CLASSIFICATION OF CONCEPTS

First Classification

     Two kinds:  

1. First Intention: a concept by which we know a thing independent of our mind.

                          Ex. Humans have two legs.

2. Second Intention: a concept by which we conceive a thing in reality in so far as the mind understands it.

                          Ex. The Philippines is the Pearl of the Orient Seas.

Second Classification

    Two kinds:          1. Concrete – It creates a form and subject in the mind.

                                                    Ex. Black dress, Red lips, Green shirt

                              2. Abstract – A concept endowed with form only.

                                                    Ex. blackness, loyalty

Third Classification – a concept which could either be ”absolute” or “connotative”.

     Two kinds:         

1. Absolute – a concept that manifests itself to the mind as a substance and as an independent reality.                      Ex. Man, God

2. Connotative – a concept that manifests itself to the mind as an accident connected to a substance.

                Ex. Debater, speaker, kind, beautiful

Fourth Classification - it depends on the quality of the sentence.

    Two kinds:          

1. Positive – an essential characteristic of this classification is that it formulates the concept in an affirmative form.                       

                                         Ex. She is an honest person.

2. Negative – It expresses an object that lacks something or that which is stated in negative form.

                               Ex. Pedro is not happy.