Chapter 2 - Simple - Apprehension Idea and Term Flashcards
Is the beggining of knowledge
Apprehension
Mental product of apprehension
Idea
Is the process by which the intellect “strips” the object of its non-essential qualities, retains the essential ones, and forms them into one image
Abstraction
The possession of the intentional form of the object
Knowledge
Intentional form
Image/ copy/ representation
Two kinds of cognitive or knowing faculties
Senses
Intellect
Material faculty
All knowledge that is rational starts form here
Senses
Spiritual faculty
It can know the abstract/ immaterial/ universal
Intellect
Conventional sign that expresses our idea/ concept/ thought
Term
The connection between the sign and the object signified is based on agreement practise
Conventional
Represents something other than itself
Sign
External manifestation or sign of an idea
Term
Is the sum total of the attributes or thought elements which constitute the idea
Comprehension
Is the sum total of all the individual, things or being or groups to which the idea can be applied.
Extension
Is a term that is used in an identical sense
It expresses only one meaning or sense when applied to several objects.
Univocal
Is a term that expresses two or more different or unrelated meanings.
Equivocal