Logic hand outs#2
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Refers to the process of Formation of ideas
also known as IDEOGENESIS
Preliminaries
Human Person a rational being who can cognize;
Sensitively needs senses for operation senses know only the accidental qualities come in contact only with what appears on the surface know the things as it appear BUT can not know what it is
Intellectually
functions without bodily organ knows the essence of reality knows NOT only the accidents but also its substance immaterial & can not come in direct contact with material realities & has to make use of sensory data
The object of Intellect is the abstract and universal essence of sensible realitiesThe Formation of ideas
the fundamental operation of the intellect requires that sense have to function first
Thing
External senses Common
sense
ProperCommon Sensibles
PERCEPT
SENSIBLE ORDER
impressed specie in S.O
imagination cognitive sense sense memory
PHANTASM
expressed specie in S.O
contain individuating, concrete qualities contain individuating,
concrete qualities individualized form in S.O
INTELLECTUAL ORDER
discards individuating characteristics
both receptive & reactive
abstracted nature taken in by possible intellect
AGENT intellect
POSSIBLE intellect
Power to abstract Power to understand
gathers from objective realties proper & common sensibles common sense unified them into perceptual wholes
External Senses
Percept the form of the object as it exist in the senses called impressed specie because it is the result of the operation wherein qualities of the object are taken in by external sense & IMPRESSED upon the mind in the presence of objective reality
Phantasm the image which is an EXPRESSED specie in sensible order called expressed because it is a manifestation of the representative power of the internal senses
to be understood by the intellectual its individualized form MUST be converted into something intelligible
The Human Intellect
Agent Intellect
Possible Intellect
Power to abstract
Power to understand
Receives impressed specie, grasps and understand it
Expresses its understanding by producing an Idea or concept
A formal sign which represent the being or essence of the object known