Logic Flashcards
Definition of Logic (Al-mantiq)
Defined as the art that guides us in coming to know something previously unknown to us.
Definition of Conceptualization (Al-tasawwur)
The knowledge of a single meaning (al-ma’ana al-mufrad) without affirming or denying anything about it.
Definition of Judgments (al-tasdeeqat)
Occurs when we establish or deny a relation between two concepts
Definition of Sensation (Al-hiss)
The five external senses of sight, sound, smell, taste, and touch
What is the Principle of Identity?
States that a thing is the same with itself and different from another thing
What is the Principle of Non-Condradiction?
Or sometimes the Law of Contradiction, states that a thing cannot both be and not be at the same time in the same respect.
What is the Principle of the Excluded Middle?
States that everything must either be or not be , it cannot be something in between, or that for any proposition, either that proposition is true or its negation is true.
What are True Reports?
Narrations of events that have been passed from a person to a person.
What are Mass-transmitted reports?
Are widely transmitted reports by a group of people large enough that it is inconceivable to think they plotted to lie.
What is the Report of a Divine Messenger supported by Miracles (Khabar al-rasul al-mua’yyad bi-l-mu’jiza)??
A single report from someone who claims to be a messenger of God, and is supported in his claim by the ability to perform miracles, which is the disruption of the natural and habitual way things are.
What are the 2 types of knowledge?
Speculative (inferential) Knowledge and Non-Inferential Knowledge
What is Speculative (inferential) Knowledge (Al-‘ilm al-nazari)
The knowledge that requires contemplation/thinking
What is Non-Inferential Knowledge (Al-‘ilm al-daruri)
The knowledge that does not require contemplation/thinking
What are the 3 types of judgments?
Necessary, Impossible, and Contingent
What is the Necessary (wajib) Judgment?
States that the existence of something must be so and that its nonexistence is impossible and inconceivable.
What is the Impossible (mahal) Judgment?
States that the nonexistence of something is necessary and its existence cannot be and is inconceivable.
What is the Contingent (mumkin) Judgment?
States that the existence of something and its nonexistence are equivalent. There is no contradiction whether the thing exists or does not exist.
What is Signification (dalala)?
Understanding one thing by another. More specifically, it is understanding the signified thing.
What is the definition of Signifier/Sign (aldaal)?
That which signifies
What is the definition of signified (almadlool)
The signified thing