CAS PH 160 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Linking Verb
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Categorical logic: basic unit of concern is the statement component; the relationships between the subject and predicate of a statement are studied primary tools = diagrams & calculation rules. Categorical statements: make simple assertions about categories, or classes, of things. Each have a subject term and a predicate term. Terms: the words in categorical statements that name classes, or categories, of things. Assessing the validity of categorical statements may include translating them into standard forms while staying true to the original meaning. Quantifier: expresses the quantity: all/no (universal), some (particular) another class; negative: a categorical statement that denies that a class is entirely or partly in another class. Quality: affirmative in quality: a class is entirely or partly included in: all s are p (universal affirmative, no s are p (universal negative. All categorical statements should fit into one of these four standard forms: some s are p (particular affirmative, some s are not p (particular negative)
