That appears to utilize the same same logic that the CONTAPOSITIVE syllogism does. As in:
If you are in the Obama administration, then you are a liar.
You are not a liar.
Therefore, you are not in the Obama administration.
Is that correct?
Yes, that is the contrapositive. That’s the term I learned for it.
Yep, that’s it. I haven’t heard the term “contrapositive” used before, but a quick search led me to this:
“The inference rule modus tollens, also known as the law of contrapositive, validates the inference from P implies Q and the contradictory of Q, to the contradictory of P.”
Studying under Peikoff.
Envious.