How Diagrams Can Support Syllogistic Reasoning: An Experimental Study

摘要: This paper explores the question of what makes diagrammatic representations effective for human logical reasoning, focusing on how Euler diagrams support syllogistic reasoning. It is widely held that aid intuitive understanding In psychological literature, however, it still controversial whether and can untrained people to successfully conduct reasoning such as set-theoretic To challenge negative view, we build findings modern logic introduce an Euler-style representation system designed avoid problems inherent a traditional version diagrams. hypothesized are not only in interpreting sentential premises but also about semantic structures implicit given sentences. test hypothesis, compared with other types having different syntactic or properties. Experiment difference performance between Venn Additional analysis examined case linear variant diagrams, which set-relationships represented by one-dimensional lines. The experimental results provide evidence supporting our hypothesis. argued efficacy crucially depends way they represent relational information contained categorical