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Re: opposite vs negation

Subject: Re: opposite vs negation
From: Bob Kolker
Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2006 14:54:20 -0500
Newsgroups: sci.math
slifedt wrote:

I am confused about this--

What is opposite of "All"  ?   Is it "None" ? or  is it "Some" ?
In other words, is Opposite the same as Negation ?

~(x).P(x) == Ex.~P(x)

Opposite in this context means the same as negation.

Or you can use the classical Aristotelean square of opposition.

Bob Kolker


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