·-----------------------------------------------------·
| | ·-------· | | ·-------· |
| | | (.) | | | |( )|( )| |
| Some x exist | |---|---| | No x exist | |---|---| |
| | | | | | | | | | |
| | ·-------· | | ·-------· |
|---------------|-----------|-------------|-----------|
| | ·-------· | | ·-------· |
| | | | | | | | | | |
| Some x' exist | |---|---| | No x' exist | |---|---| |
| | | (.) | | | |( )|( )| |
| | ·-------· | | ·-------· |
|---------------|-----------|-------------|-----------|
| | ·-------· | | ·-------· |
| | | | | | | |( )| | |
| Some y exist | |(.)|---| | No y exist | |---|---| |
| | | | | | | |( )| | |
| | ·-------· | | ·-------· |
|---------------|-----------|-------------|-----------|
| | ·-------· | | ·-------· |
| | | | | | | | |( )| |
| Some y' exist | |---|(.)| | No y' exist | |---|---| |
| | | | | | | | |( )| |
| | ·-------· | | ·-------· |
·-----------------------------------------------------·
Similarly we may represent the seven similar Propositions "All x are
y'", "All x' are y", "All x' are y'", "All y are x", "All y are x'",
"All y' are x", and "All y' are x'".
Let us take, lastly, the Double Proposition "Some x are y and some are
y'", each part of which we already know how to represent.
·-------·
|(.)|(.)|
|---|---|
| | |
·-------·
Similarly we may represent the three similar Propositions, "Some x' are
y and some are y'", "Some y are x and some are x'", "Some y' are x and
some are x'".
The Reader should now get his genial friend to question him, severely,
on these two Tables. The _Inquisitor_ should have the Tables before him:
but the _Victim_ should have nothing but a blank Diagram, and the
Counters with which he is to represent the various Propositions named by
his friend, e.g. "Some y exist", "No y' are x", "All x are y", &c. &c.
pg035
TABLE III.
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