The principal characteristic of judgment is whether it is true or false. The meaning of judgment corresponds, according to Aristotle, to the ontological behaviour of the objects. In other words, judgment is true when within itself the intellect unites elements that are in reality also copulated. Judgment is false when the intellect or mind joins things which in reality are apart, that is, knowledge through judgment understands or grasps an objective state of things. The meaning of judgment and the behavior of objects which we judge move in parallel.
Syllogism consists of more judgments.
In the former instance it is motivated by the general and moves to the special, in the latter case the reverse process takes place. Every judgment consists of two concepts, the subject and the predicate or object. Each of these falls, according to Aristotle, in a certain 'category'. The category is a manner of description. Whatever is said in one sentence, indicates either one substance or one quantity, or one quality, or one relationship, and so on.