CATEGORIES
DEFINITIONS PART 1
DEFINITIONS PART 2
ACTS OF THE MIND
KINDS OF ARGUMENT
100
Substance
What is an individual, thing, or entity?
100
When we define something by its genus plus its specific definition, we call that definition what?
What is essential
100
If I define "man" as "a two-legged animal," my definition may be what?
What is "too broad."
100
The first "act of the mind" is called what?
What is "abstraction."
100
If I'm describing a relation of cause and effect between material things, the relation I'm describing is what?
What is physical.
200
Which category do we use to determine how "much" something is?
What is Quantity
200
When we define something by something flowing from, or depending upon its specific difference, we are defining that something by its what?
What is property
200
If I define man as "a male rational animal," my definition may be what?
What is "too narrow."
200
The second "act of the mind" is called what?
What is judgment.
200
If I'm describing a relation of cause and effect between a premise and a conclusion, the relation I'm describing is what?
What is logical.
300
Which category do we use to determine "when" something occurs?
What is Time?
300
What are we defining about something when we define it by what its for?
What is final cause.
300
If I define man as "a ghost in a machine," my definition is what?
What is "metaphorical."
300
The third act of the mind is called what?
What is reasoning.
300
If I'm describing a relation of cause and effect between a motive and an act, the relation I'm describing is what?
What is psychological.
400
Which category do we use to determine that something or someone is "doing" something?
What is Action.
400
What are we defining about something when we define it by how it was made (or by whom it was made)?
What is efficient cause.
400
If I define man as "neither ape nor angel," my definition is what?
What is "negative."
400
The second act of the mind produces a what in LOGIC?
What is a proposition.
400
If I argue validly from a something particular to a universal conclusion, my argument is what?
What is inductive.
500
Which category do we use to determine something which is being acted upon?
What is passion.
500
When we define something by what it's composed of, we are defining it by its what?
What is material cause.
500
If I define man a rational animal, my definition is what?
What is "essential."
500
The third act of the mind produces a what in LOGIC?
What is an argument.
500
If I argue validly from something universal downward to apply propositions to something particular or singular, my argument is what?
What is deductive.
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