INSTRUCTIONS: In each problem below you are given a statement, its truth value in parentheses, and a new statement. You must determine how the new statement is related to the given statement and determine the truth value of the new statement. Adopt the Aristotelian standpoint and assume that 'A' and 'B' denote things that actually exist. No A are non-B. (T) No B are non-A
A) Contraposition. (T)
B) Obversion. (T)
C) Contraposition. (Und.)
D) Conversion. (T)
E) Conversion. (Und.)
C
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