Existential Graphs

Keyword: Existential Graphs


Article in Journal | Posted 21/01/2015
Sun-Joo, Shin (1999). Reconstituting Beta Graphs into an Efficacious System
Logicians have strongly preferred first-order natural deductive systems over Peirce's Beta Graphs even though both are equivalent to each other. One of the main reasons for this preference, I...
Efficacy, Existential Graphs, Natural deductive system, Naturalness, Transformation rules, Visual features, Visual intuitiveness
Article in Journal | Posted 22/11/2014
He, Chuansheng (2013). E-type Interpretation without E-type Pronoun: How Peirce’s Graphs Capture the Uniqueness Implication of Donkey Pronouns in Discourse Anaphora
In this essay, we propose that Peirce’s Existential Graphs can derive the desired uniqueness implication (or in a weaker claim, the definite description readings) of donkey pronouns in conjunctive...
Donkey Pronouns, Bound variable, Uniqueness, Definite descriptions, Existential Graphs, Transformation rules