Logic 3
Purpose of Definitions
1.To increase one's vocabulary 2.To minimize/eliminate ambiguity 3.To set a theoretical framework 4. To influence attitudes
Sentences, Propositions
All propositions are __________, but not all sentences are _____________
Synonyms
Are the words that are better known. Also known as biverbial definition - translating a term from one language (word) to another.
Two Ideas
Compare or enunciate the _______ concerned
Grasp
Competent to _______ the two ideas or concepts
Affirmation or Negation
Convey mentally the ____________ between two ideas
Denotative Definition
Definition by exemplification or enumeration
Nominal Definition
Definition that declares something about the term. These are usually given at the start of a debate to ensure agreement among the debaters as to the exact point at issue.
Denotative Definition
Form of definition that defines through the application of the term to its referents.
Aristotle
He said "To say that what is is not, or that what is not is, is false; and to say that what is is, or that what is not is not, is true."
Comprehensive knowledge of things
Ideas are not enough to give us this because the human intellect cannot achieve it in one apprehensive act of all the perfections of things.
Competent, Compare or Enunciate, Convey
In the process of judgement the mind must be: 1. __________ to grasp the two ideas or concepts. 2. _________ or ___________ the two ideas concerned. 3. _______ mentally the affirmation or negation between two ideas
Proposition
It expresses truth or falsity
Judgement
It is a mental operation that pronounces the agreement or disagreement between two ideas.
Simple Apprehension
It is a preparation for the judgement of the intellect
Definition
It is a statement that gives the meaning of a term of a statement which explains what a term means.
Language
It is a vehicle of communication that should be precise and accurate in order to avoid misunderstanding, misconceptions, and ambiguity.
Judgement
It is an act of the mind, affirming or denying an idea from another idea.
Proposition
It is an affirmation or negation of a statement
Clarity in the use of terms
It is one of the most important requirements of logical thinking. It is needed to avoid confusion.
Truth
It is the agreement of a judgement with reality
Falsity
It is the disagreement of a judgement with reality
Etymology
It is the study root word, derivation, or origin of a term
Vocabulary, Ambiguity, Theoretical Framework, Attitudes
Purpose of Definitions: 1. To increase one's _________ 2. To minimize/eliminate ________ 3. To set a ______________ 4. To influence ___________
Truth, Being, Ontological, Dictates, Reality, Reality, Think
The ________ of the mind is based on the ______ of things - the so called ______ truths. It is not the mind that ________ what _______ should be; rather, it is _______ that dictates what the mind should _________
Interrelate Ideas
The human mind must do this to apprehend the ideas into a judgement
Definiens
The statement or phrase that defines or explains a word (definiendum)
Definiendum
The term to be defined. It is a word which needs to be defined or explained
Ideas
These are naturally ordained to judgement
Truth and Falsity
These lie in judgement
Explain its meaning
To define a term is to
False
To say that what is is not or that what is not is
True
To say that what is is or that what is not is not
By property, By purpose
Two types of descriptive d efinition
Descriptive Definition
Way of definition that gives the meaning of a term by enumerating the characteristics, whether essential or accidental either by giving the property or by giving the purpose.
Etymology, Synonyms
Ways to state the nominal definition
Ideas, Terms
______ are expressed in concrete through the use of ______
Judgment, Proposition
_________ is expressed in the concrete(words) though the use of __________.
