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Extended Gergonne Syllogisms

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Syllogisms with or without negative terms are studied by using Gergonne’s ideas. Soundness, completeness, and decidability results are given.

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  1. Department of Philosophy, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, 80523, U.S.A

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Johnson, F. Extended Gergonne Syllogisms. Journal of Philosophical Logic 26, 553–567 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1004225124213

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