Lectionary Calendar
Thursday, March 28th, 2024
Maundy Thursday
There are 3 days til Easter!
Attention!
Partner with StudyLight.org as God uses us to make a difference for those displaced by Russia's war on Ukraine.
Click to donate today!

Bible Dictionaries
Judgment

1910 New Catholic Dictionary

Search for…
or
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y Z
Prev Entry
Judges, Book of
Next Entry
Judgment, Final
Resource Toolbox
Additional Links

A function of the intellect; that act by which we predicate one thing of another. Saint Thomas has defined it as the act by which the mind combines or separates two terms by affirmation or denial. A judgment always implies the presence of two ideas in the mind, a comparison of these two ideas, and the affirmation of their agreement or disagreement. It is expressed verbally by the proposition, such as, "Snow is white." Judgment is the chief act toward which all thought converges, since it alone is true or false. The most important division of judgments is that which distinguishes analytical and synthetical judgments. According to the conception of the Scholastics, if the predicate may be inferred from the consideration of the subject, because it is already contained in its nature or essential relations, the judgment is analytical, or necessary, e.g., "The whole is greater than any of its parts." If the predicate adds something to the subject which cannot be stated previously to the experience of it, something which no mere analysis of the subject would reveal, the judgment is synthetical or contingent, e.g., "This book has 600 pages."

Bibliography Information
Entry for 'Judgment'. 1910 New Catholic Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ncd/​j/judgment.html. 1910.
adsFree icon
Ads FreeProfile