The Signification of Particular Concepts and their Role in Aristotelian Logic

Aristotelian logicians for the most part divide concepts into universal and particular and then discriminate and explain them. But some scholars like Ayat Allah Javadi Amoli believe that there is no particular concept and all concepts are universal. It seems that, for the destiny of this division being clear, it is necessary to explain plainly the distinction criterion for particular and universal concepts. When this criterion being clarified, the signification of these two kinds of concepts and the explanation of true and false propositions containing them will be clarified too. Logicians believe that particular concepts have no use in argumentative sciences, because they do not provide a persistent, certain science. However, sometimes some particular concepts have been used in argumentative sciences and there are scholars who believe that statements containing particular concepts could make persistent certainty for men. Their remarks may be justifiable in the light of earlier scholars’ sayings.