The document discusses different types of definitions including extensional definitions, which assign meaning by indicating class members; demonstrative definitions, which point to members; and enumerative definitions, which name members individually or in groups. It also covers intentional definitions, which assign meaning by indicating qualities or attributes, and definition by genus and difference, which identify a genus term and difference words.
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The document discusses different types of definitions including extensional definitions, which assign meaning by indicating class members; demonstrative definitions, which point to members; and enumerative definitions, which name members individually or in groups. It also covers intentional definitions, which assign meaning by indicating qualities or attributes, and definition by genus and difference, which identify a genus term and difference words.
The document discusses different types of definitions including extensional definitions, which assign meaning by indicating class members; demonstrative definitions, which point to members; and enumerative definitions, which name members individually or in groups. It also covers intentional definitions, which assign meaning by indicating qualities or attributes, and definition by genus and difference, which identify a genus term and difference words.
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The document discusses different types of definitions including extensional definitions, which assign meaning by indicating class members; demonstrative definitions, which point to members; and enumerative definitions, which name members individually or in groups. It also covers intentional definitions, which assign meaning by indicating qualities or attributes, and definition by genus and difference, which identify a genus term and difference words.
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An extensional definition is one that assigns a
meaning to a term by indicating the members of
the class that the definiendum denotes.
Three ways of indicating the member of a class:
pointing to them, naming them individually, and naming them in groups Demonstrative (ostensive)definitions
Enumerative definitions
Definition by subclass Most primitive form of definition
Mostly demonstrated by pointing at an object
Example – “C.S.B. means” that – as you point to
it Assigning a meaning to a term by naming the members of the class the term denotes
Example – “School” means DLSU, ADMU, CSB,
or UP Assigns a meaning to a term by naming subclasses denoted by the term.
Example – “Reptile” means snakes, crocodilians,
lizards and the like. An intentional definitions is one that assigns meaning to a word by indicating the qualities or attributes that the word connotes. Synonymous Definition
Etymological definition
Operational Definition
Definition by genus and difference
One in which the definiens is a single word that connotes the same attributes as the definiendum
Example – “gender” means sex
Assigns a meaning to a word by disclosing the word’s ancestry to both its own language and other languages.
Example – “captain” is derived from the Latin
noun caput which means “head”. Assigns a meaning to a word by specifying certain experimental procedures to determine whether or not the word applies to a certain thing.
Example – One object weighs “heavier” than
another if and only if it has a greater amount of weight according to a weighing scale Assigns a meaning to a term by identifying a genus term and one or more difference words that, when combined, convey the meaning of the term being defined.
