LessonsSemantic Fallacies: Defects of Matter, Form, and PredicationQuiz

ومنها: أن لا يكون الأوسط متشابهاً في المقدمتين لاختلافه بالقوة والفعل
Another error is that the middle term is not the same in the two premises because of a difference between potentiality and actuality.

In potentiality (bi-l-quwwa) means possessing a capacity whether or not it is currently exercised. In actuality (bi-l-fiʿl) means exercising it at the moment or having the realized state.

Someone may have the capacity to speak while currently being silent. Confusing the capacity with its exercise makes a single word carry two different meanings across an inference.

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Potentiality and actuality as distinct respects

Semantic Fallacies: Defects of Matter, Form, and Predication

ومنها: أن لا يكون الأوسط متشابهاً في المقدمتين لاختلافه بالقوة والفعل
Another error is that the middle term is not the same in the two premises because of a difference between potentiality and actuality.

In potentiality (bi-l-quwwa) means possessing a capacity whether or not it is currently exercised. In actuality (bi-l-fiʿl) means exercising it at the moment or having the realized state.

Someone may have the capacity to speak while currently being silent. Confusing the capacity with its exercise makes a single word carry two different meanings across an inference.