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CHAPTER I – NATURE OF PHILOSOPHY questions, since no definite can, as a rule, be

Philosophy is the mother of all of sciences known to be true. Rather, it is studied for the
Original name – “wisemen” pero now, sake of the questions themselves, because
“philosopher” these questions enlarge our conception of
In philosophy, the question is important than the what is possible and thus enrich our
answer. intellectual imagination.
NOMINAL DEFINITION OF PHILOSOPHY – TYPES OF PHILOSOPHY
original word Philosophy is basically divided into two major
- Philosophy comes from the Greek word types: PURE PHILOSOPHY and APPLIED
philo means friend and Sophia, meaning PHILOSOPHY
wisdom. It means “the love of wisdom”, or I. PURE PHILOSOPHY
“a friend of wisdom” o Metaphysics – study if essence and
- Originated from the gentiles existence of beings
REAL DEFINITION OF PHILOSOPHY o Cosmology – study of material world in
- Philosophy is the science of all that exist in connection to the order of universe
their ultimate cause through the aid of the o Anthropology – study of man with regard
human intellect alone to the union of the body and soul
ELEMENTS IN THE DEFINITION OF o Rational Psychology – study of
PHILOSOPHY immaterial soul as the life principle of
1. It is science – a systematic body of every living being
knowledge which is not only based on o Theodicy – study of God
opinions, hypothesis and theories, but ideal o Epistemology – study of human
knowledge. knowledge with regards to the certainty
2. Of beings – everything that exists, or may of truth
exist, of everything knowable. It the highest o Ethics – study of morality
synthesis of all sciences dealing with man, o Logic – the science and art of correct
nature and God. It is also considered as the thinking
mother of all sciences because of it very vast II. APPLIED PHILOSOPHY
cope and subject matter. o Philosophy of Man – the inquiry into man
3. In their ultimate cause – because it asks and
as a person
answers not only facts and proximate causes
o Social Philosophy – study of relationships
but also the deepest causes of things
between man and society
4. Through the aid of the human intellect alone
o Philosophy of religion – study of man’s
– because philosophy uses natural reason
relationship with God
and not Divine Revelation of the recourse to
o Axiology – study of man’s values
the bible; it is the product of one’s own
o Aesthetics – study of beauty and
thinking and not of the imagination or
fantasy. perfection
THE RELATIONSHIP OF PHILOSOPHY TO o Oriental Philosophy – study of oriental
SCIENCE ways of life and mind
- Philosophy and Science are alike. They are o Philosophy of Education – philosophical
both interested in knowledge. Both of them approach to teaching and learning
are fields on inquiry and investigation. Both processes.
seek to ask questions and determine answers
to these questions:
o Science – seeks to knowledge of
facts
o Philosophy – seeks ultimate
knowledge
- Therefore, philosophy takes full awareness
in the findings of science because science
seeks to determine facts and facts are its end
products.
VALUE OF PHILOSOPHY
- The value of philosophy is in fact to be
sought largely in its very uncertainty.
Philosophy is to be studied, but not for the
sake of finding definite answers to its
3. Girls are kind
Anna Rose is kind
Anna Rose is a girl ----------- Incorrect
and True (incorrect premise)

CHAPTER II – The Basic of Logic 4. Girls are sweet


“The problem with humans are they seldom think, Julius is sweet
remember that humans are not only plain thinking Julius is a girl ----------- Incorrect and
but thinking correctly and logically.” False
NOMINAL DEFINITION OF LOGIC THE FORMAL OBJECT OF LOGIC
- Logic comes from the Greek word logos, - Logic deals with reasoning, The soundness
which means thought, word, speech, or or reasoning is the one that is important. The
science first concern of logic is validity. It leads
REAL DEFINITION OF LOGIC man in the search for truth from the known
- Logic is order and consistency. It is the towards the unknown and from the easiest
science of those principles, laws, and towards the most difficult. An argument is
methods which the mind of man must follow sound when it is both valid and true.
in its thinking for the secure and accurate Examples:
attainment of truth.  All plants need water
- In short, “LOGIC IS THE SCIENCE AND All flowers are plants
ART OF CORRECT THINKING” Therefore, all flowers need water
THINKING Consider the argument which follows:
- Logic deals with the acts of mind – the  All lawyers are honest
mental process THINKING. Most of the Some defenders of our rights are
time, it is associated with some mental lawyers.
processes like memorizing, recall and the Therefore, some defenders of our rights
like. Others may say that imagination and are honest.
day dreaming are thinking, but these are not This inference is not sound but VALID.
the kind of thinking that we consider in
logic. VALID ARGUMENT
- According to Corazon Cruz (1995), there are - It is one whose premises, if they are
two criteria for a mental process to be assumed to be true, entail this conclusion.
considered thinking: Since not all lawyers are honest , the
1. When the objective is truth proposition is not true. A proposition is true
2. When the truth we have becomes the when it describes an actual state of affairs.
nucleus of further knowledge Therefore , even though the inference is
- Thinking is the process of drawing out valid, it is not sound, because it is not both
valid and true.
conclusions from previously known data.
We call it REASONING or INFERENCE. -
- CORRECT THINKING is the process of LOGIC is generally interested ONLY in the
correctness or validity of reasoning. It is not
thinking or
reasoning that follows the right procedure. concerned with the truth or falsity of the premises
or of the conclusion. Consider the following
However, this reasoning may not always be
true. Logic does not investigate the truth as argument:
the certainty of the data but rather focuses  All men are rational being
on the correct operation of thinking. Arman is a man
CORRECT THINKING and TRUE Therefore, Arman is a rational being
KNOWLEDGE are two different things.  All animals are rational
TRUE KNOWLEDGE deals with Dogs are rational
knowledge which conforms to reality. Therefore, dogs are animals.
Examples:
1. All men are mortal IMPORTANCE OF LOGIC (BENITO REYES
Socrates is a man (1947))
Socrates is mortal ------------ Correct and 1. It develops the habit of clear thinking
True 2. It is guide in the process of drawing
2. All animals are rational
conclusion
Dogs are animal
Dogs are rational ------------ Correct and 3. It emphasizes the importance of definition
False 4. It helps us interpret facts adequately
5. It cultivates the habit of looking for the related to the scientific method of inquiry
assumption presupposed in reasoning which proves from the particular to the
6. It trains us in the technique of determining universal.
implication
7. It helps us detect fallacies, avoid self- EXAMPLE:
deceptions and combat fallacious arguments. Chalk falls, book falls, pen falls & eraser
8. It helps us persuade and convince others falls. Therefore, bodily objects fall.
9. It stimulates scientific thinking and love of
truth ACTS OF THE MIND: THE MENTAL
10. It familiarizes us with terminology and OPERATIONS
problems in Philosophy. - Our mind is always active. It never rest. We
know that it is one of the most complex
TYPES OF LOGIC realities in existence. But to help us
1. Based on the form and content understand its nature, it is better to deal with
2. Based on the process of thinking it through the three essential operations of
the intellect: simple apprehensions,
Based on the Form & Content judgement and reasoning.
A. FORMAL LOGIC- is concerned with the
aspects of form, its structure, correctness, APPREHENSION
sequence and the following of the rules. It - It is a process through which the mind
looks at whether there is conformity with the grasps the objectives reality as it is outside
given standards or with the existing rule of the mind. When something is grasped, an
LOGIC. idea or concept is formed which is then
expressed through the use of terms.
Example: Peter is a student
From this we can ask: What is the subject? The Example of terms: Man , Mortal, Peter
verb? The predicate? Our concern is how it is
structured or built to create a sound reasoning. JUDGEMENT
- It is the process through which the mind can
B. MATERIAL LOGIC – is concerned with assert or deny something. This second
the subject matter, content or truth. It looks process can be achieved only after having
at whether there is conformity with reality. ideas because it is the ideas that are put
together in order to come up with judgment.
Example: Peter is a man The expressions of judgments are called
From this example we can ask: is Peter really a man propositions.
as he exist in reality? If so, then our statement is
TRUE. Example of propositions:
 REASONING is materially true if there Every man is mortal.
is conformity with reality; it becomes Peter is a man.
materially false when there is no
conformity with reality. REASONING
- It is the process through which the mind
Based on the Process of Thinking arrives at the conclusion from previously
A. DEDUCTIVE LOGIC is one in which the possessed judgments. It draws out new
premises flow logically into the conclusion. propositions from premises. We also call
That is why it is also called formal this inference. This is expressed through
deductive logic. It is from universal to syllogism
particular.
Example of syllogism:
EXAMPLE : All men are human.
All Filipino are industrious. All human are mortal,
( general) Therefore, all men are mortal.
Peter is a Filipino . (particular)
Therefore, Peter is industrious. (particular) "Music may be the language of the soul, but the
stuff with which we live out our daily life is words."
B. INDUCTIVE LOGIC is one in which the - Corazon Cruz
argument flows from specific to general or
particular to universal. Inductive reasoning WHAT IS A LANGUAGE?
implies a sense of probability. It is closely
- According to Irving Copi (1978) list three MULTIPLICITY OF THE USES OF
basic functions of language. These are LANGUAGE
informative, expressive and directive which - It is more often the case rather than an
are based on the three integral part of man: exception that any ordinary discourse would
head, heart, & hands (guts). contain all three uses of language.
Example:
1. HEAD → COGNITIVE  Newspaper --→ may be biased if it is
2. HEART → AFFECTIVE created for propaganda or protection of
3. HANDS → ACTIVE/ACTION business interests.
 Noli Me Tangere by Rizal -→ is an
INFORMATIVE LANGUAGE expression of the grievances of the
- This is the most common function of Filipinos to the Spanish misrule;
language wherein we inform about things nevertheless, it motivates and instructs
we know and ask about things we do not Filipinos to yearn for freedom and
know yet. independence.
"Think like a wise man but communicate in the
Example: language of the people,"- William Butler Yeats
 When a person asks for your name (he
wants to be informed) and you tell him:
"I am Peter", then what you used is
informative discourse.
 When we say: "Balanga is the capital of
Pampanga & Mt. Samat is in Baguio",
we are giving INFORMATION, but
these two pieces of FALSE information.

EXPRESSIVE LANGUAGE
- This kind of discourse is best illustrated in
poetry where emotion and attitude are
expressed beautifully.

Examples:
 "Oh, no!"
 "Right!"
 "Look out!"
 "Wow!"
 "Amen!"

According to Copi (1978)"........ Expressive


discourse is used to express the speaker's emotions
or evoke certain feelings on the part of the author,
or sometimes it may do both”.

DIRECTIVE LANGUAGE
- This function of language is most easily seen
in commands or requests. It is that which
lets go or prevents an action to be done.

Examples:
 Kindly arrange all the requirements
before leaving. Do not mess with me
now
→ One can say that this is true or false.
Whether the command or request is obeyed
or not is irrelevant to its truth - value, which
is nonexistent in the first place.
Chapter III- Concept and Terms the accident, and the existence or
What is a concept? possession.
- A concept is a representation of an object by
the intellect through which man comprehend 1. Based on intention
a thing.  2. Based on subject and form
- It is a mental image of an object or an idea 3. Based on substance and accident
about something (Alviar, 1995).  4. Based on existence and possession

ATTENTION 1. BASED ON INTENTION


- It is the mental act by which the mind fixes - An intention is an act of the mind as a
its consideration upon one particular representative of a thing.
object
after having sensed it. A. FIRST INTENTION CONCEPT
- This is a concept by which we understand
Example: A driver stops his car when he sees that what a thing is according to what it is in
the red light is on. reality, regardless of what we think about it.

ABSTRACTION Example: Man is a social being


- It is a mental act by which the mind studies Man is a rational being
the physical characteristics or the Man is an embodied spirit
individualizing notes of the particular object Man is a biological being
with regard to its color, size, style, material,
then goes on to think of the purpose of the B. SECOND INTENTION
object. CONCEPT
- This is a concept by which we understand
Example: When one goes to the mall to buy a pair not only what a thing is in reality but also
of shoes or a dress, the process of abstraction is how it is in our mind. After grasping what
used. a thing is according to its own proper being,
we also advert to the special mode of
REFLEX MENTAL ACTIVITY existence that the thing has as it exists in the
(REFLECTION) mind. Thus, we say, “Man exist as a
- It is a mental act of becoming aware of universal concept only as a result of being
itself, of its act or of its state so as to look at thought of. Man is not a universal concept as
these things objectively. Likewise, it is a he exists in the real order, but only as he
mental act of comparing the likeness and exists in the mind”.
differences between objects belonging to
different essences or classes. - In classifying the subject term as a first or
second intention concept, it is best to ask:
Example: Leg of a woman and leg of the table “Does the predicate belong to the subject as
it exist or can exist in the real order, or only
COMPARISON exist in the mind?”
- It is a mental act by which the mind
notices the likeness and differences in the Example: Triangle is a shape.
objects having the same essence or Question:
belonging to the same class. Does the predicate “shape” belong to
the subject “triangle” as it exist in the real
Example: Pedro and Puppie order or only exists in the mind?
Answer:
ANALYSIS It does in the real order, therefore, it
- It is a mental act by which the mind gives is in the first intension.
direct attention to the essentials or the  In classifying the subject term as a first or
basic similarities of an idea. second intention concept, it is best to ask:
“Does the predicate belong to the subject as
Example: Man is living organism who is reactive it exist or can exist in the real order, or only
and rational. exist in the mind?”
SYNTESIS
Example: Atman is a dog.
- It is an act by which the mind puts together Question:
two or more ideas to form a single idea. Does the predicate “dog” belong to
the subject “atman” as it exist in the real
Example: Blue Water order or only exists in the mind?

TYPES OF CONCEPTS Answer:


- It is too easy for us to classify the different It does NOT in the real order for
kinds of concepts if we will carefully note ATMAN is a SOUL. Therefore, it is in the
the point of view from each type, such as second intension.
intention, the subject or form, the substance,
Nouns which are considered to be incomplete
substance or accidental modifications are also
classified as connotative concepts.

2. BASED ON SUBJECT AND FORM Examples: Drivers, teachers, love, carpenter,


- Form is that which makes an object exist as student, Peter
it is. It is the perfection or the attribute of the
subject. It is also called essence. On the 4. BASED ON EXISTENCE AND POSSESION
other hand, a subject is that which has or A. POSITIVE CONCEPT – It is signifies the
which is looked upon as having a perfection existence or possession of something.
or attribute embodied in itself.
EXAMPLE: Peace, beautiful, happy, love
Example: B. NEGATIVE CONCEPT – It signifies the
Form -  Animality is the perfection that makes an nonexistence or non possession of
animal a real animal. something.
-Beauty makes a thing beautiful.     
-Length express what it is that makes long   Example: War, nonbeautiful, unhappy,
object long. loveless
Example:
Subject - Table has quiddity, i.e., table’ness CONCEPTS AND TERMS
- White having white’ness WHAT IS A TERM?
- A term is an external sign of a concept and
CONCRETE CONCEPT the ultimate structural elements of a
- It is a concept that expresses a form and a proposition.  It is a conventional tool of
subject. expressing an idea. A term is oral  if it is
Example: body, spirit, woman uttered; it is written if it is drafted.

ABSTRACT CONCEPT TYPES OF TERM


- It is a concept which expresses form only
1. ACCORDING TO THE KINDS OF
Example: Kindness, holiness, beauty, simplicity CONCEPTS
 First Intention and Second Intention Terms
3. BASED ON SUBSTANCE AND ACCIDENT  Abstract and Concrete Terms
 Absolute and Connotative Terms
- Substance is that which exist in itself  Positive and Negative Terms
without requiring another being as a subject
of its inherence.  2. AS AN ULTIMATE ELEMENT OF A
- Accident is that which cannot exist in itself PROPOSITION
but only as a perfection or modification of A. SUBJECT – It is that which is being
the subject. spoken in a proposition.
Example: Pampanga is next to Bulacan.
ABSOLUTE CONCEPT
- It signifies the meaning of a complete B. PREDICATE – It is that which
substance endowed with its independent speaks about the subject.
reality. An absolute concept is also called an Example: Almost all outstanding employees are
abstract concept  when it signifies coming from the College of nursing. 
something to the mind which shows the
quality of an abstract noun. The subject term of the predicate term may also be
classified as:
Example: For independent realities - Simple – when it is only a single word as in
For abstract concept the term “Pampanga.”
- moon ---------------------------🡪lukewarm, - Complex – when it is group of words
calmness standing for one idea as in the term “almost
- sun-------------------------------🡪courage, brave all outstanding employees.”

CONNOTATIVE CONCEPT 3. AS A SIGN OF A CONCEPT


- It signifies the object as an accident existing
in the substance. It represent the form  Significant Term – It is a significant term
without the subject. when it stands for the essence of something.
In this case, subjects, predicates, and nouns
Examples: are all significant terms.
All modifiers like the ones below are called  Nonsignificant Term – It is nonsignificant
connotative concepts: term when it does not stand for the essence
-Wise, pretty, young, long, good, and the of something. In this case, demonstrative
like. pronouns, adjectives, and proper nouns are
nonsignificant terms.
4. AS TO THE RELATION OF TERM the mountain inasmuch as they serve as the base on
WITH ANOTHER TERM which they stand. They are also partly different in
as far as anatomy is concerned.
A. Compatible terms – these are term that can co-
exist or simultaneously exist in a subject.
Examples: father-son; my mother- my best
friend; farmer-veterinarian

B. Incompatibility
Analogue/Analogates
 Contradictory Terms – These terms are - It is important to make clear at this point that
those wherein one affirms what the other the inferior (the term to which the
denies. One denies the connotation of the analogous terms applies) is called analogue
other. or analogate. It is classified into the
Examples: Life – lifeless; thing-nothing following:
 Contrary Terms – These terms are those
that represent the two extremes among 1. PRIMARY ANALOGUE/
objects of a series belonging to the same ANALOGATES
class.  - If the terms apply to them primarily and
Example: hot-cold happy-miserable absolutely, these are knows as primary
black-white analogue/analogates.
(temperature)             (emotion)
(Color) Examples: The bright light has blinded the man.
The primary meaning of the word “light” is
 Private Terms – These terms are those stimulus to sight; hence, it is a primary analogue.
wherein one confirms a perfection and other
denies a perfection in a subject which
naturally ought to possess it.  2. SECONDARY ANALOGUE/
Examples: health – weakness ANALOGATES
wealth – poverty  - If the terms apply to them secondary and
relatively, these are knows as secondary
 Relative Terms – These terms are those analogue/analogates.
wherein one cannot be understood without
the other. The connotation of one implies the Examples: You are the light of my heart.
connotation of the other.  Here, “light” means the splendor of love that
Examples: mother – child makes a person happy.
teacher – pupil
husband – wife   INTRINSIC ANALOGY
It is also important to distinguish an intrinsic
5. AS TO DEFINITENESS OF MEANING analogy from and extrinsic analogy and an analogy
of proportionality from an analogy of attribution.
 UNIVOCAL TERM – These are terms
with different spelling & sound but the same INTRINSIC ANALOGY – Analogous term
meaning or exactly the same meaning in at intrinsic if the concepts they signify is realized in
least two occurrences. all its analogous.

Examples: Every monkey eats bananas. Example: An “animal” is an irrational, living,


Banana is a tropical fruit. material substance. It is found in all its analogous
In the two examples, the term “banana” is used such as dogs, cats, horses, and others. We call
with exactly the same meaning.  such creatures “animals” because they are
animals intrinsically and as they are.
 EQUIVOCAL TERMS – These are terms
that have completely different meanings in EXTRINSIC ANALOGY
at least two occurrences or same spelling & It is also important to distinguish an intrinsic
sound but different meaning. analogy from and extrinsic analogy and an analogy
Examples: Pen are used for writing.      of proportionality from an analogy of attribution.
The pigs are in the pens.
EXRINSIC ANALOGY – Analogous term
 ANALOGOUS TERMS extrinsic if the concepts they signify are realized
- These are terms have partly the same and only in their primary analogous. The secondary
partly different meanings in at least two analogues are related only in some other ways to
occurrences. the primary ones. Most common instances are
Examples: Peter stands with one foot at the foot of metaphorical expressions.
the mountain. 
In this example, the term “foot” in the first Example: We pass “bridal’s veil” along the
and second uses are analogous terms because the scenic Kennon road.
“foot” of Peter is partly the same with the “foot” of
It is not really a bride’s veil, but a waterfall;
it is also called so because somehow its
appearance reminds people of one. 

QUIZ#2
Classify the underlined terms as:
A. UNIVOCAL
B. EQUIVOCAL
C. ANALOGOUS

1. Gloria who is a chief nurse is always


patient with her patient.
2. My son sends me letter printed in bold
letters.
3. Bishop John celebrated mass to a mass
of people in EDSA.
4. The president heads all projects.
5. My foot ached as I reached the foot of
Mt. Pinatubo.
6. Catholics and Protestant are all
Christians
7. …
8. My mother sees to it that she closes the
doors before she closes her eyes at night.
9. Legs of Solenn Heusaff – legs of a chair
10. Kim Chiu is pretty and Maja Salvador is
beautiful.
Categorical propositions have the following
properties : QUANTITY & QUALITY

According to Quantity.
The quantity refers to the extension of the subject
term, that is whether the nature or essence about
which the proposition says is taken in its whole
extension or only part of it. If the subject is
particular, the proposition is particular.

Chapter IV- JUDGMENT AND 1. Universal proposition – one whose


PROPOSITION subject is universal and it is applied
distributively to each and all of the class
LEARNING CONTENT
Examples :
1. Nature of judgment and proposition All sins are forgiven.
2. Categorical Proposition No one is righteous. 
3. Hypothetical proposition
2. Particular proposition – one whose
Objectives subject is particular and it applied to an
indefinite number of individuals
At the end of the lesson, the students are expected
to: Examples:
1. Distinguish a judgment from proposition Some educational preschool toys are
2. Identify the kinds of categorical propositions costly.
according quantity and quality; and Several dictionaries are not complete.
3. State the kinds of hypothetical propositions Majority of movies in DVD’s are pirated.
Many batteries are not rechargeable.
What is Judgment?
Judgement is defined as an act of the mind According to Quality
pronouncing the agreement or disagreement of ideas The quality of a proposition establishes the kind of
among themselves (Bittle, 2010). relation asserted between the predicate and the
subject of a proposition. If there is agreement
Judgment is verbally expressed through the between the subject and the predicate a proposition
proposition. is considered affirmative. If there is disagreement
between the subject and the predicate, a proposition
What is Proposition? is considered negative.
A proposition is a declarative sentence which
expresses a relation of affirmation or denial between 1. Affirmative proposition – is a proposition
terms (Baldemeca, et al., 1984). whose affirmative copula joins the subject
with the predicate.
Divisions of Proposition
There are two basic proposition: Example:
a. Categorical proposition Every kare-kare is served with
b. Hypothetical proposition alamang.
Each iced buko is delicious.
A. Categorical Proposition Sky diving is a perilous sports.
St. Thomas is an angelic doctor.
 Categorical Proposition is one which gives a
direct assertion of agreement or disagreement 2. Negative proposition – is one whose
between the subject term and predicate term separates the subject with the predicate.
(Timbreza, 1999). A proposition is categorical
when the predicate term is either affirmed or Examples :
denied of the subject term outright, without No wet ones hand and facial wipes are for
restriction (Alviar et al., 1995) internal use.
Some guinataan are not cooked with corn.
Categorical Proposition Few Tom and Jerry slippers are not boxed.
Suman sa ibus is not sour.

Basic Standard form of


CATEGORICAL PROPOSITION

Categorical propositions have two


properties: quality and quantity.
KINDS OF CATEGORICAL PROPOSITION
Combining the quantity and quality, four Disjunctive Proposition
standard forms of categorical propositions
are produced: A D.P is a hypothetical proposition which contains
an “either-or” statement, indicating that the
1. A – UNIVERSAL AFFIRMATIVE
2. E – UNIVERSAL NEGATIVE implied judgment cannot be true together nor false
3. I – PARTICULAR AFFIRMATIVE together, but one must be true and the other is false
4. O – PARTICULAR NEGATIVE (Bittle, 2010). There are two types of disjunction
proposition: PERFECT & IMPERFECT.

A – UNIVERSAL AFFIRMATIVE Disjunction Proposition (perfect)


(All CLDHEI teachers are working.) Examples:
E – UNIVERSAL NEGATIVE -Either a square is a four-sided or it is  non-
(No CLDHEI teachers are working.) four sided figure.
I – PARTICULAR AFFIRMATIVE -My jacket is either new or old.
       (Some CLDHEI teachers are working.) -The puma is either alive or dead
O – PARTICULAR NEGATIVE
       (Some CLDHEI teachers are not working.) A disjunction is perfect if the statement
implied can neither be true nor false together at the
same time.

Disjunction Proposition (imperfect)

Examples:
- Jeff is either driving a car or singing a song
- Jonah is either walking a dog or talking to it.
- Rens drinks either milk or soda.

A disjunction is imperfect when and where the


statements can be true together but never false
HYPOTHETICAL PROPOSITION together, that is, at least of the disjuncts is true.

Conjunctive Proposition
The hypothetical proposition is a compound
proposition which contains a proposed or tentative A C.P is a hypothetical proposition which
explanation. A hypothetical proposition expresses expresses a judgment that two alternative
a relation of dependence, opposition or similarity assumptions are not or cannot be true
between two clauses. simultaneously (Bittle, 2010).
There are 3 kinds of hypothetical LOGICIAN FORM:
propositions: . . .cannot be. . .and. . .at the same time
1. Conditional proposition
2. Disjunction proposition Example:
3. Conjunction proposition
-Dr. Ellaine cannot be in the hospital and in the
Conditional Proposition market at the same time.
-A CLDH EI student cannot be at SAO and at GE
The C.P is a compound proposition in which one department at the same time.
clause assert something as true provided that the -It is obvious that a person cannot be white-
other clause is true. The 1st clause is the “if” clause skinned and black at the same time.
and is termed the antecedent: the 2nd clause is the
“then” clause and is called the consequent (Cruz,
1995).

LOGICAIN FORM: 
if (antecedent). . . Then (consequent) . . . . 

Examples:
-If the weather is fine, then we shall go
shopping at MOA.
-Since Paul is late, he cannot take the test.
-Unless a man be born again, he cannot
enter into the kingdom of God.

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