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A diagrammatic calculus of syllogisms

Logic 2013-03-01 v3 Category Theory

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.

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@article{arxiv.1001.1707,
  title  = {A diagrammatic calculus of syllogisms},
  author = {Ruggero Pagnan},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1001.1707},
  year   = {2013}
}