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A Privative Term signifies the absence of an attribute in a subject capable of possessing it, e.g. ‘unwise,’ ‘empty’. [Footnote: A privative term is usually defined to mean one which signifies the absence of an attribute where it was once possessed, or might have been expected to be present, e.g. ‘blind.’
30 maj 2011 · c) Privative terms are terms wherein one indicates the presence of a quality or perfection while the other signifies the absence or lack of it. e.g. good – evil, truth—falsity, health – sickness, wealth – poverty, sight – blindness
A special class of Negative terms is constituted by what are called Privative Terms. These express the absence of the attribute in an object in which it might have been expected to exist, as for instance 'blind', 'dumb'.
The definition defines as privative something that is normally present, and that has been removed or lost. Given this definition, you cannot say that truth is a privative, or that would imply that the falsity is normally present.
Part I: Lesson. Part II: Examples. Part III: Conclusion. Part IV: Exercises. Lesson 4: Univocal Terms. Lesson 5: Equivocal Terms. Lesson 6: Derivative Terms. Lesson 7: Universal, Particular, and Indefinite Terms. Lesson 8: Definitions and Aristotle’s Categories. Lesson 9: Definitions and Ontology.
We begin this chapter with a look at logical properties of individual sentences (as opposed to relationships among sentences) - validity, contingency, and unsatisfiability. We then look at three types of logical relationship between sentences - logical entailment, logical equivalence, and logical consistency.
In Propositional Logic, there are two types of sentences -- simple sentences and compound sentences. Simple sentences express simple facts about the world. Compound sentences express logical relationships between the simpler sentences of which they are composed.
