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Existential graph

An existential graph is a type of diagrammatic or visual notation for logical expressions, created by Charles Sanders Peirce, who wrote on graphical logic as early as 1882, and continued to develop the method until his death in 1914. They include both a separate graphical notation for logical statements and a logical calculus, a formal system of rules of…

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Existential graph

Nodes68
Edges67
Triples234
Avg. degree1.97
Density0.029412
Components1

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related to Primary literature · 83
Existential graph → Alfred Mudge, An Improvement, Apology For Pragmaticism, April Meeting, Baldwin's Dictionary, Baldwin's DPP2, Book II, Book III, Boston, Cambridge, Certain Topics, Ch, Charles Sanders Peirce, Christine Ladd-Franklin, Classics, Corrections, Curiosity, Currently, Eprint, Euler's Diagrams
related to Secondary literature · 67
Existential graph → American Journal, Amherst MA, An, An Introduction, Archived, Article, Boston MA, Chicago, Continuity, Diagrammatical Reasoning, Docent Press, Don, Elements, Eric, Existential Graphs, Fernando, Frederik, Hammer, Implicit Quantification, ISBN
related to External links · 47
Existential graph → Alpha, An, Archived, Beijing, Bram, Chinese Academy, Christian, Cognitive Science, Contexts, Dau, Dept, Eric Hammer, Existential, Existential Graphs, Facts, Foundations, Frithjof, Gottschall, Institute, Java
related to background · 17
Existential graph → After, Although, Don, Entitative Graphs, Existential Graphs, From, Hence, However, In, Jay Zeman, John, Peirce, Peirce's, Roberts, Sowa, This, Thus
related to Peirce's role · 17
Existential graph → American Journal, Begriffsschrift, Boolean, But Peirce's, De Morgan's, Euler's, Frege's, He, His, In, Mathematics, Model, Peirce, Peirce's, Principia Mathematica, The, Venn's
related to The graphs · 2
Existential graph → Boolean, Peirce
is a · 1
Existential graph → type of diagrammatic or visual notation for logical expressions

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Existential graphrelated to backgroundPeirce0.60section
Existential graphrelated to backgroundIn0.60section
Existential graphrelated to backgroundThus0.60section
Existential graphrelated to backgroundAfter0.60section
Existential graphrelated to backgroundEntitative Graphs0.60section
Existential graphrelated to backgroundExistential Graphs0.60section
Existential graphrelated to backgroundAlthough0.60section
Existential graphrelated to backgroundThis0.60section
Existential graphrelated to backgroundHence0.60section
Existential graphrelated to backgroundFrom0.60section
Existential graphrelated to backgroundDon0.60section

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