L4 - Simple Apprehension

Simple Apprehension

____ is the first mental act of the mind whose expression is called idea.

Idea

Simple apprehension is the first mental act of the mind whose expression is called ____.

Term

Idea came first before the ____.

Idea

____ came first before the term.

Apprehension

mental act - ____
mental product - idea
external sign - term
logical issue - predictability

Idea

mental act - apprehension
mental product - ____
external sign - term
logical issue - predictability

Term

mental act - apprehension
mental product - idea
external sign - ____
logical issue - predictability

Predictability

mental act - apprehension
mental product - idea
external sign - term
logical issue - ____

Simple Apprehension

The act of the mind by which it grasps or knows the nature or essence of a thing, without affirming or denying anything about it.

Concept or Idea

When the mind perceives or notices something, it is called a ____ or ____.

Attention
Comparison
Abstraction

What are the three activities of the mind?

Attention

The activity of the mind in which it focuses on something that is being perceived or noticed. This excludes the surrounding things.

Comparison

The activity of the mind in which it notices the similarities and differences of the characteristics of the things being focused on.

Abstraction

The activity of the mind in which it singles out a characteristic or the several characteristics of the object or thing being focused on.

Object of Simple Apprehension

An ____ - commonly used in philosophy, this is a thing in as much as this thing is the terminus of a cognitive or appetitive faculty.

Material Object
Formal Object

What are the two object of simple apprehension?

Material Object

Object of Simple Apprehension

refers to the whole object just as it is in itself, together with all its attributes and relationships

Formal Object

Object of Simple Apprehension

the special aspect of the material object that a faculty or operation grasps directly and immediately

Concept

Idea as a ____ only exists in the mind.

Idea

____ as a concept only exists in the mind

Nobody

Idea as a concept only exists in the mind, and outside of your mind, ____ knows what your idea is. To be understood by others, you need an instrument - spoken or written language.

Instrument

Idea as a concept only exists in the mind, and outside of your mind, nobody knows what your idea is. To be understood by others, you need an ____ - spoken or written language.

Idea

represent the wholeness of a thing

Idea

This is found in the intellect, universal, constant, and possible of complex and immaterial things.

Phantasm

This is found in the imagination, individual changeable and not possible of complex and immaterial things.

Idea

exists in intellect, it is universal

Phantasm

exists in imagination, it is individual

Language

expression of ideas

Terms

building blocks of language

Comprehension (Intension)
Extension

What are the two properties of an idea?

Comprehension

This includes the thought, feature, characteristic, or attribute that, when collated, constitutes the nature of a particular thing or an idea.

Comprehension

sum total of attributes the idea is known

Comprehension

also known as a connotation

Attributes

Comprehension

____ are taken together to form an idea of a thing. The absence of one attribute makes the idea or concept of a thing incomplete.

Absence

Comprehension

Attributes are taken together to form an idea of a thing. The ____ of one attribute makes the idea or concept of a thing incomplete.

Extension

This is the radius or bounds of the thing or object that an idea may cover, this helps in the broadening of your comprehension.

Extension

groups to which attributes are found

Extension

also known as denotation

Comprehension

the greater is the extension,
the lesser is the ____

Extension

the greater is the comprehension,
the lesser is the ____

Comprehension

general

Extension

specific