P2: U1, M5 Flashcards
If a term has acquired too many uses, the term has become ____
Ambiguous
Hedonist view of good
bodily pleasure
Humanist view of good
human potential
Utilitarian view of good
greatest happiness for the greatest number
Logical positivist view of good
approval of an act
Kantian view of good
duty
When something went wrong with the intension of a concept
vague
The set of traits of characteristics that members must have to be included in the extension of not sufficient to determine what to include and what to exclude
vague
Antidote to vague terms
clarify
If a term acquired numerous uses and each of this use has mutually exclusive intensions, then it has become
ambiguous
If the intension become loose and unclear it has become
Vague
This is the effect when a term has acquired multiple uses
Misunderstanding and useless controversies
If both are not aware of the shift in uses, the result is
Linguistic Confusion
Antidote to Linguistic Confusion
Cardinal Rule
Using one term in one way and later use it again in another in the same line of reasoning
Fallacy of Equivocation