Essentials of formal logic

Essentials of formal logic

Author: Mahony, Michael Joseph, 1860-

Year: 1918

CONTENTS Preliminary Notions PHILOSOPHY — Definition — Divisions — Educational and Cultural Value — Ethical Value — Relation between Philosophy and the Christian Religion 1 LOGIC— Natural and Acquired — Definition — Material and Formal Objects— Correctness and Truth of Thought — Divisions 6 MINOR LOGIC or DIALECTICS— Definition— Divisions. 9 Part I THE FIRST ACT OF THE MIND — SIMPLE APPREHENSION Chapter I SIMPLE APPREHENSION AND ALLIED NOTIONS — Definition of Simple Apprehension — Subjective, Objective and Representative Character — Other Names for — Material and Formal Objects — Comprehension and Extension — Mental Processes involved in Simple Apprehension 11 Chapter II CLASSIFICATION OF SIMPLE APPREHENSIONS - IDEAS — A. According to their Origin — B. According to the Objects which they represent — Direct and reflex universal Ideas — Predicables and Predicaments — C. According to the Perfection with which theyrepresent their Objects 19 Chapter III THE OUTWARD EXPRESSION OF IDEAS— Signs - Definition — Division — Words — Categorematic — Syncategorematic — Terms — Division — Supposition of terms 80 Part II THE SECOND ACT OF THE MIND — JUDGMENT Chapter I THE NATURE OF JUDGMENT — Defin