A false dilemma is a bad use of excluding possibilities where the "or" claim is false or implausible. Here would be an example of the use of false dilemma...
Jack- "Man, I sure do love eating brownies."
Jill- "You are going to eat all of our brownies! Either make more brownies or eat cookies instead."
Jack- " Umm.. I guess I will make more brownies."
Jill- " Perfect."
Here, Jill is not imagining other possibilities. Jack could have also bought more brownies. In order to avoid false dilemma, you should imagine other possibilities.
Contrapositive The contrapositive of If A, then B is If not B, then not A. So in other words, a contrapositive is re-wording something so that it sounds different but is the same. A contrapositive can sometimes be used to further explain something. For example... If it sunny, then there is practice. But if it is not sunny, then there is no practice.
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