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Leonardi.DB
a logical geometry project

Teaching Legal Theory with Venn Diagrams (1998), p. 168
by Burgess-Jackson, Keith

Logic

Aristotelian family
Classical Sigma-2
Boolean complexity
3
Number of labels per vertex (at most)
2
Equivalence between (some) labels of the same vertex
No
Analogy between (some) labels of the same vertex
No
Uniqueness of the vertices up to logical equivalence
Yes
Errors in the diagram
No

Geometry

Shape
Square (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
none
Label type
iconic
,
philosophical theories

Edge description

Contains definitions of relations
No
Form
solid lines
Has arrowheads
No
Overlap
No
Curved
No
Hooked
No
As wide as vertices
No
Contains text
Yes
Label type
linguistic
Language
English
Contains partial sentences or single words
Yes
Contain abbreviations
No

Style

Diagram is colored
No
Diagram is embellished
No

Additional notes

Different positions from philosophy of law:

NL = natural law
PP = positive positivism
NP = negative positivism
SP = soft positivism (Hart)
D = Dworkin

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