EASG Conceptual Hierarchy - in progress

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Output from Organon v3.0
(Conceptual Hierarchy Program by Frederick Clifford Gibson using CLOS: the Common Lisp Object System)

 

A hierarchy of 656 interrelated concepts among a total of 1251 concepts:
  1. existent { }
    1. unit { classified as a member }
      1. units { plural }
        1. entity { differentiated }
          1. mental-entity { mental }
            1. thought { produced by thinking }
              1. representation { produced by representing }
                1. expression { using symbols }
                  1. name { in the form of a combination of vocal sounds or one such sound also expressable in writing symbolizing an existent }
                    1. word { symbolizing a concept or individual with a grammatical function in a language }
                      1. designation { symbolizing an individual }
                        1. second-middle-name { that is the second middle name for a man }
                          1. first-name { that is the first name for a man }
                            1. middle-name { that is the middle name for a man }
                              1. last-name { that is the last name for a man }
                              2. syncategorem { dependent on other words to form a complete term }
                                1. categorem { that may be independent of other words to form a complete term }
                              3. sentence { in words of a predication that is complete and grammatically independent }
                                1. simple-sentence { containing a single predication }
                                  1. proposition { that expresses a judgement }
                                    1. propositions { plural }
                                    2. compound-sentence { containing two or more main clauses }
                                      1. compound-complex-sentence { containing two or more main clauses and one or more dependent clauses }
                                      2. phrase { of related words not containing a subject and a predicate }
                                        1. periphrasis { of meaning by several or many words instead of by few or one word }
                                          1. part-of-speech { that functions as a component of a larger expression }
                                            1. verb { capable of predicating }
                                              1. verb-present { }
                                                1. verb-present-indicative-singular { }
                                                  1. verb-present-indicative-singular-active { }
                                                    1. verb-phrase { in the form of a phrase comprising a verb and an auxiliary-verb }
                                                      1. verb-past { }
                                                        1. verb-infinitive { }
                                                          1. transitive-verb { which indicates that there is a receiver for the action the verb expresses }
                                                            1. passive-verb { which indicates that the subject is acted upon }
                                                              1. intransitive-verb { does not require the addition of a direct object to complete its meaning }
                                                                1. finite-verb { capable of making a complete and independent expression }
                                                                  1. active-verb { which indicates that the subject acts }
                                                                  2. verbal { derived from and sharing the nature of a verb but incapable of predicating }
                                                                    1. auxiliary-verb { used with another verb to form a verb-phrase }
                                                                    2. substantive { used to name an existent }
                                                                      1. verbal-noun { that is a verbal }
                                                                        1. infinitive { that may have an adverbial modifier and can take a subject object or a predicate objective }
                                                                          1. gerund { that takes an object and can be modified like a verb }
                                                                          2. proper-noun { used to name an individual }
                                                                            1. title { descriptive }
                                                                              1. file-name { of a computer file }
                                                                              2. pronoun { }
                                                                                1. noun { that is a single word not derivative of a verb }
                                                                                  1. plural-noun { that indicates plural units }
                                                                                    1. words { of a word }
                                                                                2. modifier { used to limit define qualify or describe the meaning of other expressions in the sentence }
                                                                                  1. adverb { of a verb or an adjective or another adverb }
                                                                                    1. adjective { of a noun or pronoun }
                                                                                      1. participle { that is a verbal }
                                                                                        1. participle-present { }
                                                                                          1. participle-present-active { }
                                                                                            1. participle-past { }
                                                                                            2. article { which indicates that one is referring to a single instance of the following concept definitely or indefinitely }
                                                                                              1. das { German neuter }
                                                                                                1. die { German feminine }
                                                                                                  1. der { German masculine }
                                                                                                    1. the { definite }
                                                                                                      1. a { indefinite }
                                                                                                        1. an { indefinite }
                                                                                                    2. connective { used to connect and relate expressions }
                                                                                                      1. preposition { used with a substantive to form a phrase showing the relation of the substantive to another expression in the larger expression }
                                                                                                        1. conjunction { that is a word used to show the relationship between expressions }
                                                                                                        2. complement { necessary to complete the expression of a verb or verbal }
                                                                                                          1. objective-complement { that is a noun or adjective referring to the same existent as the direct-object }
                                                                                                        3. object { used to indicate the substantive affected by the action of a transitive-verb or the substantive following a preposition }
                                                                                                          1. indirect-object { indicating the substantive indirectly affected by the action of the verb }
                                                                                                            1. direct-object { that receives the action of a verb or verbal and frequently follows it in an expression }
                                                                                                            2. expressions { plural }
                                                                                                              1. clause { in words of a dependent predication }
                                                                                                                1. independent-clause { that is an independent expression }
                                                                                                                  1. dependent-clause { that depends on other words as it cannot stand alone as an independent expression }
                                                                                                                  2. argument { of an inference }
                                                                                                                    1. enthymeme { expressing a syllogism with one judgement suppressed }
                                                                                                                  3. apprehension { formed by apprehending }
                                                                                                                    1. term { of a subject or predicate }
                                                                                                                      1. relative { that indicates the object is related to another concrete or abstract }
                                                                                                                        1. privative { that implies the absence of a quality where it has been or might be expected to be present }
                                                                                                                          1. positive { that implies the presence of an attribute }
                                                                                                                            1. intension { referring to the nature of the units of a concept }
                                                                                                                              1. genus { that is commensurate with the subject concept and is predicable of additional objects }
                                                                                                                                1. summum-genus { that is the most general }
                                                                                                                                  1. subaltern-genus { that can be divided into species and is itself a species to another genus }
                                                                                                                                    1. proximum-genus { which is the most commensurate to the subject concept }
                                                                                                                                    2. essence { identifying the attributes that cause the most other attributes in a class }
                                                                                                                                      1. species { indicating a concept commensurate with and less extensive than a subject genus }
                                                                                                                                        1. infimae-species { which can not be a genus to further species }
                                                                                                                                      2. correlative { which is the object of another relative }
                                                                                                                                        1. convertend { that is the original judgement in a conversion }
                                                                                                                                        2. commensurate-term { which can be predicated of everything whereof the subject can be predicated }
                                                                                                                                          1. attributive { that attributes }
                                                                                                                                            1. extension { that refers to the units classified by a concept }
                                                                                                                                              1. commensurate { which can be predicated of everything whereof the subject can be predicated }
                                                                                                                                            2. middle-term { that is common to the two premisses in a syllogism }
                                                                                                                                              1. copula { that affirms or denies the attribution of the predicate to the subject in a judgement }
                                                                                                                                                1. concrete { that designates a substance }
                                                                                                                                                  1. collective { that is a group }
                                                                                                                                                  2. abstract { that designates an attribute }
                                                                                                                                                    1. absolute { that designates an existent }
                                                                                                                                                    2. subject { about which a judgement is made }
                                                                                                                                                      1. universal { which refers to a concept }
                                                                                                                                                        1. particular { which refers to some of the units of a class }
                                                                                                                                                          1. minor-term { of the conclusion in a syllogism }
                                                                                                                                                            1. indefinite { which does not refer to a definite distribution of units in a class }
                                                                                                                                                            2. predicate { indicating what is thought about the subject in a judgement }
                                                                                                                                                              1. quality { attributed to all the units of a class but not commensurate with that class }
                                                                                                                                                                1. singular { of being predicable of one individual only in the same sense }
                                                                                                                                                                  1. qualities { plural }
                                                                                                                                                                    1. general { of being predicable of any number of objects in the same sense }
                                                                                                                                                                      1. essential { of essence }
                                                                                                                                                                        1. differentia { of the units of a concept and differentiates the subject concept from other species in the genus }
                                                                                                                                                                        2. property { attributed to the units of only one class and commensurate with that class }
                                                                                                                                                                          1. properties { plural }
                                                                                                                                                                            1. definition { of the units of a concept composed of genus and differentia }
                                                                                                                                                                            2. major-term { of the conclusion in a syllogism }
                                                                                                                                                                              1. accident { which specifies an attribute that may and may not belong to a subject }
                                                                                                                                                                                1. accidents { plural }
                                                                                                                                                                              2. conception { using concepts }
                                                                                                                                                                                1. concept { of the essence of a class of existents that is symbolized and retained }
                                                                                                                                                                                  1. concepts { plural }
                                                                                                                                                                              3. predication { that predicates }
                                                                                                                                                                                1. judgement { formed by judging that is either true or false }
                                                                                                                                                                                  1. simple-judgement { that contains a single predication }
                                                                                                                                                                                    1. categorical { that affirms or denies a predicate of a subject }
                                                                                                                                                                                    2. principle { of fundamental truth on which many other judgements depend }
                                                                                                                                                                                      1. rule { which guides action }
                                                                                                                                                                                        1. standard { for establishing a single uniform unit for measuring }
                                                                                                                                                                                          1. rules { plural }
                                                                                                                                                                                          2. principles { plural }
                                                                                                                                                                                            1. fundamentum-divisionis { used in a division to differentiate the species of a genus }
                                                                                                                                                                                            2. premiss { from which a conclusion is inferred }
                                                                                                                                                                                              1. minor-premiss { that contains the minor-term }
                                                                                                                                                                                                1. major-premiss { that contains the major-term }
                                                                                                                                                                                                2. o { that is particular negative with undistributed subject and distributed predicate }
                                                                                                                                                                                                  1. i { that is particular affirmative with undistributed subject and undistributed predicate }
                                                                                                                                                                                                    1. e { that is universal or singular negative with distributed subject and distributed predicate }
                                                                                                                                                                                                      1. converse { inferred through conversion }
                                                                                                                                                                                                        1. conclusion { that is a product of inference }
                                                                                                                                                                                                          1. complex-judgement { that contains two or more predications }
                                                                                                                                                                                                            1. hypothetical { that judges a consequent contingent on a condition which the judgement does not affirm to be fulfilled }
                                                                                                                                                                                                              1. disjunctive { that disjoins the truth of one alternative from that of the others }
                                                                                                                                                                                                              2. a { that is universal or singular affirmative with distributed subject and undistributed predicate }
                                                                                                                                                                                                              3. inference { which starts with one or more judgements and ends in another judgement whose truth is seen to be involved in that of the former }
                                                                                                                                                                                                                1. syllogism { in which two terms are related as subject to predicate by the same third term from which follows necessarily a relation in the form of subject to predicate of the initial two terms }
                                                                                                                                                                                                                  1. third-figure { in which the middle-term is the subject in both premisses and is valid in the darapti datisi felapton ferison disamis and bocardo moods }
                                                                                                                                                                                                                    1. ferison { in which the mood is e i o }
                                                                                                                                                                                                                      1. felapton { in which the mood is e a o }
                                                                                                                                                                                                                        1. disamis { in which the mood is i a i }
                                                                                                                                                                                                                          1. datisi { in which the mood is a i i }