Definition

Concepts and Terms

SIMPLE APPREHENSION

When does knowledge begin?By the time we start grasping the whatness or

quiddity of the object.

When the mind grasped the quiddity, the mental act is called simple apprehension or intellection. This is the rational act of knowing a person.

Introduction

Mental image of an objectIdeaConceptThought

TermIs a conventional sign (a symbol, written or

sounded word) by which the idea or concept is expressed and communicated.

Terminologies

SensationIs the act of our five senses (sight, smell,

hearing, taste and touch) in perceiving external objects.

Sense ImageIs the product of the operation of the senses

stimulated by the presence of an object.

Terminologies

ImaginationIs a material organic faculty which reproduces

a previously sensed image into a phantasm.

PhantasmA product of the imagination, it is a sensible

and concrete image of an object.

Terminologies

Simple ApprehensionAlso called intellection.Is the mental act of interpreting the imagined

phantasm, putting image into it. Its product is called concept or idea. The mental process by which we grasp the

general meaning of a thing without affirming or denying anything about it.

Terminologies

SUBJECT FACULTY

OPERATION PRODUCT

Sense image Sense knowledge

Sense Sensation Sense image Sense knowledge

Imagination Imagination Phantasm

Internal

Sense

Knowledge

IntellectSimple

apprehension

ConceptIntellectual

Knowledge

Speech

Meaningful soundOral –

Verbal term

Oral – Verbal Expression

Writing Written term Written Expression

Faculty Operation and Product

Faculty Operation and Product

External

Internal

ANIMAL SENSE

Knowing Powers

MAN

Rational - Intellect

Operation Language

Expression

Product

Sensation

Imagination

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Sense Image

Phantasm

Concept TERM

Example 1: Sense: I hear something loud.

Sensation: The loud noise arouse my instinct to hear.

Imagination: I imagine what this loud noise could be.

Sense image: I know sense the image of the loud noise.

Phantasm: The result of my imagination is a loud noise you could hear on the streets.

Abstraction: My mind now sees the essence of that unique sound of a person’s voice by disregarding the accidental features. My knowledge now understands what is the loud noise I hear.

Concept/Idea: The mental representation of the loud noise is a person speaking through a megaphone.

Term: I now express this idea by writing, drawing or saying “A speaker”.

Example 2:Sense: I see something bright.

Sensation: The bright light arouse my instinct of sight.

Sense image: I know sense the image of the bright light.Imagination: I imagine what this bright light could be.Phantasm: The result of my imagination is a bright light you would normally see.

Abstraction: My mind now sees the essence of that unique bright light of a natural source of light by disregarding the accidental features. My knowledge now understands what is the bright light I see.

Concept/Idea: The mental representation of the bright light is the sun.

Term: I now express this idea by writing, drawing or saying “Sun”.