Negative terms in euler diagrams: Peirce’s solution

Amirouche Moktefi; Ahti Veikko Pietarinen

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-42333-3_25

Negative terms in euler diagrams: Peirce’s solution

Amirouche Moktefi^*, Ahti Veikko Pietarinen

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Department of Religion and Philosophy

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Abstract

We commonly represent a class with a curve enclosing individuals that share an attribute. Individuals that are not predicated with that attribute are left outside. The status of this outer class has long been a matter of dispute in logic. In modern notations, negative terms are simply expressed by labeling the spaces that they cover. In this note, we discuss an unusual (and previously unpublished) method designed by Peirce in 1896 to handle negative terms: to indicate the position of the terms by the shape of the curve rather than by labeling the spaces.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Diagrammatic Representation and Inference
Subtitle of host publication	9th International Conference, Diagrams 2016, Philadelphia, PA, USA, August 7-10, 2016, Proceedings
Editors	Mateja Jamnik, Yuri Uesaka, Stephanie Elzer Schwartz
Publisher	Springer Cham
Pages	286-288
Number of pages	3
Edition	1st
ISBN (Electronic)	9783319423333
ISBN (Print)	9783319423326
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-42333-3_25
Publication status	Published - 26 Jul 2016
Event	9th International Conference on the Theory and Applications of Diagrams, Diagrams 2016 - Philadelphia, United States Duration: 7 Aug 2016 → 10 Aug 2016 https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-319-42333-3

Publication series

Name	Lecture Notes in Computer Science
Volume	9781
ISSN (Print)	0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)	1611-3349

Name	Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence

Name	Diagrams: International Conference on Theory and Application of Diagrams

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Conference	9th International Conference on the Theory and Applications of Diagrams, Diagrams 2016
Country/Territory	United States
City	Philadelphia
Period	7/08/16 → 10/08/16
Internet address	https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-319-42333-3

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Theoretical Computer Science
Computer Science(all)

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Charles S. Peirce
Euler diagram
Negative term
Syllogism

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Moktefi, A., & Pietarinen, A. V. (2016). Negative terms in euler diagrams: Peirce’s solution. In M. Jamnik, Y. Uesaka, & S. E. Schwartz (Eds.), Diagrammatic Representation and Inference: 9th International Conference, Diagrams 2016, Philadelphia, PA, USA, August 7-10, 2016, Proceedings (1st ed., pp. 286-288). (Lecture Notes in Computer Science; Vol. 9781), (Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence), (Diagrams: International Conference on Theory and Application of Diagrams). Springer Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-42333-3_25

Moktefi, Amirouche ; Pietarinen, Ahti Veikko. / Negative terms in euler diagrams : Peirce’s solution. Diagrammatic Representation and Inference: 9th International Conference, Diagrams 2016, Philadelphia, PA, USA, August 7-10, 2016, Proceedings. editor / Mateja Jamnik ; Yuri Uesaka ; Stephanie Elzer Schwartz. 1st. ed. Springer Cham, 2016. pp. 286-288 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science). (Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence). (Diagrams: International Conference on Theory and Application of Diagrams).

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Moktefi, A & Pietarinen, AV 2016, Negative terms in euler diagrams: Peirce’s solution. in M Jamnik, Y Uesaka & SE Schwartz (eds), Diagrammatic Representation and Inference: 9th International Conference, Diagrams 2016, Philadelphia, PA, USA, August 7-10, 2016, Proceedings. 1st edn, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol. 9781, Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence, Diagrams: International Conference on Theory and Application of Diagrams, Springer Cham, pp. 286-288, 9th International Conference on the Theory and Applications of Diagrams, Diagrams 2016, Philadelphia, United States, 7/08/16. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-42333-3_25

Negative terms in euler diagrams : Peirce’s solution. / Moktefi, Amirouche; Pietarinen, Ahti Veikko.

Diagrammatic Representation and Inference: 9th International Conference, Diagrams 2016, Philadelphia, PA, USA, August 7-10, 2016, Proceedings. ed. / Mateja Jamnik; Yuri Uesaka; Stephanie Elzer Schwartz. 1st. ed. Springer Cham, 2016. p. 286-288 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science; Vol. 9781), (Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence), (Diagrams: International Conference on Theory and Application of Diagrams).

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Moktefi A, Pietarinen AV. Negative terms in euler diagrams: Peirce’s solution. In Jamnik M, Uesaka Y, Schwartz SE, editors, Diagrammatic Representation and Inference: 9th International Conference, Diagrams 2016, Philadelphia, PA, USA, August 7-10, 2016, Proceedings. 1st ed. Springer Cham. 2016. p. 286-288. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science). (Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence). (Diagrams: International Conference on Theory and Application of Diagrams). doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-42333-3_25

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