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Module 6 - Extensional Meaning versus Intensional Meaning of Terms Flashcards

1
Q

A (…) is a linguistic expression used to express a (…) and designate (stand for) a (…) of objects

A

term; concept; set

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2
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Any linguistic expression which can serve as a (…) or an (…) expression can be considered a (…)

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predicate; attribute; term

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3
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A (…) is a class or collection of all the objects satisfying some specified (…) technically called (… …) by Bertrand Russell

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set; predicate; propositional function

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A (…) can be presented as a list of the respective (…) of all the objects which are the (…) of the (…) or as a short summary (…) consisting in the (…) (…) or (…) which an object has to satisfy in order to qualify as a (…) of the (…)

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set; names; members; set; specification; propositional; function; predicate; member; set

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5
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The (…) (…) or (…) which must be satisfied by an object for such an object to count as a (…) of the (…) can be considered the (…) of membership in the (…)

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propositional; function; predicate; member; set; criterion; set

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6
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A (…) standing for a (…) which is non-empty (not null) is said to have (…) (…)

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term; set; existensional; meaning

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7
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The (…) meaning of a term consists in all the objects to which individually the term can be correctly applied

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extensional

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In contrast, a (…) standing for a set which has no members, i.e. an empty set, is said to be (… …)

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term; extensionally meaningless

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A (…) standing for a null/empty set has no (…) meaning

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term; extensional

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10
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A (…) (…) or a (…) which is descriptive is said to be (…) (…)

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propositional; function; predicate; intensionally; meaningful

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A (…) which is (…) has (…)

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term; descriptive; intension

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12
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Extensionional meaning is the same as referential or denotative meaning

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TRUE

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13
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Intensional meaning is the same as descriptive meaning

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TRUE

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14
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All terms are extensionally meaningful

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FALSE

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15
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All terms are intensionally meaningful

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FALSE

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16
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Extensional meaning is the same as intensional meaning

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FALSE

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17
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The term ‘thing’ is extensionally meaningful

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TRUE

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18
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The term ‘nothing’ is extensionally meaningful

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FALSE

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19
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The term ‘thing’ is intensionally meaningless

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TRUE

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20
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The term ‘nothing’ is intensionally meaningless

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TRUE

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21
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Everything exists

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TRUE

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22
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Nothing exists

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FALSE

23
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Excalibur exists

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FALSE

24
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Excalibur existed

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FALSE

25
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Isaac Newton existed

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TRUE

26
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Isaac Newton exists

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TRUE

27
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Nothing does not exist

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TRUE

28
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Nothing is not a thing

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TRUE

29
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Everything is not a thing

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FALSE

30
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The sword stuck in stone exists

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FALSE

31
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The sword stuck in stone existed

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FALSE

32
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The term ‘the sword stuck in stone’ is a definite description

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TRUE

33
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The term ‘the sword stuck in stone’ has intensional meaning

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TRUE

34
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The term ‘the sword stuck in stone’ has extensional meaning

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FALSE

35
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Excalibur is nothing

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TRUE

36
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The sword stuck in stone is a nothing described

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TRUE

37
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When one thinks of Excalibur, one is not thinking of an object Excalibur but thinking only of a bundle (or a conjunction) of descriptive (i.e. intensional) propositional function attributed or predicated of a supposedly existent but not actually existent Excalibur

A

TRUE

38
Q

When one thinks of Excalibur, one is thinking of the conjunction ‘x is a sword and x is stuck in stone and x is found by squire Arthur and x is subsequently pulled out by squire Arthur and etc. etc.’ following the whim of the storyteller

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TRUE

39
Q

Science is whimsical storytelling

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FALSE

40
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Religion is an evidenced account of reality

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FALSE

41
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If the listener be uncritical and credulous, he/she expediently and conveniently ignores that no (actual, real) observations correspond to ‘x is a sword and x is stuck in stone and x is found by squire Arthur and etc. etc.’

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TRUE

42
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The average ordinary listener whimsically sets science aside and simply, faithfully, and willingly believes the storyteller, not the scientist

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TRUE

43
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The ultimate result of the Excalibur storytelling is that the credulous easy believer takes the bundle of picturesque impressionistic descriptions (without the backing of actual observations) as the very object Excalibur

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TRUE

44
Q

If Excalibur be admitted in science, science does not require any observations of Excalibur

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TRUE

45
Q

Religion does not demand of the religious any actual (direct) observations of Lucifer nor of God; the religious is simply told to believe

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TRUE

46
Q

An X-boson is a Godly particle

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FALSE/TRUE?

47
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For the religious, an imagined supposed existent is well enough considered as an actual existent, i.e. an extensional particular

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TRUE

48
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In religion, imagination is never trustworthy enough as substitute for observation

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FALSE

49
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In science, imagination is never trustworthy enough as substitute for observation

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TRUE

50
Q

St. Augustine denies the existence of evil but fails to deny the existence of Lucifer the supposed cause of all evil

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TRUE

51
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St. Augustine denies the existence of evil but fails to account for the evil of physical pain and to propose ways to avoid or minimize physical pain; in contrast. science accounts for occurrences of physical pain and presents techniques of minimizing and preventing physical pain

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TRUE

52
Q
  1. colored object
  2. object
  3. midnight blue colored object
  4. blue colored object
A

2,1,4,3

53
Q
  1. U.P. student
  2. scholarly pretty female U.P. Diliman student
  3. pretty female U.P. Diliman student
  4. female U.P. Diliman student
  5. student
  6. U.P. Diliman student
  7. impoverished scholarly pretty female U.P. Diliman student
  8. impoverished scholarly pretty female U.P. Diliman student with a residence hall accommodation within U.P. Diliman campus
  9. impoverished scholarly pretty female U.P. Diliman student
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5,1,6,4,3,2,7,9,8

54
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  1. primate
  2. mammal
  3. homo
  4. living thing
  5. chordate
  6. sapiens
  7. animal
  8. vertebrate
A

4,7,8,2,5,1,3,6

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