Deļ¬nition: The assertion (s1 IMPL s2)
expresses that the situation or concept s1
implies the situation or the concept s2
on a purely conceptual level, i.e. IMPL
represents an analytical relation of conclusion based only on the intensional meaning of the arguments indicated. The connection between the cognitive roles of the concepts participating in the description of the arguments s1
and s2
is established by the entities shared by the conceptual capsules representing the situations s1
and s2
. The relation IMPL
is transitive.