PHL 214 Chapter Notes - Chapter 6: Linking Verb, Syllogism
25 May 2016
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Categorical statements: the statements or claims of interest in categorical reasoning; those that make simple assertions about categories/classes of things. They say how certain classes of things are/are not included in other classes of things. Categorical statements play their part without the complexities that arise from conjunctive, disjunctive or conditional statements. Terms: the words in categorical statements that name classes/categories of things. Each categorical statement has both a subject term and a predicate term. The four standard forms of categorical statements are: A: all s are p (universal affirmative) E: no s are p (universal negative) I: some s are p (particular affirmative) O: some s are not p (particular negative) Copula: a linking verb that joins the subject term and the predicate term together (either. Quantifier (quantity): a word that expresses the quantity/number of a categorical statement. Quality: the quality of the categorical statement. Affirmative: a categorical statement that affirms that a class is entirely/partly included in another class.
