 No non-books are non-pens.
2 Some non-books are not non-pens.
All Muslims are non-Christians. All books are readable. No person is immortal. All gifts are wrapped.