CHAPTER 5: LOGIC OF TERMS

Question 1

defined as an articulate sound that serves as a conventional or arbitrary sign of a concept.

Answer 1

term

Question 2

group of words that can serve as the subject or predicate of the proposition.

Answer 2

term

Question 3

Term can be_____ and ____

Answer 3

simple & complex

Question 4

consists of a single word as the term.

Answer 4

simple term

Question 5

consists of group of words that signify one thing or kind of thing when they are taken together as a unit

Answer 5

complex term

Question 6

derived from the latin word “quid”, which means ‘what?’, ____ means whatness

Answer 6

quiddity

Question 7

if terms signify the essence of nature or a thing

Answer 7

significant terms

Question 8

terms that signify concepts directly and immediately

Answer 8

significant terms

Question 9

terms with things that does not signify their quiddity or nature

Answer 9

non-significant terms

Question 10

is a class term that may be applicable to more than one object

Answer 10

general term

Question 11

sense of meaning is called that _____

Answer 11

extensional or denotative

Question 12

two types of extension of the term

Answer 12

absolute extension and functional extension

Question 13

sum total of the subjects, signified by term and concept

Answer 13

absolute extension

Question 14

subject whose quiddity is signified by a term

Answer 14

inferiors

Question 15

the term itself is called

Answer 15

superior term

Question 16

includes only those subjects that it actually sets before the mind when it is used in a discourse

Answer 16

functional extension

Question 17

extension of term and concept is said to be _____, ________, or ______

Answer 17

universal, particular, or singular

Question 18

sum total of the intelligible elements of the quiddity signified by the term .

Answer 18

comprehension

Question 19

Kinds of Terms

Answer 19

Terms accdng to extension
Terms accdng to definition
Terms accdng to meaning
Terms accdng to quality
Terms accdng to manner of meaning
Terms accdng to relation

Question 20

Terms according to extension

Answer 20

singular, particular, universal terms

Question 21

Terms according to definition

Answer 21

first intention
second intention

Question 22

Terms according to Comprehension

Answer 22

Concrete, Abstract

Question 23

Terms according to meaning

Answer 23

absolute, connotative

Question 24

Terms according to quality

Answer 24

positive, negative

Question 25

Terms accdng to manner of meaning

Answer 25

Univocal , Analogous, equivocal

Question 26

Terms accdng to Relation

Answer 26

CD, CT, CR, P

Question 27

represents and can be applied to one single subject only.

Answer 27

singular ideas or term

Question 28

represents a part or a portion of all the members of a class.

Answer 28

particular ideas or term

Question 29

represent all and every member of a class that possesses common essential attributes

Answer 29

universal ideas or term

Question 30

we understand what a thing is according to what is in reality

Answer 30

first intention

Question 31

we understand not only what a thing is in reality but also how it is in the mind

Answer 31

Second Intention

Question 32

idea that expresses a nature or attribute directly and immediately inherent in a subject usually outside the mind of knower

Answer 32

Concrete Idea

Question 33

idea that can indirectly be referred to its individual subject

Answer 33

Abstract Idea

Question 34

signify a concept of the meaning of a complete substance endowed with its independent reality

Answer 34

Absolute terms

Question 35

terms that signify a concept as an accident existing in a substance

Answer 35

Connotative terms

Question 36

existence or possesion of something

Answer 36

positive

Question 37

non existence or non possesion of something

Answer 37

negative

Question 38

aka homologous idea/term. term that has an identical meaning as applied to various individuals belonging to a class

Answer 38

univocal idea

Question 39

expresses kindred or relative meanings as applied to different individual subjects

Answer 39

analogous idea or term

Question 40

expresses different meanings although they may appear to be one and the same

Answer 40

equivocal idea/term

Question 41

express opposition to one another and their opposition lies on the fact that one expresses presence

Answer 41

contrary idea or term (CD)

Question 42

expresses opposition to one another similar to the opposition between or within extreme points

Answer 42

contrary idea or term (CT)

Question 42

meaning are mutually related to each other in such a way that the meaning of one is in reference to each other and vice versa

Answer 42

correlative idea or term (CR)

Question 43

expresses the presence of an attribute while the other idea expresses its absence

Answer 43

privative idea/term (P)