Simple conversion

al-ʿaks al-mustawī

العَكْسُ المُسْتَوِي

Simple conversion (ʿaks mustawī) makes the subject of a proposition its predicate and the predicate its subject, keeping its quality and its truth.

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Explanation

A universal negative converts to a universal negative, and a particular affirmative to a particular affirmative.

A universal affirmative converts only to a particular affirmative, and a particular negative has no converse.

Also written as: aks, aks mustawi, conversion.

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