Sem. John Raven C.

Angeles Philosophy II

Epistemology (OPEN-NOTE QUIZ) Certitude and Evidence

For 2.

The intellect is in the potency when it does not possess truth knowledge of something, when we
say potency it connotes capacity to attain perfection or actuality, likewise, when we say that our
intellect is in potency it means our mind or intellect is not yet attaining its perfection such as
knowledge or truth.

For #3

The intellect is in act when it receives its perfection of knowing, here, the intellect is either
attained the truth or deliberating to receive truth. There are two types of actuality of our intellect:
imperfect and perfect. Imperfect act connotes that the intellect does not possess the absolute
truth or knowledge, yet it cannot be reckoned as an intellect in potency due of manner of
deliberation, intellect can be considered as in imperfect act if it is experiecing doubt and opinion,
the former is where mind has been unpredictable on what to affirm and the latter emphasises
averment of the mind on one of the contradictories, however the intellect affirm such without
certitude but with fear. Thus, suspicion transpires and influences the will and the will to the
intellect. On the other hand perfect is when the intellect conclusively assent something is or is
not, with certitude.

For#1

Eveidence in its fullest sense is the property of the thing which is either a body facts or
information which authenticate that a specific proposition or belief is valid. More so, it is
likewise called as the specific element which can vent out specific truth, and thus, evidence is
tangible and precise manifestation of truth. Suffice to say that the motive of certitude is intellect
because through evidence which is a clear and precise manifestation of truth we can assent
firmly and with conclusivity if something is or is not.

For #4