PRELIM Flashcards
PRELIM #1 (46 cards)
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Common Sense
science and art of correct inferential thinking
LOGIC
systematic approaches Leading towards a specific aim ➡ Valid Reasoning
SCIENCE
structured with harmonous parts meant to present reality ➡ truths and certainties in class
ART
Mental Act of putting together known truths to give away to better truths.
INFERENCE
true in content and valid on the basic of logic rules
CORRECT
5 major developments in Logic
Education Law Religion/ Theology Science Technology
Aristotle coined the word which means measurement of Reasoning
ORGANON
Conquerer that is loved by the people he conquered, Student of Aristotle
Alexander the Great
coined the word LOGIKE, which means Though
Zeno
Applied Neo-platonism and wrote the categories of aristotle, Logic as Influential to Roman Law
PORPHYRIUS AND SEVERINUS BOETHUS
wrote Extensive Commentaries. apploed logic to elucidate on church doctrines responsible for comprehensive science of logic
ST. THOMAS AQUINAS
authored Novum Organon. New Organon where the theory of Induction became Influential to Scientidic Investigation.
Francis Bacon
saw the significant use of Logic to Matters of mathematics and innovative Technology ➡symbolic logic ➡ computer
GEORGE BOOLE,
ALFRED NORTH WHITEHEAD
& BERTRAND RUSSELL
basic elememts of logic
Matter
Form
refers to the thought CONTENT of a given
Matter
STRUCTURE of the Content given
FORM
matter + form / content + structure EQUALS
INFERENCE
2 methods of Inference
INDUCTIVE
DEDUCTIVE
universal conclusion from individually related facts.
small to big
Inductive
particular conclusion from assumed general or universal principles
big to small
Deductive
Scope of Logic
Simple Apprehension (Terms)
Judgement (Propositions)
Reasoning (Syllogism)
Fallacies (Deceitful Syllogism)
Properties of Concepts
Comprehension (meaning)
Extension (example)
Concepts acdg to Extension
Particular Songular Universal Collective Univocal Analogous