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a logical geometry project

Metalogic, Metalanguage and Logical Geometry (2019), p. 465
by Demey, Lorenz

Caption

(a) Square of opposition and (b) JSB hexagon for the natural language quantifiers.

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
Hexagon (irregular)
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
linguistic
Language
English
Lexical field
syllogistics
Contains partial sentences or single words
Yes
Contains abbreviations
No

Edge description

Style

Diagram is colored
No
Diagram is embellished
No
Tags
Boolean closed
;
Leuven
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