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Three Acts of the Mind

• Simple Apprehension
• Judgment
• Deductive Inference
• Term
• Proposition
• Syllogism

Mental Act: Verbal Expression:

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What is Judgment?

The definition of judgment The definition of proposition Elements of a proposition The logic form of propositions

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Judgment

The act by which the intellect The act by which the intellect unites by affirming unites by affirming, or , or separates by denying separates by denying. .

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A proposition is a sentence or statement which expresses truth or falsity.

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A judgment unites

• r separates a

subject and a predicate.

Man is an animal Man is not God

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The Definition of Proposition:

A sentence or statement that expresses truth or falsity.

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The Elements of a Proposition

Subject-term Predicate-term Copula

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The Elements of a Proposition

MenS arec mortalP

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The subject of a proposition includes The subject of a proposition includes the noun and all the words that the noun and all the words that modify it. Similarly for the predicate. modify it. Similarly for the predicate.

(The little brown-haired boy)S isc (very loud)P

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The Logical Form of a Proposition

The little brown-haired boy screams very loud

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The Logical Form of a Proposition

The little brown-haired boy is a child who screams very loud

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What is Judgment?

The definition of judgment The definition of proposition Elements of a proposition The logic form of propositions

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