Venn Diagrams with “Most”: A Natural Logic Approach

Xinwen Liu, Ahti Veikko Pietarinen*

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    Abstract

    This note exposes a little-known fact originally proposed by Nicholas Rescher in 1965, that the generalized second-order quantifier “Most” and the rules governing its behavior can be incorporated into Euler-Venn diagrams with an iconic notion of an arrow and its head and vane extensions and contractions. The objective is then to analyse this work further and to link it with the related but independently developed recent work in the area of natural logic.

    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationDiagrammatic Representation and Inference
    Subtitle of host publication12th International Conference, Diagrams 2021, Virtual, September 28–30, 2021, Proceedings
    EditorsAmrita Basu, Gem Stapleton, Sven Linker, Catherine Legg, Emmanuel Manalo, Petrucio Viana
    PublisherSpringer Cham
    Pages264-268
    Number of pages5
    ISBN (Electronic)9783030860622
    ISBN (Print)9783030860615
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 3 Sept 2021
    Event12th International Conference on the Theory and Application of Diagrams, Diagrams 2021 - Virtual, Online
    Duration: 28 Sept 202130 Sept 2021
    https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-030-86062-2

    Publication series

    NameLecture Notes in Computer Science
    Volume12909
    ISSN (Print)0302-9743
    ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349
    NameLecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence
    NameDiagrams: International Conference on Theory and Application of Diagrams

    Conference

    Conference12th International Conference on the Theory and Application of Diagrams, Diagrams 2021
    CityVirtual, Online
    Period28/09/2130/09/21
    Internet address

    Scopus Subject Areas

    • Theoretical Computer Science
    • Computer Science(all)

    User-Defined Keywords

    • Arrow
    • Most
    • Natural logic
    • Rescher quantifier
    • Venn diagrams

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