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This instructional book presents a logic game played with a diagram and nine counters. It explains how to express propositions through the relationship between things and their attributes.

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CROOKED ANSWERS.

some x' are y. Or some y are x', and some y' are x. i.e. Some green-eyed cats are bad-tempered, and some, that have not green eyes, are good-tempered. Or, some good-tempered cats have not green eyes, and some bad-tempered ones have green eyes.

  1. Some x are y, and no x' are y'. Or, some y are x, and no y' are x'. i.e. Some green-eyed cats are good-tempered, and none, that are not green-eyed, are bad-tempered. Or, some good-tempered cats have green eyes, and none, that are bad-tempered, have not green eyes.
  1. All x are y', and all x' are y. Or, all y are x', and all y' are x. i.e. All green-eyed cats are bad-tempered and all, that have not green eyes, are good-tempered. Or, all good-tempered ones have eyes that are not green, and all bad-tempered ones have green eyes.
  1. Larger Diagram.

Propositions represented.


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            |    ---|---    |             |    ---|---    |
            |   | 0 | 0 |   |             |   |   |   |   |
        1.  |---|---|---|---|         2.  |-1-|---|---|---|
            |   |   |   |   |             |   |   |   |   |
            |    ---|---    |             |    ---|---    |
            |       |       |             |       |       |
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