Peirce's diagrammatic logic in IF perspective

Ahti Veikko Pietarinen*

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    Abstract

    This paper presents a topological and game-theoretic extension of the system of Existential Graphs (EG). EGs were Charles S. Peirce's diagrammatic and iconic approach to logic. By scribing the graphs on assertion spaces of higher dimensions, this extension provides the precise iconic counterpart to the Independence-Friendly (IF) restatement of first-order logic suggested by Hintikka. Consequently, the IF extension completes the project that Peirce initiated: it breaks off from the linear confines of language by diagrams that extend to three dimensions, which Peirce predicted to be necessary and sufficient for the expression of all assertions. Apart from improved ways of performing conceptual modelling on natural-language expressions, this extension reveals the true proportions of Peirce's sign- and model-theoretic thinking in plunging into the notions of identity, negation, continuity and quantification.

    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationDiagrammatic Representation and Inference
    Subtitle of host publicationThird International Conference, Diagrams 2004, Cambridge, UK, March 22-24, 2004, Proceedings
    EditorsAlan F. Blackwell, Kim Marriott, Atsushi Shimojima
    PublisherSpringer Berlin Heidelberg
    Pages97-111
    Number of pages15
    Edition1st
    ISBN (Electronic)9783540259312
    ISBN (Print)354021268X, 9783540212683
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 12 Mar 2004
    Event3rd International Conference on Diagrammatic Representation and Inference, Diagrams 2004 - Cambridge, United Kingdom
    Duration: 22 Mar 200424 Mar 2004
    https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/b95854

    Publication series

    NameLecture Notes in Computer Science
    Volume2980
    ISSN (Print)0302-9743
    ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349
    NameLecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence
    NameDiagrams: International Conference on Theory and Application of Diagrams

    Conference

    Conference3rd International Conference on Diagrammatic Representation and Inference, Diagrams 2004
    Country/TerritoryUnited Kingdom
    CityCambridge
    Period22/03/0424/03/04
    Internet address

    Scopus Subject Areas

    • Theoretical Computer Science
    • General Computer Science

    User-Defined Keywords

    • Imperfect Information
    • Semantic Game
    • Predicate Term
    • Donkey Anaphora
    • Atomic Graph

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