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Leonardi.DB
a logical geometry project

The development of logic in the twelfth century (2010), p. 135
by Martin, Christopher J.

Caption

Rectangle of opposition.

Logic

Aristotelian family
Non-Sigma
Boolean complexity
4
Number of labels per vertex (at most)
2
Equivalence between (some) labels of the same vertex
Yes
Analogy between (some) labels of the same vertex
No
Uniqueness of the vertices up to logical equivalence
Yes
Errors in the diagram
No

Geometry

Shape
Rectangle (irregular)
Colinearity range
0–1
Coplanarity range
0
Cospatiality range
0
Representation of contradiction
N.A.

Vertex description

Conceptual info
Yes
Mnemonic support (AEIO, purpurea ...)
No
Form
none
Label type
linguistic
Language
English
Lexical field
syllogistics
Contains partial sentences or single words
No
Contains abbreviations
Yes

Edge description

Contains definitions of relations
No
Form
solid lines
,
none
Has arrowheads
No
Overlap
No
Curved
No
Hooked
No
As wide as vertices
No
Contains text
Yes
Label type
linguistic
,
none
Language
English
Contains partial sentences or single words
Yes
Contain abbreviations
No

Style

Diagram is colored
No
Diagram is embellished
No
Tags
existential import

Additional notes

The negation closure of this diagram is a Buridan sigma-4.
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