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Output from Organon
v2.0
(Conceptual Hierarchy Program by Frederick Clifford Gibson using CLOS: the Common Lisp
Object System)
The Organon - EASG DictionarySelect the above link to use the time-saving frames version if you are not already using frames. |
Functional Summary: |
To see the expanded information on any concept, click on a word from the dictionary. Click on any word in the genus or differentia of the dictionary to move to that concept's bookmark in the dictionary. |
| Concept | A concept is a mentally retained and symbolized classification of existents. |
| Part of Speech | The part of speech or function that the concept displayed performs in a sentence is shown to the right of the concept in italics. |
| Definition | The definition identifies the essence of a concept and is comprised of the genus and differentia. |
| Genus | The genus is the most closely related wider classification of a concept. Animal is the genus of Man. All men are animals but not all animals are men. Genera is the plural form of Genus. |
| Genera Hierarchy |
The Genera Hierarchy field displays the increasingly specific classifications of the concept's referents involved from the most general classification of 'existent' up to the genus of the concept being viewed. In classifying any referent, the most general classification we can make is that it is an existent. |
| Differentia | The differentia is the phrase that differentiates the concept from all other concepts in the concept's genus. Man is different from all other animals because of his rational faculty. Thus, rational is the differentia of man. |
| Species | The species of a concept are those concepts which are the most closely related more specific classifications of the concept involved. Man, lion and giraffe are all species or subsets of the classification 'animal'. |
| Sibling Concepts |
Sibling Concepts identify other species of the same genus as the concept being viewed. Man, lion and giraffe are all sibling concepts as they are all more specific classifications of the genus 'animal'. |
| Properties | A property is a quality possessed by only one class and convertible of that class. Rationality is a property of man because only people are rational and any occurrence of rationality must be caused by man. |
| Property of | This field identifies all of the concepts for which the displayed concept is a member of those concepts' properties. |
| Differentia of | (Concept helps differentiate the following concepts:) This field identifies those concepts for which the displayed concept is a member of those concepts' differentia. |
| Hierarchy View | This link leads to the location of the displayed concept in a diagram of the complete hierarchy of this dictionary. |
| Additions, etc | Please follow this link to send an email concerning the displayed concept. All help in improving the thoroughness and precision of this dictionary is greatly appreciated. Functionality will be added in the near future to credit all those who contribute to the definition of any concept. |
| Web Links | This field displays a ranked group of web links for the displayed concept. |
| Search | Search the entire Philosophy directory with this form. (Includes both the Dictionary and Aristotle's Organon) |
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