Unit Two - Categorical logic

Question 1

Categorical logic

Answer 1

system of deductive logic concerned with the validity

of categorical syllogisms

Question 2

categorical syllogism

Answer 2

is an argument whose statements are categorical

statements.

Question 3

categorical statement

Answer 3

a statement about the relationship between two

categories.

Question 4

category

Answer 4

a class of a things.

Question 5

membership

Answer 5

of a category are those things that belong to a given

category or a member

Question 6

member

Answer 6

is one of the things that belongs to a given

category.

Question 7

A subject and a predicate

Answer 7

terms which identified the first and second categories,respectively, that the statement is about

Question 8

quantifier

Answer 8

a term which indicates what quantity of the subject
is involved in the statement

Quantifiers are: “all”, “no”, “only”, and “some”.

Question 9

copula

Answer 9

a term which indicates the relationship between the quantified subject and the predicate.

Copula are: “are” or “are not”.