4 Categorical Propositions

4.6 Venn Diagrams and the Traditional Standpoint

Venn Diagrams and the Traditional
Standpoint

Up to now, All S are P looked like this:

Since we are assuming existence in the traditional standpoint,

we will render it thus:S P

S P
 Venn and the Traditional
Standpoint

No S are P now looks like this:

S
Both Boolean and traditional P
standpoints agree about particular
statements, so there is no change to those Venn diagrams.
 Proving the Square with Venn

Use pages 240 & 241 (221 & 222 in 9th ed) to test these inferences; for
class, just consider one pairing: A to O, O to A, then A to O assuming A is
false, then O to A assuming O is false.