P1: U1, M3 Flashcards

1
Q

A language game is associated with ____

A

form of life

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2
Q

According to Wittgenstein, to understand the meaning of a word is to understand how it is ____

A

used

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3
Q

A word comes to being when it is used for the ________

A

first time

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4
Q

According to lexicographers, words have ___

A

history

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5
Q

When the same use of the word becomes integrated in numerous language games, it becomes a _______

A

conventional or standard term

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6
Q

It is used in more or less the same way in different language games

A

conventional terms

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7
Q

If a word acquires many different uses in different language-games, it becomes ____

A

ambiguous

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8
Q

When words are used loosely in many language-games then it becomes _____

A

vague

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9
Q

What is the cardinal rule?

A

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

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10
Q

A controversy turns out _____ because people often utter the same word but they are using it in different ways.

A

pointless

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11
Q

Useless controversies happens because people use words ____ in both parties

A

uniquely

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12
Q

Using the same word can lead to a __

A

purely verbal argument

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13
Q

People who use the same set of words in the same way belong in the same ___

A

language game

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14
Q

Useless controversies often consist in using words in ____

A

different ways

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