The audio recording of our first of three classes on the traditional Aristotelian Logic. Our teacher is Fr Steven Ledinich LPh, PhD and in this class the groundwork is laid for our future study. In this class we study the definition of Logic, the three acts of the intellect, syllogism, fallacy, induction and substance, the nine accidents, the predicables and the structure of The Tree of Porphyry. Included below are a number of practice questions relating to the concepts studied in this class.

LOGIC QUESTIONS

1.What is the definition of logic? (2)

2. a) Define what is meant by equivocal, univocal and analogical words. (3)
b) Classify the following words as equivocal, univocal or analogical: (5)
1. Tree as signifying maple and oak.
2. Ring as signifying the sound of a bell and a piece of jewelry.
3. Violent as signifying a kind of weather and someone’s behaviour.
4. Being as signifying God and a tree.
5. Sport as signifying soccer and basketball.

3. a) What is meant by the categories or predicaments? List all of them. (5)
b) State in which category each of the following primarily belongs: (7)
1. Five kilograms; 2. Thinking; 3. Marble; 4. Athletic; 5. Contemplative; 6. Watering;
7. Rectangular; 8. Fatter; 9. Was cut; 10. Next year; 11. Crowned; 12. Kneeling; 13. Digging;
14. On the table.

4. Using the six predicables (with the twofold division of accident), name the way in which each predicate is related to its subject: (5)
1. The soup is hot; 2. The equilateral triangle has three equal angles; 3. Fido is a bull terrier;
4. Man can construct languages; 5. The duck has feathers; 6. The oak is a tree; 7. The bear is a carnivore; 8. John is a man; 9. Oxygen is flammable; 10. The ground is wet.

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