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Three Acts of the Mind Mental Act: Verbal Expression: • Simple Apprehension • Term • Judgment • Proposition • Deductive Inference • Syllogism Slide 4-1 What is Judgment? The definition of judgment The definition of proposition Elements of a proposition The logic form of propositions Slide 4-2 1

Judgment The act by which the intellect The act by which the intellect unites by affirming , or , or unites by affirming separates by denying . separates by denying . Slide 4-3 A proposition is a sentence or statement which expresses truth or falsity. Slide 4-4 2

A judgment unites or separates a subject and a predicate . Man is an animal Man is not God Slide 4-5 The Definition of Proposition : A sentence or statement that expresses truth or falsity. Slide 4-6 3

The Elements of a Proposition Subject-term Predicate-term Copula Slide 4-7 The Elements of a Proposition Men S are c mortal P Slide 4-8 4

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 is c (very loud) P Slide 4-9 The Logical Form of a Proposition The little brown-haired boy screams very loud Slide 4-10 5

The Logical Form of a Proposition The little brown-haired boy is a child who screams very loud Slide 4-11 What is Judgment? The definition of judgment The definition of proposition Elements of a proposition The logic form of propositions Slide 4-2 6