Phil Ch 6

Logic helps us…

know definitions; identify different ways that universals belong to subjects and how they relate to each other

Category (Aristotle)

a series of universals/ predicables ordered under a most universal genus

Term (Aristotle)

that into which a proposition is resolved, that is, the predicate or that of which the predicate is predicable

Syncategorematic Words

words that do not signify subject or predicates

Signification

the concept indicated by a term

Univocal Use of a Term

use of a single term as signifying a single concept

Analogous Use of Terms

use of a term as signifying concepts that are in some respects the same and in some respects different

Ante- Predicaments

ways in which terms can be used to signify natures; kinds of natures that terms can signify

Statement of Identity

statement where the individual by one expression is identified with the individual indicated by another expression

Substances

natures that exist on their own

Accidents

natures that only exist in another subject

Predicable Accident

signifies relation between a universal said of a subject where that universal nature may or may not belong to that subject while the subject remains essentially the same

Category

series of predicates or a series of universals

Four Classes of Terms

signifying universal substances, signifying singular substances, signifying universal accidents, signifying singular accidents

Terms Signifying Universal Substances

universal natures that exist on their own and, as universal, are predicable of many subjects

Terms Signifying Singular Substances

singular natures that exist on their own and are not predicable of any subject

Terms Signifying Universal Accidents

universal natures that do not exist on their own but, as universal, are predicable of many subjects

Terms Signifying Singular Accidents

singular natures that do not exist on their own and are not predicable of any subject

Ante-predicaments

before you say something about something (before we predicate)

Predicable

something you can say about a universal

Aristotle’s Theory of the Categories

the conceptual network of essential predicables (genera, differences, species)

Category

where things are located

Term

that into which a proposition is resolved; the meaning inherent in the termU

Univocal Ante-predicaments

1 term, 1 meaning

Equivocal Ante-predicaments

1 term, 2+ different meanings

Analogous Ante-predicaments

1 term, 2+ different yet similar meanings