A Diagrammatic Calculus of Syllogisms
Journal of Logic, Language and Information 21 (3):347-364 (2012)
| Abstract | A diagrammatic logical calculus for the syllogistic reasoning is introduced and discussed. We prove that a syllogism is valid if and only if it is provable in the calculus. | |||||||||
| Keywords | Syllogism Venn-Peirce diagram Syllogistic diagram | |||||||||
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