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Assignment 4

Logical Structures
Meets course objective: Be familiar with techniques for evaluating arguments based on their logical structure.

Assignment

The Logic of Terms
For this assignment, we return to JE Barrett's discussion of logic. This time, Barrett turns is attention and ours to a logic of terms. Barrett closely connects logic, truth, and logical structure with the terms involved in an argument.

For this assignment, please base your response on Barrett's description of terms and develop an example of your own for each type of term:

    (1) A General Term

    (2) A Singular Term

    (3) A Concrete Term

    (4) An Abstract Term

    (5) A Connotative Term

    (6) A Non-connotative Terms

    (7) A Positive Term

    (8) A Negative Term

    (9) An Absolute Term

    (10) A Relative Term

    (11) A Term of First Intention

    (12) A Term of Second Intention

    (13) A Univocal Term

    (14) An Equivocal Term

    (15) An Analogous Term

 

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