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Leonardi.DB
a logical geometry project

The Modal Logic of John Fabri of Valenciennes (c. 1500). A Study in Token-Based Semantics (2022), p. 80
by Geudens, Christophe; Demey, Lorenz

Caption

Fabri’s account of modal opposition visualized

Logic

Aristotelian family
Buridan Sigma-4
Boolean complexity
6
Number of labels per vertex (at most)
1
Uniqueness of the vertices up to logical equivalence
Yes
Errors in the diagram
No

Geometry

Shape
Rectangle (irregular)
Colinearity range
0–2
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
symbolic
Symbolic field
logic
Contains partial formulas or symbols
No
Logical system
modal syllogistics

Edge description

Contains definitions of relations
No
Form
solid lines
,
none
,
dashed lines
Has arrowheads
Yes
Overlap
No
Curved
No
Hooked
No
As wide as vertices
No
Contains text
No
Label type
none

Style

Diagram is colored
No
Diagram is embellished
No
Tags
Leuven

Additional notes

$\dag$ stands for 'possible'
$*$ stands for 'necessary'
§ stands for 'impossible'
$\sim$ stands for 'not'
$\mapsto$ stands for 'is included in'
$\smile$ stands for 'overlaps with'
underlining stands for existential import

(Cf. p. 7.)
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