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Obversion
Obversion Ob*ver"sion, n. [L. obversio a turning towards.]
1. The act of turning toward or downward.
2. (Logic) The act of immediate inference, by which we deny
the opposite of anything which has been affirmed; as, all
men are mortal; then, by obversion, no men are immortal.
This is also described as ``immediate inference by
privative conception.' --Bain.
Meaning of Obversion from wikipedia
- In
traditional logic,
obversion is a "type of
immediate inference in
which from a
given proposition another proposition is
inferred whose subject is the...
- The
obverse and
reverse are the two flat
faces of
coins and some
other two-sided objects,
including paper money, flags, seals, medals, drawings, old master...
- forms.
Obversion changes the
quality (that is the
affirmativity or negativity) of the
statement and the
predicate term. For example, by
obversion, a universal...
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propositions through contraposition and
obversion, a
series of
immediate inferences where the rule of
obversion is
first applied to the
original categorical...
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until 1937, when a wren was introduced. As with all
British coins, the
obverse bore the
image of the
reigning monarch. The ****hing
ceased to be legal...
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Obverse Books is a
British publisher initially known for
publishing books relating to the
character Iris Wildthyme, and
currently for the
Black Archive...
- the
third president of the
United States (1801–1809), is
featured on the
obverse of the note. The
reverse features an
engraving of John Trumbull's painting...
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Inventor and U.S.
Founding Father Benjamin Franklin has been
featured on the
obverse of the bill
since 1914,
which now also
contains stylized images of the...
- "immortal" in the
first premise using the
immediate inference known as
obversion (that is, the
statement "No
humans are immortal." is
equivalent to the...
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Denarius from 44 BC,
showing Julius Caesar on the
obverse and the
goddess Venus on the
reverse of the coin. Caption:
CAESAR IMP. M. / L.
AEMILIVS BVCA...
