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| Title: |
Peirce's graphs amended |
| Author: |
Slater, B. H. |
| Appeared in: |
History and philosophy of logic |
| Paging: | Volume 19 (1998) nr. 2 pages 101-106 |
| Year: |
1998 |
| Contents: |
One of the claims made for C. S. Peirce's existential graphs has been that they are a deductively complete formulation of first-order logic with identity. As Peirce presented them, this is true only for certain versions of first-order logic :those which do not include terms for individuals. I amend Peirce's rules here, showing, in particular, how they are capable of demonstrating that, for instance, 'Jack is in the kitchen' contradicts 'Jack is not in the kitchen' |
| Publisher: |
Taylor & Francis |
| Source file: |
Elektronische Wetenschappelijke Tijdschriften |
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