Concept

The Repersentation of features of some item of (Intuitional) Experience of the World

Logic

The study of cognitive instruments by which we express are indivisions of reality

Three Types of Thinking

1. Conceptualizing

2. Judging

3. Reasoning

What is the thought and idea of conceptualizing?

Thought: What is it?

Idea: Concepts

What is the thought and idea of judging?

Thought: Is it?

Idea: Judgement

What is the thought and idea of reasoning?

 Thought: Why is it?

Idea: Arguement

Four Rules of Classification

1. Mutually Exclusive

2. Jointly Exhaustive

3. Consistent Basis

4. Esseintial Properties

Mutually Exclusive

The catergories overlap

ie: art, philosophy, history, introductory

Jointly Exhaustive

Not all the concepts are included in the Genus

ie: Genus sports: baseball, football

"your missing a bunch of other sports"

 Rules for Classification

 1. Most Abstract

2. Seperate into Principles

3. Make Mutally Exclusive

4. Make Jointly Exhaustive

5. Make Species Essential

Rules for Definition

1. Include Genus and Differentia

2. Not to narrow or to board

3. State the Essential Attributes

4. Not Circular

5. Don't use Negative Terms

6. Don't use vague, obsecure, or metaphorical terms

What are the Three Ways

 Concepts can be formed?

1. Innate- Born with it

2. Learned from others- Concepts building off other concepts.

3. Abstracting

What are the three steps of Abstracting?

1st: Items grouped together in awareness

2nd: Difference between items are noted

3rd: Ignore differences look for commanility

What is the relationship between words and concepts?

Any nomnizable word can be a concept.

Words: stand for, give physical expression for concepts. Words verbalize and help classify concepets.

Concepts: Aquired by abstracting, words help explain ideas of thoughts.