• (n.) The act of turning toward or downward. • (n.) 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.`
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in syllogistic, or traditional, logic, transformation of a categorical proposition (q.v.), or statement, into a new proposition in which (1) the ... [2 related articles]
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Ob·ver'sion noun [ Latin
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 imm...
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See Logic, formal, § 4.
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