Graphical notations for syllogisms: How alternative representations impact the accessibility of concepts ?
Category Pattern Diagrams constitutes a novel diagrammatic notation for syllogisms. CPDs use spatial location, linear ordering and properties of graphical objects to encode syllogisms. CPDs are compared to verbal propositions, Euler diagrams, Venn diagrams and Englebretsen's Linear diagrams. The semantic transparency of the five notations varies substantially. CPDs were created using the Representational Epistemic approach to notational system design.
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