Between Square and Hexagon in Oresme's Livre du Ciel et du Monde (2020), p. 38
by Demey, Lorenz

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Caption

(a) Abstract square of opposition; (b) the lexicalized part of the square.

Logic

Aristotelian family

Non-Sigma

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 (irregular)

Colinearity range

0

Coplanarity range

0

Cospatiality range

0

Representation of contradiction

N.A.

Vertex description

Conceptual info

No

Mnemonic support (AEIO, purpurea ...)

Yes

Form

none

Label type

symbolic

Symbolic field

logic

Contains partial formulas or symbols

Yes

Logical system

syllogistics

Edge description

Style

Diagram is colored

No

Diagram is embellished

No

Tags

Leuven

Additional notes

The negation closure of this diagram is a classical sigma-2.