Truth ratios of syllogistic moods

Abstract

The syllogistic system consists of 256 moods, of which only 24 have been recognized as true. From a set-theoretical point of view, a mood can be represented with three sets and their possible relationships. Three sets can have up to seven sub-sets or spaces. In an earlier work we have used 41 permutations of the spaces, out of which every mood matches an individual number as true or false cases. The truth ratio of a mood is then calculated, by relating the true and false cases with each other. In this work we revise the previously presented properties of the moods and the syllogistic system, this time by using the maximum possible cover, which consists of 96 distinct space permutations. Our results mostly verify our previous findings, like the additional true mood anasoy, the inherently symmetric truth distribution of the moods. Additionally we have revealed some new properties, like the equivalence of some moods, which reduces the system to 136 distinct moods.