The Roots of (Scalar) Implicature (2014), p. 21
by Horn, Laurence

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Caption

Jespersen's three-sided square (a.k.a. tripartition) of opposition

Logic

Aristotelian family

Classical Sigma-2

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

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 ...)

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

Additional notes

The current annotation focuses on the square 'in the foreground'. The annotation for the triangle 'in the background' can be found here.