Problem Set 10 – William Passarini

(Still working on it)

The following are names for genera. Name two species under each genus:
Fish – sardine, cowfish
Bird – dove, woodpecker
Triangle – equilateral, isosceles
Rodent – rat, capybara
Number – rational, irrational
Metal – steel, plumb
Rectangle – rectangle
Acid - hydrochloric acid, hydrofluoric acid
Fruit – grape, banana
Insect – butterfly, bug

The following are names for species. Name two genera over each species.
Monkey – mammal, animal
Maple – tree, plant
Square – continuous quantity, quantity
Oxygen – gas, chemical element
Tomato – fruit
Skylark – bird, animal
Gold – metal, chemical substance
Fifteen – number, quantity
Wool – fabric
Mosquito – insect, animal

In the following examples, state the relation between the italicized predicate and the
underlined subject. Is the predicate (a) essential, (b) a property, or (c) an accident of the
subject? (For essential predicates, see if you can distinguish genus, species, and difference.)
 1. Accident
2. Essential
3. Accident
4. Accident
5. Property
6. Property
7. Property
8. Accident
9. Essential
10. Essential
11. Property
12. Accident
13. Property
14. Property
15. Accident
16. Property
17. Accident
18. Accident
19. Essential
20. Essential
21. Accident
22. Accident
23. Essential?

For the following terms, devise at least two other terms that describe (a) its essence; (b) its
properties; (c) its accidents.
1. a) animal, c) furry
2. a) animal, b) risible, c) philosopher
3. a) plant, c) spirally leaves
4. a) animal, b) spiderweb (although it is not a property of this specific spider, but of
spider in general), c) being on a tree
5. a) place, b) selling food, c) Japanese
6. a) vehicle, b) closed with for wheels, c) white
7. a) community,
8. a) virtue
9. a) emotion, c) of spiders
10. a) action, b) by foot, c) slowly
11. a) passion, c) by a bat
12. a) continuous quantity
13. a) taste
14. a) God, b) two natures, c) talking to Peter
15. I need to research
16. Math formula