Equivalence of Syllogisms
Richman, Fred
Notre Dame J. Formal Logic, Tome 45 (2004) no. 1, p. 215-233 / Harvested from Project Euclid
We consider two categorical syllogisms, valid or invalid, to be equivalent if they can be transformed into each other by certain transformations, going back to Aristotle, that preserve validity. It is shown that two syllogisms are equivalent if and only if they have the same models. Counts are obtained for the number of syllogisms in each equivalence class. For a more natural development, using group-theoretic methods, the space of syllogisms is enlarged to include nonstandard syllogisms, and various groups of transformations on that space are studied.
Publié le : 2004-10-14
Classification:  categorical syllogism,  03B99
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Richman, Fred. Equivalence of Syllogisms. Notre Dame J. Formal Logic, Tome 45 (2004) no. 1, pp.  215-233. http://gdmltest.u-ga.fr/item/1099238446/