Module 3 - The Problem of Meaning

Question 1

Ancient philosophers Plato and Aristotle considered linguistic expression as essentially (…)

Answer 1

names

Question 2

Your (…) has you yourself as its unique (…)

Answer 2

name; meaning

Question 3

You are the (…) of your (…)

Answer 3

meaning; name

Question 4

A (…) proper name has a singular (…) as its meaning

Answer 4

singular; object

Question 5

A (…) (common) name has a plurality of (… …) as its meaning

Answer 5

general; individual objects

Question 6

A name is a name if and only if it is the name of (…)

Answer 6

something

Question 7

The (…) to which a name stands as a name is said to be the (…) of that name

Answer 7

existent; referent

Question 8

That the (…) of a (…) serves as the (…) of that (…) is known as the (…) theory of meaning

Answer 8

referent; name; meaning; name; primordial

Question 9

It is in the level of (…), but not in the level of (…), that the two sentences ‘The morning star is the evening star’ and ‘The morning star is the morning star’ differ in (…)

Answer 9

sense; referent; meaning

Question 10

Your name has you yourself as its unique meaning

Answer 10

TRUE

Question 11

There is no difference between a singular (proper) name and a general (common) name

Answer 11

FALSE

Question 12

There is no difference between a singular (proper) name and a definite description

Answer 12

FALSE

Question 13

The referential theory of meaning is the easiest and the least complicated theory of meaning

Answer 13

TRUE

Question 14

The sense theory of meaning was discovered by Gottlob Frege

Answer 14

FALSE

Question 15

The sense of theory of meaning was not anticipated by John Stuart Mill

Answer 15

FALSE

Question 16

According to the sense theory of meaning, it is the sense of a linguistic expression which confers meaning on the linguistic expression

Answer 16

TRUE

Question 17

Referent (as meaning) and sense (as meaning) are one and the same

Answer 17

FALSE

Question 18

You are a referent

Answer 18

TRUE

Question 19

You are a sense

Answer 19

FALSE

Question 20

You are a meaning

Answer 20

TRUE

Question 21

It is better to consider general (common) names as terms rather than as names

Answer 21

TRUE

Question 22

It is not essential for a singular (proper) name to have a referent

Answer 22

FALSE

Question 23

It is not essential for a singular (proper) name to have a sense

Answer 23

TRUE

Question 24

A singular (proper) name is a term

Answer 24

FALSE

Question 25

A singular name’s having a referent is what makes the singular name a proper name

Answer 25

TRUE

Question 26

It is essential for a definite description to have a sense

Answer 26

TRUE

Question 27

It is essential for a definite description to have a referent

Answer 27

TRUE

Question 28

It is essential for a general (common) name to have at least one referent

Answer 28

TRUE

Question 29

Only an existent can be a referent

Answer 29

TRUE

Question 30

There is at least one existent

Answer 30

TRUE

Question 31

There is at least one referent

Answer 31

TRUE