Judgment Flashcards
Judgment is the basic _______
Thought process
Thinking is carried on by the means of what?
Judgment
Judgment largely depends on _____
Ideas
The building blocks of knowledge
Ideas
What is the nature of judgment?
The act of the intellect by which the agreement or disagreement of an idea is pronounced
Pronouncement on the case of judgment is _____
Predication
The idea predicated of another in judgment is called _____
Predicate idea or predicate
Idea of which the predicate is enunciated or predicated is called _____
Subject idea or subject
Ways of viewing judgment:
- scope of subject
* accuracy, completeness or necessity with which the predicate applies to its subject
SCOPE OF SUBJECT
- Universal
- Singular
- Particular
- Indefinite
When its subject is taken in full scope pf meaning or in full extension
Universal judgment
Examples of universal judgment
- All boys are not girls.
- All planets are round.
- All men are mortal.
- All men are not immortal.
When its subject is taken in partial extension
Particular judgment
Examples of particular judgment
- Some girls are not virgins.
- Some boobs are small.
- Some vaginas are loose.
- Some penises are long.
When it refers to a specific individual
Singular judgment
Examples of singular judgment
- That boy is handsome.
- That song is awesome.
- Niall is adorable.
When it does not indicate whether the subject is to be understood in full or only in partial
Indefinite Judgment
ACCURACY, COMPLETENESS OR NECESSITY WITH WHICH THE PREDICATE APPLIES TO THE SUBJECT
- Specific judgment
- Generic judgment
- Differential judgment
- Proper judgment
When the subject os is the species or complete essence of the subject
Specific Judgment
When the predicate is the genus or essential class of the subject
Generic Judgment
When the predicate differentiates it from the other essence with which it has a common genus
Differential Judgment
βMan is a rational animalβ
DJ - Man is rational
When the predicate indicates something that belongs to the subject and no other
Proper Judgment
Elements of Judgment
- ideas
- comparison
- predication
What is the essence of judgment?
For the mind to express in a mental act the agreement or disagreement of two ideas.
A judgment is always either _____ or _____
True
False
When the intellect agrees with and perceives the actual relationship of two realities in the external world.
True judgment
When the mind deviates from and does not reflect the actual relationship between to realities
False Judgment
All singular judgments are also _________
Universal judgments
What is a proposition?
A statement which can either be true or false
A proposition is a statement which either _____ or ______ something
Affirms
Denies
Propositions are the sort of things which can be _____, _____ and ______ from and to.
Known
Believed
Reasoned
True propositions are called
Facts
Truths
False propositions are called
Untruths
Errors of facts