Oppositions and Opposites (2012), p. 149
by Schang, Fabien

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Caption

The two logical triangles and in Blanché’s logical hexagon

Logic

Aristotelian family

Jacoby-Sesmat-Blanché Sigma-3

Boolean complexity

3

Number of labels per vertex (at most)

2

Equivalence between (some) labels of the same vertex

No

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

Hexagon (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

modal syllogistics

,

syllogistics

Edge description

Style

Diagram is colored

No

Diagram is embellished

No

Tags

Boolean closed