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This special issue is related to the 6th World Congress on the Square of Opposition which took place at the Orthodox Academy of Crete in November 2018. In this introductory paper we explain the context of the event and the topics discussed.

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Acknowledgements

Thanks to all people who made possible this event on the square in Crete in particular Ioannis Vandoulakis. We received institutional and financial support from the Orthodox Academy of Crete, the University of the Agean, FernUniversität in Hagen (Germany), the Brazilian Research Council (CNPq).

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  1. UFRJ - University of Brazil, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

    Jean-Yves Beziau

  2. CNPq - Brazilian Research Council, Brasília, Brazil

    Jean-Yves Beziau

  3. ABF - Brazilian Academy of Philosophy, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

    Jean-Yves Beziau

  4. University of Hagen, Hagen, Germany

    Jens Lemanski

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Beziau, JY., Lemanski, J. The Cretan Square. Log. Univers. 14, 1–5 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11787-020-00247-0

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