Predicables
Predicables
(Lat. praedicabilia) In Aristotle’s logic the five types of predicates that may be affirmed or denied of a subject in a logical proposition, viz. definition, genus, differentia, property, and accident. The list of predicables as formulated by Porphyry and later logicians omits definition and includes species. See DefinitionGenus; Species; Differentia; Property; Accident. — G.R.M.