2. MEANING OF LOGICAL TERM.
A notion has been referred to as any product of the knowing mind. When we express these notions in words such expressions may be called logical terms.
Definition. A logical term is a word or a group of words denoting a definite notion. Illustrations: Honesty, Chicago, tree, walking, the man who was ill, beautiful roses. This is a list of logical terms, because each word or group of words denotes a notion of some kind. It isnow evident that any subject or predicate with its modifiers constitutes a logical term. In the proposition, “The beautiful red house on the hill, owned by Mr. Jones, has burned,” the term used as the subject consists of eleven words. The reader must not confuse logical terms with grammatical parts of speech. “Of” is a preposition but not a logical term, as no definite notion is indicated.