Aristotle - De Interpretatione Flashcards
TRUE OR FALSE: Logic is the study of sensations and substance
FALSE: the study of principles of good reasoning def --> thinking with a purpose with aims of a conclusion
An identifiable piece of reasoning in which a point is expressed and reasons are offered to support that point
argument
What is another definition for argument
a group of statements/propositions, one of which is claimed to follow from the others
A proposition is an _________ that cab be _________ or _________ (in statements this turns into an ‘if, then’ statement)
assertion, true or false
Pair the following compound propositions with their word A) negation --> B) compound --> C) disjunction --> D) conditional --> E) bi-conditional -->
A) not B) and C) or D) if/then E) if and only if/then
Categorical propositions are statements that relate two _________ of things together
categories
What does A, E, I, and O stand for?
A = universal, positive (All, are) E = universal, negative (All, are not) I = particular, positive (Some, are) O = particular, negative (Some, are not)
_________ refers to subject class like _________ (all members) or _________ (involves only some of a class)
Quantity, universal, particular
_________ refers the whether something is or is not, like _________ (something is the case) and _________ (something isn’t)
Quality, positive, negative
TRUE OR FALSE: If you’re given a statement without it being a categorical proposition, you can plug in the subject and the predicate to follow the proposition form
TRUE
What are the rules of the Traditional Squares of Opposition?
1) contraries
2) subcontraries
3) contradictions
4) subalterns
Contraries both cannot be _________, but they can both be _________
true, false (A and E)
TRUE OR FALSE: Subcontraries are the opposite of contraries
TRUE (I and O)
Contradictions can be thought of in the same way as the actual definition. This entails that the statements always have the _________ truth values
opposite (A and O | O and A | E and I | I and E)