QUESTIONS AND EXERCISES. 

 INTRODUCTION. 



CHAP. I. Enumerate man s faculties of knowledge. How do acts of 

 the senses differ from acts of the intellect ? Enumerate the latter. What 

 are the respective characteristics of an object of sense and an object of 

 intellect ? Is the object of the universal idea contained in the things of sense ? 

 In what state is it conceived by the intellect ? Why is it true to say &quot; John 

 is a man&quot; and false to say &quot; John is human nature &quot; ? Do our universal 

 ideas represent things truly and adequately ? What do you understand by 

 the &quot; Problem of the Universals &quot; ? Give an outline of some of the principal 

 attempts to solve it. 



CHAP. II. What is the aim of logic? its formal object? its material 

 object ? Is logic a science or an art ? The &quot; Ars Artium &quot; ? Logica Docens f 

 Logica Utens ? In what senses has the distinction between &quot; formal &quot; and 

 &quot; material &quot; logic been understood ? Distinguish between conception, judg 

 ment, and reasoning. Explain the main divisions of logical science. 

 Enumerate and explain the &quot; Laws of Thought &quot;. Whence do they derive 

 their necessity and universality ? Explain the connexion between logic and 

 criteriology. 



CHAP. III. With what sciences is logic most closely connected ? What 

 do you understand by ens rationis ? prima intentio mentis ? secunda intentio 

 mentis ? genetic laws, and normative laws, of thought ? What are the 

 functions of language ? Define categorematic and syncategorematic words, 

 logical term, name, suppositio materialis. How does logic classify the parts 

 of speech ? State and discuss some definitions of logic. What special ad 

 vantages are claimed for the study of logic? Name Aristotle s logical 

 treatises. What have been the main directions of the development of logic 

 in mediaeval and in modern times ? 



PART I. 



CHAP. I. In what sense does logic treat of names and terms, and of 

 things ? To what does the logical term refer concepts or things ? Give 

 examples of equivocal terms. Explain and illustrate the analogical use of 

 terms. Distinguish between it and the univocal use. Explain the division 

 of terms into general and singular. How are the latter subdivided ? 

 What is a proper name ? Are collective terms general or singular ? 

 Distinguish between the distributive and the collective use of unitary 

 names. Classify &quot;substantial &quot; terms. Explain the two kinds of 



