P1: U1, M3 Flashcards
A language game is associated with ____
form of life
According to Wittgenstein, to understand the meaning of a word is to understand how it is ____
used
A word comes to being when it is used for the ________
first time
According to lexicographers, words have ___
history
When the same use of the word becomes integrated in numerous language games, it becomes a _______
conventional or standard term
It is used in more or less the same way in different language games
conventional terms
If a word acquires many different uses in different language-games, it becomes ____
ambiguous
When words are used loosely in many language-games then it becomes _____
vague
What is the cardinal rule?
Never take part in any discussion or verbal dispute in any subject matter with anyone unless you are sure that both of you are using the same word in the same way
A controversy turns out _____ because people often utter the same word but they are using it in different ways.
pointless
Useless controversies happens because people use words ____ in both parties
uniquely
Using the same word can lead to a __
purely verbal argument
People who use the same set of words in the same way belong in the same ___
language game
Useless controversies often consist in using words in ____
different ways