Three Major Stages in the Apprehension of a Concept

perception, abstraction, and judgement

Three Major Stages in the Apprehension of a Concept

perception

ability to see, hear, or become aware of something through the senses

External Perception (Percept)

form of perception that uses the 5 senses

Internal Perception (Phantasm)

form of perception that uses one’s imagination; grasp an image and put it into our minds

Abstraction

dealing with ideas rather events; usage of the mind; we have this concept or image in our minds which then converts into an abstract idea or intellect

judgement

ability to make considered decisions/sensible conclusions; manifested through statements

sentences

no truth value (can’t be answered with true or false); declarative, imperative, interrogative, exclamatory, expletive

statement

there’s truth value which gives a fact

analytic and empirical statements

types of statements

analytic statements

holds “truth of language and truth of reason”; may give the meaning or describes a word

tautologous

saying the same thing twice just in different words/terms

empirical statements

holds “truth of fact and matter of fact” based on events, experience, and observation