TYPES OF

IDEAS
TYPES OF IDEAS
A. According to Comprehension
Simple and Compound (STRUCTURE)
SIMPLE – expresses a single conceptual
feature, applicable to all if not most
BEING, EXISTENCE
COMPOUND – expresses several conceptual
elements/features
MAN – rational animal
SMART PHONE – handheld mobile computer.
TYPES OF IDEAS
A. According to Comprehension
One and Multiple (GENERAL VIEW)
ONE – expresses one thing, nature or
formal feature
MAN, HOUSE
MULTIPLE – expresses explicitly a thing as
modified by another thing.
POOR MAN
THREE STOREY HOUSE
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A. According to Comprehension
Concrete and Abstract (SUBJECT)
CONCRETE – with a subject
metaphysical– reality (hunger)
physical– physiological (itch)
ABSTRACT – expresses only a nature or a
formal feature without a subject.
justice, religiosity
TYPES OF IDEAS
A. According to Comprehension
Absolute and Relative (BY RELATION TO ANOTHER
COMPREHENSION)
ABSOLUTE – exists in itself and for itself
man, animal, minerals
RELATIVE – necessarily bears a relation
to something else.
substitute teacher,
vice-president
TYPES OF IDEAS
B. According to Extension
SINGULAR - applies to a single
member of a class
The President of the Republic of
the Philippines
Diamond – the hardest mineral
TYPES OF IDEAS
B. According to Extension
UNIVERSAL - applies individually to
all members of a class
Car (all applicable to SUV, Sedan)
Wine (all applicable to Merlot,
Chardonnay, Shiraz)
TYPES OF IDEAS
B. According to Extension
PARTICULAR - applies to some
members of a class
Half a dozen
Quarter of a century
Several ladies
Few devotees
TYPES OF IDEAS
B. According to Extension
COLLECTIVE - applies to a all
members of a class counted as one.
LNU BEED Batch 2001
Normalistas
Christendom
TYPES OF IDEAS
B. According to Extension
TRANSCENDENTAL - applies to all
members of all classes
Being
Truth
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C. According to Relation
IDENTICAL and EQUIVALENT
(refer to same objects)
Identical – same conceptual features
3 + 2 and 2 + 3
God = Absolute Being
Equivalent – different conceptual features
5 X 1 and 4 + 1
Salt and NaCl
TYPES OF IDEAS
C. According to Relation
PERTINENT and IMPERTINENT
(refer to different but related objects)
Pertinent – somehow related to each other
Freedom and Responsibility
Food and Drinks
Impertinent – neither related nor opposed to each other
Toothpaste and Rooster
Love and Clearwater
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C. According to Relation
COMPATIBLE and INCOMPATIBLE
Compatible – with features that may exist in a subject
Beauty and Intelligence
Faith and Reason
Incompatible – with features that may not coexist in a
subject
Square and Circle (in one figure)
Darkness and Light (in one space)
TYPES ACCORDING TO RELATION
TYPES OF INCOMPATIBLE CONCEPTS
Contradictory – negation
Black – Non-black
Open – Non-opened
Contrary – opposition
Black – White (extreme opposites)
Open - Closed
Privative – absence
Sight – Blindness (absence of sight)
Correlative – complementariness
Man - Woman
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