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Three Acts of the Mind

• Simple Apprehension
• Judgment
• Deductive Inference
• Term

Term

• Proposition
• Syllogism

Mental Act: Verbal Expression:

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The Two Properties of Term:

Signification Supposition

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Signification is way in which a term signifies a concept.

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The Three Types of Signification:

Univocal Equivocal Analogous

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Univocal Terms:

photosynthesis anthropology The Second Law

• f

Thermodynamics

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Equivocal Terms:

pitcher plane jar

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Analogous Terms:

window wheel wooden

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The Three Types of Supposition:

Material supposition Logical supposition Real supposition

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Material Supposition

Man is a three-lettered word

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Logical Supposition

Man has five notes

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Real Supposition

Man was created by God

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