Lesson 25: Distributed Terms

Question 1

Distributed Term

Answer 1

The term that refers to all members of its category.

Question 2

How can you tell if a term is a distributed term?

Answer 2

Simply by looking at its placement in a categorical statement.

Question 3

What is a simple trick to remember if a term is a distributed term?

Answer 3

The subjects of universal statements (A and E) are distributed.
The predicates of negative statement (E and O) are also distributed.

Question 4

Write down all the statements and which terms are distributed in them.

Answer 4

All S are P: S is distributed
No S are P: S and P are distributed
Some S are P: No terms are distributed
Some S are not P: P is distributed