Special Classes of Propositions (concl.)

Last and literally least in extent, we examine the family of singular propositions in a 3-dimensional universe of discourse.

In our model of propositions as mappings of a universe of discourse to a set of two values, in other words, indicator functions of the form singular propositions are those singling out the minimal distinct regions of the universe, represented by single cells of the corresponding venn diagram.

Singular Propositions

In a universe of discourse based on three boolean variables, there are singular propositions.  Their venn diagrams are shown in Figure 10.

At the top is the venn diagram for the singular proposition of rank 3, corresponding to the boolean product and identical with the positive proposition of rank 3.

Next are the venn diagrams for the three singular propositions of rank 2, which may be expressed by the following three forms, respectively:

Next are the three singular propositions of rank 1, which may be expressed by the following three forms, respectively:

At the bottom is the singular proposition of rank 0, which may be expressed by the following form:

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