Definition and Its Four Forms: Complete/Incomplete Essential and Descriptive Definitions

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• What is the main purpose of a definiens?
• What is the definiendum in “Human is a rational animal”?
• Which two constituents make a complete essential definition?
• Why is “Human is a rational animal” complete hadd?
• What kind of definition is “Human is a rational body”?
• What is defining human by “rational” alone?
• What primarily separates hadd from rasm?
• What is “Human is an animal capable of laughter”?
• What logical role does “capable of laughter” play here?
• What kind of definition is “Human is a laughing-capable body”?
• Defining human only by “capable of laughter” is:
• Why is the two-part phrase “rational body” not complete hadd?
• Why is “Human is something that walks” insufficient as a technical definition?
• Why is a common accident excluded from the four defining forms?
• What is missing in “Human is an animal”?
• Why is “A human is an animal able to write” defective as a general definition?
• What makes a descriptive definition complete?
• What is the purpose of a verbal definition?
• What does “al-ghaḍanfar means al-asad” illustrate?
• Why is “Sa‘dānah is a plant” not complete hadd?
• What changes when “rational” is replaced by “capable of laughter”?
• Which is an instance of incomplete hadd?
• Which expression fits incomplete rasm?
• What is the sound way to classify a definition?
• Which term is the proximate genus of human?
• What is the principal focus of the next chapter?
• Complete hadd combines proximate genus and proximate differentia.
• “Human is a laughing-capable body” is complete rasm because it has two components.
• A verbal definition aims to explain the meaning signified by a word.
• A common accident suffices to distinguish a species from all other species.