Judgment And Proposition Flashcards
Nominal definition of judgment
Jus right and dicere, to call or pronounce. Therefore, judgment nominally means to pronounce one’s right
Real definition of judgment
An act of the intellect pronouncing the agreement or disagreement of ideas among themselves. Or judgment is an act of the intellect affirming or denying an idea of another person
The constituent of judgment
🔘Two ideas
🔘Mental pronouncement
When can a judgment be right or wrong?
When a judgment conforms to reality or truth, such judgment is right, but when it does not conform to reality or truth, such judgment is wrong
Nominal definition of proposition
“Pro-ponere”, to set forth
Real definition of proposition
Proposition is a judgment expressed in a sentence. Or, proposition is the oral or written expression of judgment.
Other definition of proposition
A proposition is a discourse that expresses either truth or falsify. A proposition is the only kind of discourse that can be true or false in the strict sense and every proposition is one or the other.
The elements of proposition
🔘Subject
🔘Predicate
🔘Copula
The subject matter of the proposition
Subject
Describes or tells something about the subject
Predicate
Connects the subject and the predicate
Copula
The matter of proposition
Subject and predicate
Form of the proposition
Copula
Division of proposition
General types
Special type
Under general types of proposition
Re quantity of subject
Re quality of copula
Re relation of copula
What are the four types of proposition that may be deduced if quantity of subject and quality of copula combined
🔘Affirmative Universal Proposition (A)
🔘Negative Universal Prop (E)
🔘Affirmative Particular Prop (I)
🔘Negative Particular prop (O)
Under special types of proosition
🔘Categorical Prop.
🔘Hypothetical Prop