Book Review - Leonard Nelson: A Theory of Philosophical Fallacies (2017), p. 460
by Aberdein, Andrew

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Caption

A hexagon of opposition corresponding to a Nelson diagram

Logic

Aristotelian family

Jacoby-Sesmat-Blanché Sigma-3

Boolean complexity

3

Number of labels per vertex (at most)

1

Uniqueness of the vertices up to logical equivalence

Yes

Errors in the diagram

No

Geometry

Shape

Triangle (regular)

Colinearity range

0

Coplanarity range

0

Cospatiality range

0

Representation of contradiction

By central symmetry

Vertex description

Conceptual info

No

Mnemonic support (AEIO, purpurea ...)

No

Form

rectangular

Label type

symbolic

Symbolic field

logic

Contains partial formulas or symbols

No

Logical system

propositional logic

Edge description

Style

Diagram is colored

Yes

Diagram is embellished

No

Tags

Boolean closed