A similar thing happened with the principle of obversion. From Wordnik.com. [The Traditional Square of Opposition] Reference
These are the theory of the syllogism and the doctrines of contraposition and obversion. From Wordnik.com. [The Traditional Square of Opposition] Reference
Take any universal affirmative proposition; convert it by obversion. From Wordnik.com. [Logic Deductive and Inductive] Reference
Thus, by obversion, each of the four propositions retains its quantity but changes its quality: A. to E. From Wordnik.com. [Logic Deductive and Inductive] Reference
Contraposition needs no justification by the Laws of Thought, as it is nothing but a compounding of conversion with obversion, both of which processes have already been justified. From Wordnik.com. [Logic Deductive and Inductive] Reference
Again, having obtained the obverse of a given proposition, it may be desirable to recover the obvertend; or it may at any time be requisite to change a given infinite proposition into the corresponding direct affirmative or negative; and in such cases the process is still obversion. From Wordnik.com. [Logic Deductive and Inductive] Reference
By obversion. From Wordnik.com. [The Traditional Square of Opposition] Reference
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