Why the Hexagon of Opposition is Really a Triangle: Logical Structures as Geometric Shapes (2024), p. 116
by Milstein, Ori

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Caption

The general rule of the triangle of opposition: exactly one wall is true; the opposite corner to it is false

Logic

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1

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No

Geometry

Shape

Triangle (regular)

Colinearity range

0

Coplanarity range

0

Cospatiality range

0

Representation of contradiction

By central symmetry

Vertex description

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No

Mnemonic support (AEIO, purpurea ...)

Yes

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symbolic

Symbolic field

logic

Contains partial formulas or symbols

Yes

Logical system

syllogistics

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Contains definitions of relations

No

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solid lines

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No

Overlap

No

Curved

No

Hooked

No

As wide as vertices

No

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Diagram is colored

Yes

Diagram is embellished

No