Question | Answer |
What is Logic? | Logic is the science of right thinking. |
A statement of fact is called by what two terms? | True or False |
An argument is called by what two terms? | Valid or Invalid |
What term do we use to say an argument is logical? | Validity |
What do we call a statement that has both true premises and is valid? | Sound |
What is truth? | the correspondence of a statement to reality |
What is validity? | when a conclusion follows logically from it's premises |
What is Simple Apprehension? | Simple apprehension occurs when we first form the a concept of something in our mind without affirming or denying anything about it. |
What it the Verbal expression of Simple Apprehension? | term |
What is Judgement? | Judgment is when we affirm or deny something about something. |
What is the verbal expression of Judgment? | proposition |
What is Deuctive Inference? | Deductive inference is when we amke the logical conections in our mind between the terms in an argument in a way that shows us that the conclusion either does or does not follow from the premises. |
What is the verbal expression of Dective Inference? | syllogism |
What is concept? | Concept is when you understand the essence of a thing. |
What is abstraction? | Abstraction is is the process by which a simple apprehension is derived from sense perception. |
What are the two properties of simple apprehension? | The two properties of simple apprehension are comprehension ans extension. |
What is comprehension? | Comprehension is the completly articulated sum of the intelligible aspects, or elements represented by a concept. |
What does rational mean? | Rational means the ability to distinguish true from false. |
What is extension? | Extension tells us the things to which and essence applies. |
What is comprehension? | Comprehension tells us the essence of the thing. |
What is signification? | Signification is the division of terms into univocal, equivocal, and analogous terms. |
What are the two properties of term? | The two properties of term are sinification and supposition. |
What is supposition? | Supposition is the division of terms as verbal, mental, or real. |
What is abstraction? | Abstraction is is the process by which a simple apprehension is derived from sense perception. |
What are the two properties of simple apprehension? | The two properties of simple apprehension are comprehension ans extension. |
What is comprehension? | Comprehension is the completly articulated sum of the intelligible aspects, or elements represented by a concept. |
What does rational mean? | Rational means the ability to distinguish true from false. |
What is extension? | Extension tells us the things to which and essence applies. |
What is comprehension? | Comprehension tells us the essence of the thing. |
What is signification? | Signification is the division of terms into univocal, equivocal, and analogous terms. |
What are the two properties of term? | The two properties of term are sinification and supposition. |
What is supposition? | Supposition is the division of terms as verbal, mental, or real. |
What are the four basic catagorical propositions? | The four basic catagorical propositions are affirmative, negative, universal, and particular. |
What are the four relationships that propositions can have to each other? | The two relationships that propositions can have to one and other are Contrary, Conradictory, subcontrary and subalternate. |
What is the Rule of Contradiciton? | The first rule of contradiciton is: Contradictory statementsa re statements that differ in both quality and quantity. |
What is the First Law of Opposition? | Contradictories cannot both at the same time be true nor at the sam etime be false. |
What is the Rule of Contraries? | Two statements that are contrary to one and other if they are both universal but differ in quality. |
What is the Second Law of Opposition? | Contraries cannot at the same time be true but can at the same time be false. |
What is the rule of subcontraries? | Two statements are subcontrary if they are both particular statements that differ in quality. |
What is the Third Law of Opposition? | Subcontraries may at the same time be true, but cannot at the same time be false. |
What is the rule of Subalternation? | Two statements are subalternate if they have the same quality, but differ in quantity. |