What is judgement in traditional logic?

• A. Proposition
• B. Deductive inference
• C. Judgement
• D. Syllogism

Answer: (C)

Judgment in traditional logic is the act of affirming or denying something about a subject. It is the mental act that attributes a predicate to a subject, forming the claim that the subject has that predicate. For example, saying “All dogs are mammals” is the judgment being made; the proposition expresses that judgment and can be true or false. From judgments we build inferences, and a syllogism is a structured chain of judgments leading to a conclusion. So judgment is the act itself, whereas a proposition is the expressed content, deduction is the reasoning process, and a syllogism is a specific form of that reasoning.