chapter 5 : Categorial logic /statements

Question 1

what are cateogorial arguments /

Answer 1

arguments whose validity depends centrally on the relationship among classes sets or categories

Question 2

what is a cateogorical statement ?

Answer 2

is a statement that relates two classes or categories . A class is a collection or set of things .

Question 3

what are the 4 different strandard forms of categorical statements ?

Answer 3

a, e, I , o

Question 4

what is the standard form of a categorical statement order ?

Answer 4

1. quantifier
2. subject term
3. copula ( are /are not )
4. predicate term ( a word or phrase that names a class or category

Question 5

what must a term do?

Answer 5

a term must denote a class or category , as such , a term is noun or nunlike expression. A term cannot be a single word.

Question 6

what are the two types of quality categorical statements ?

Answer 6

affirmative or negative

Question 7

what is an affirmative categorical statement ?

Answer 7

if a statement affirms that one class is wholly or partially included in another class .

Question 8

what is a negative categorical statement ?

Answer 8

if a statement denies that one class is wholly or partially included in another

Question 9

what are the two types of quantity categorical statements ?

Answer 9

universal or particular

Question 10

what are universal quantity categorical statements ?

Answer 10

refer to all members of the class denotes by the subject term

Question 11

what is a particular quantity categorical statement ?

Answer 11

refers to only some members of the class denoted by the subject term .

Question 12

what is an (a) statement ?

Answer 12

is a universal affirmative statement .

Question 13

what is an (e) statement ?

Answer 13

is a universal negative statement .

Question 14

what is an ( I ) statement ?

Answer 14

is a particular affirmative statement .

Question 15

what is an (o) statement ?

Answer 15

is a particular negative statement ,

Question 16

what do you do when a statement fails to be in standard form simply because its predicate is an adjective ?

Answer 16

add an appropriate noun

Question 17

what do you do when the elements of a standard form statement are all present but not in the right order ?

Answer 17

rearrange the elements

Question 18

what do you do when a statement contains a verb other than “are”?

Answer 18

add”are” and shift the original verb into the predicate

Question 19

what is a stylist variant ?

Answer 19

of a categorical statement is just another way of saying the same thing .