logical geometry

published papers

papers

Demey, Lorenz & Stef Frijters (2023).
'Logic-Sensitivity and Bitstring Semantics in the Square of Opposition'. Forthcoming in Journal of Philosophical Logic. 22 pp.
Preprint soon available online.
Frijters, Stef & Lorenz Demey (2023).
'The Modal Logic of Aristotelian Diagrams'. Axioms 12/5, 471. 26 pp.
paper available in PDF format (open access) from MDPI.
Roelandt, Koen & Hans Smessaert (2023).
'Aristotelian Fragments and Subdiagrams for the Boolean Algebra B5'. Axioms 12/6, 604. 16 pp.
paper available in PDF format (open access) from MDPI.
Smessaert, Hans & Lorenz Demey (2023).
'Aristotelian Diagrams for the Proportional Quantifier 'Most''. Axioms 12/3, 236. 13 pp.
paper available in PDF format (open access) from MDPI.
Smessaert, Hans & Lorenz Demey (2022).
'On the Logical Geometry of Geometrical Angles'. Logica Universalis 16/4, 581–601.
preprint available in PDF format; paper available in PDF format from Springer.
Demey, Lorenz & Hans Smessaert (2022).
'A Database of Aristotelian Diagrams: Empirical Foundations for Logical Geometry'. In: Valeria Giardino, Sven Linker, Richard Burns, Francesco Bellucci, Jean-Michel Boucheix & Petrucio Viana (eds.), Diagrammatic Representation and Inference. Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence (LNAI) 13462. Cham: Springer, 123–131.
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Demey, Lorenz & Hans Smessaert (2022).
'From Euler Diagrams to Aristotelian Diagrams'. In: Valeria Giardino, Sven Linker, Richard Burns, Francesco Bellucci, Jean-Michel Boucheix & Petrucio Viana (eds.), Diagrammatic Representation and Inference. Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence (LNAI) 13462. Cham: Springer, 279-295.
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Frijters, Stef (2022).
'Generalizing Aristotelian Relations and Diagrams'. In: Valeria Giardino, Sven Linker, Richard Burns, Francesco Bellucci, Jean-Michel Boucheix & Petrucio Viana (eds.), Diagrammatic Representation and Inference. Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence (LNAI) 13462. Cham: Springer, 329–337.
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Smessaert, Hans & Lorenz Demey (2022).
'Aspect Shifting in Aristotelian Diagrams'. In: Valeria Giardino, Sven Linker, Richard Burns, Francesco Bellucci, Jean-Michel Boucheix & Petrucio Viana (eds.), Diagrammatic Representation and Inference. Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence (LNAI) 13462. Cham: Springer, 226-234.
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Smessaert, Hans & Lorenz Demey (2022).
'On the Ubiquity of Symmetry in Logical Geometry'. Symmetry: Art and Science 2022/1-4, 356-361.
preprint available in PDF format.
Demey, Lorenz (2021).
'Aristotelian Diagrams for Semantic and Syntactic Consequence'. Synthese 198/1, 187-207.
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Demey, Lorenz (2021).
'Aristotelische diagrammen: eeuwenoud, springlevend. Een stand van zaken in de logische meetkunde'. In: Bart Pattyn & Pieter d'Hoine (ed.) Lessen voor de eenentwintigste eeuw 27. Leuven: Universitaire Pers Leuven, 233-259.
preprint available in PDF format.
Demey, Lorenz (2021).
'Logic-Sensitivity of Aristotelian Diagrams in Non-Normal Modal Logics'. Axioms 10/3, 128. 25 pp.
paper available in PDF format (open access) from MDPI.
Geudens, Christophe & Lorenz Demey (2021).
'On the Aristotelian Roots of the Modal Square of Opposition'. Logique et Analyse 255, 313-348.
paper available in PDF format from Peeters Online Journals.
Lemanski, Jens & Lorenz Demey (2021).
'Schopenhauer's Partition Diagrams and Logical Geometry'. In: Amrita Basu, Gem Stapleton, Sven Linker, Catherine Legg, Emmanuel Manalo & Petrucio Viana (eds.), Diagrammatic Representation and Inference. Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence (LNAI) 12909. Cham: Springer, 149-165.
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Smessaert, Hans; Atsushi Shimojima & Lorenz Demey (2021).
'On the Cognitive Potential of Derivative Meaning in Aristotelian Diagrams'. In: Amrita Basu, Gem Stapleton, Sven Linker, Catherine Legg, Emmanuel Manalo & Petrucio Viana (eds.), Diagrammatic Representation and Inference. Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence (LNAI) 12909. Cham: Springer, 495-511.
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Vignero, Leander (2021).
'Combining and Relating Aristotelian Diagrams'. In: Amrita Basu, Gem Stapleton, Sven Linker, Catherine Legg, Emmanuel Manalo & Petrucio Viana (eds.), Diagrammatic Representation and Inference. Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence (LNAI) 12909. Cham: Springer, 221-228.
paper available in PDF format from Springer.
Demey, Lorenz (2020).
'Between Square and Hexagon in Oresme's Livre du Ciel et du Monde'. History and Philosophy of Logic 41/1, 36-47.
preprint available in PDF format; paper available in PDF format from Taylor & Francis Online.
Demey, Lorenz (2020).
'From Euler Diagrams in Schopenhauer to Aristotelian Diagrams in Logical Geometry'. In: Jens Lemanski (ed.), Mathematics, Logic and Language in Schopenhauer. Berlin: Springer, 181-205.
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Demey, Lorenz (2020)
'Mathematization and Vergessenmachen in the Historiography of Logic'. History of Humanities 5/1, 51-74.
preprint available in PDF format; paper available online at University of Chicago Press.
Demey, Lorenz & Hans Smessaert (2020).
'Using Multigraphs to Study the Interaction Between Opposition, Implication and Duality Relations in Logical Squares'. In: Ahti-Veikko Pietarinen, Peter Chapman, Leonie Bosveld-de Smet, Valeria Giardino, James Corter & Sven Linker (eds.), Diagrammatic Representation and Inference. Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence (LNAI) 12169. Cham: Springer, 385-393.
preprint available in PDF format; paper available in PDF format from Springer.
Smessaert, Hans; Atsushi Shimojima & Lorenz Demey (2020).
'Free Rides in Logical Space Diagrams versus Aristotelian Diagrams'. In: Ahti-Veikko Pietarinen, Peter Chapman, Leonie Bosveld-de Smet, Valeria Giardino, James Corter & Sven Linker (eds.), Diagrammatic Representation and Inference. Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence (LNAI) 12169. Cham: Springer, 419-435.
preprint available in PDF format; paper available in PDF format from Springer.
Best paper award at Diagrams 2020 conference.
Demey, Lorenz (2019).
'A Hexagon of Opposition for the Theism/Atheism Debate'. Philosophia 47/2, 387-394.
preprint available in PDF format; paper available in PDF format from Springer.
Demey, Lorenz (2019).
'Aristotelian Diagrams in the Debate on Future Contingents'. Sophia 58/3, 321-329.
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Demey, Lorenz (2019).
'Boolean Considerations on John Buridan’s Octagons of Opposition'. History and Philosophy of Logic 40/2, 116-134.
preprint available in PDF format; paper available in PDF format from Taylor & Francis.
Demey, Lorenz (2019).
'Metalogic, Metalanguage and Logical Geometry'. Logique et Analyse 248, 453-478.
preprint available in PDF format; paper available in PDF format from Peeters Online Journals.
Demey, Lorenz (2019).
'The Role of Aristotelian Diagrams in the Scientific Communication'. In: András Benedek and Kristóf Nyíri (eds.), Learning and Technology in Historical Perspective. Perspectives on Visual Learning 2 Budapest: Hungarian Academy of Sciences, 69-77.
preprint available in PDF format.
Roelandt, Koen & Hans Smessaert (2019).
'On the Role of Central Symmetry in the 3D Visualisation of the Boolean Algebra B5'. Symmetry: Art and Science 2019/1-4, 238-241.
preprint available in PDF format.
Demey, Lorenz (2018).
'Computing the Maximal Boolean Complexity of Families of Aristotelian Diagrams'. Journal of Logic and Computation 28/6, 1323-1339.
preprint available in PDF format; paper available in PDF format from Oxford University Press; Prolog code available in PDF format.
Demey, Lorenz (2018).
'The Porphyrian Tree and Multiple Inheritance: A Rejoinider to Tylman on Computer Science and Philosophy'. Foundations of Science 23/1, 173-180.
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Demey, Lorenz & Hans Smessaert (2018).
'Aristotelian and Duality Relations Beyond the Square of Opposition'. In: Peter Chapman, Gem Stapleton, Amirouche Moktefi, Sarah Perez-Kriz & Francesco Bellucci (eds.), Diagrammatic Representation and Inference. Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence (LNAI) 10871. Heidelberg: Springer, 640-656.
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Demey, Lorenz & Hans Smessaert (2018).
'Combinatorial Bitstring Semantics for Arbitrary Logical Fragments'. Journal of Philosophical Logic 47/2, 325-363.
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Demey, Lorenz & Hans Smessaert (2018).
'Geometric and Cognitive Differences between Logical Diagrams for the Boolean Algebra B4'. Annals of Mathematics and Artificial Intelligence 83/2, 185-208.
preprint available in PDF format; paper available in PDF format from Springer.
Demey, Lorenz (2017).
'Using Syllogistics to Teach Metalogic'. Metaphilosophy 48/4, 575-590.
preprint available in PDF format; paper available in PDF format from Wiley.
Demey, Lorenz & Hans Smessaert (2017).
'Duality in Logic and Language'. In: James Fieser & Bradley Dowden (eds.), Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Martin, TN: University of Tennessee. 37 pp.
paper available online.
Demey, Lorenz & Hans Smessaert (2017).
'Logical and Geometrical Distance in Polyhedral Aristotelian Diagrams in Knowledge Representation'. Symmetry 9/10, 204. 22 pp.
paper available in PDF format (open access) from MDPI.
Demey, Lorenz & Philipp Steinkrüger (2017).
'De logische geometrie van Johannes Buridanus' modale achthoek'. Tijdschrift voor Filosofie 79/2, 217-238.
preprint available in PDF format; paper available in PDF format from Peeters.
Smessaert, Hans & Lorenz Demey (2017).
'Duality Patterns in 2-PCD Fragments'. South American Journal of Logic 3/2, 225-272.
preprint available in PDF format.
Smessaert, Hans & Lorenz Demey (2017).
'The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Bitstrings in Logical Geometry'. In: Jean-Yves Beziau & Gianfranco Basti (eds.) The Square of Opposition: A Cornerstone of Thought. Basel: Springer, 197-214.
preprint available in PDF format; paper available in PDF format from Springer.
Demey, Lorenz & Hans Smessaert (2016).
'Metalogical Decorations of Logical Diagrams'. Logica Universalis 10/2, 233–292.
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Demey, Lorenz & Hans Smessaert (2016).
'Shape Heuristics in Aristotelian Diagrams'. In: Oliver Kutz, Stefano Borgo and Mehdl Bhatt (eds.), Shapes 2015 - The Shape of Things 2015. CEUR Workshop Proceedings Vol. 1616, 35-45.
preprint available in PDF format; volume available at CEUR-WS website.
Demey, Lorenz & Hans Smessaert (2016).
'The Interaction between Logic and Geometry in Aristotelian Diagrams'. In: Mateja Jamnik, Yuri Uesaka & Stephanie Elzer Schwartz (eds.) Diagrammatic Representation and Inference. Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence (LNAI) 9781. Heidelberg: Springer, 67-82.
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Smessaert, Hans & Lorenz Demey (2016).
'Visualising the Boolean Algebra B4 in 3D'. In: Mateja Jamnik, Yuri Uesaka & Stephanie Elzer Schwartz (eds.) Diagrammatic Representation and Inference. Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence (LNAI) 9781. Heidelberg: Springer, 289-292.
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Demey, Lorenz (2015).
'Interactively Illustrating the Context-Sensitivity of Aristotelian Diagrams'. In: Henning Christiansen, Isidora Stojanovic and George Papadopodlos (eds.) Modeling and Using Context. Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence (LNAI) 9405. Heidelberg: Springer, 331-345.
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Smessaert, Hans & Lorenz Demey (2015).
'Béziau's Contributions to the Logical Geometry of Modalities and Quantifiers'. In: Arnold Koslow & Arthur Buchsbaum (eds.) The Road to Universal Logic. Heidelberg: Springer, 475-493.
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Smessaert, Hans & Lorenz Demey (2015).
'La géométrie logique du dodécaèdre rhombique des oppositions [The Logical Geometry of the Rhombic Dodecahedron of Oppositions]'. In: Saloua Chatti (ed.) Le carré et ses extensions: Approches théoriques, pratiques et historiques. Tunis: Université de Tunis, 127-157.
preprint available in PDF format.
Demey, Lorenz & Hans Smessaert (2014).
'Logische meetkunde en pragmatiek'. In: Freek Van de Velde, Hans Smessaert, Frank Van Eynde & Sara Verbrugge (ed.) Patroon en Argument. Dubbelfeestbundel bij het emeritaat van William Van Belle en Joop van der Horst. Leuven: Universitaire Pers Leuven, 553-564.
preprint available in PDF format; more information from Leuven University Press.
Demey, Lorenz & Hans Smessaert (2014).
'The Relationship between Aristotelian and Hasse Diagrams'. In: Tim Dwyer, Helen Purchase & Aidan Delaney (eds.) Diagrammatic Representation and Inference. Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence (LNAI) 8578. Heidelberg: Springer, 213-227.
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Smessaert, Hans & Lorenz Demey (2014).
'Logical and Geometrical Complementarities between Aristotelian Diagrams'. In: Tim Dwyer, Helen Purchase & Aidan Delaney (eds.) Diagrammatic Representation and Inference. Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence (LNAI) 8578. Heidelberg: Springer, 246-260.
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Smessaert, Hans & Lorenz Demey (2014).
'Logical Geometries and Information in the Square of Oppositions'. Journal of Logic, Language and Information 23/4, 527-565.
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Demey, Lorenz (2012).
'Algebraic Aspects of Duality Diagrams'. In: Philip Cox, Beryl Plimmer and Peter Rodgers (eds.) Diagrammatic Representation and Inference. Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence (LNAI) 7352. Heidelberg: Springer, 300-302.
paper available in PDF format from Springer.
Demey, Lorenz (2012).
'Structures of Oppositions in Public Announcement Logic'. In: Jean-Yves Béziau and Dale Jacquette (eds.) Around and Beyond the Square of Opposition. Basel: Springer/Birkhäuser, 313-339.
paper available in PDF format from Springer.
Smessaert, Hans (2012).
'Boolean Differences between two Hexagonal Extensions of the Logical Square of Oppositions'. In: Philip Cox, Beryl Plimmer and Peter Rodgers (eds.) Diagrammatic Representation and Inference. Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence (LNAI) 7352. Heidelberg: Springer, 193-199.
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Smessaert, Hans (2012).
'The Classical Aristotelian Hexagon versus the Modern Duality Hexagon'. Logica Universalis 6/1, 171-199.
paper available in PDF format from Springer.
Smessaert, Hans (2009).
'On the 3D Visualisation of Logical Relations'. Logica Universalis 3/2, 303-332.
paper available in PDF format from Springer.

books

Geudens, Christophe & Lorenz Demey (2022).
The Modal Logic of John Fabri of Valenciennes (c. 1500). A Study in Token-Based Semantics. Cham: Springer.
Roelandt, Koen (2016).
Most or the Art of Compositionality: Dutch de/het meeste at the Syntax-Semantics Interface. Utrecht: LOT Publications.
full text available in PDF format from LOT Publications.

book reviews

Demey, Lorenz & Hans Smessaert (2013).
'Joint review of Jean-Yves Béziau and Gillman Payette (eds.). The Square of Opposition. A General Framework for Cognition, 2012 and Jean-Yves Béziau and Dale Jacquette (eds.). Around and Beyond the Square of Opposition, 2012' [in Dutch]. Tijdschrift voor Filosofie 75/4, 831-833.
preprint available in PDF format; paper available in PDF format from Peeters.