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Logics that extend the syntax of Euler diagrams include Venn-II, Euler/Venn, spider diagrams and constraint diagrams, which are first-order. We show that concept diagrams can quantify over sets and binary relations, so they are second-order. Thus, concept diagrams are highly expressive compared with other diagrammatic logics.
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Stapleton, G., Howse, J., Chapman, P., Oliver, I., Delaney, A. (2012). What Can Concept Diagrams Say?. In: Cox, P., Plimmer, B., Rodgers, P. (eds) Diagrammatic Representation and Inference. Diagrams 2012. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 7352. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-31223-6_29
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