Module 3 - The Problem of Meaning Flashcards
(31 cards)
Ancient philosophers Plato and Aristotle considered linguistic expression as essentially (…)
names
Your (…) has you yourself as its unique (…)
name; meaning
You are the (…) of your (…)
meaning; name
A (…) proper name has a singular (…) as its meaning
singular; object
A (…) (common) name has a plurality of (… …) as its meaning
general; individual objects
A name is a name if and only if it is the name of (…)
something
The (…) to which a name stands as a name is said to be the (…) of that name
existent; referent
That the (…) of a (…) serves as the (…) of that (…) is known as the (…) theory of meaning
referent; name; meaning; name; primordial
It is in the level of (…), but not in the level of (…), that the two sentences ‘The morning star is the evening star’ and ‘The morning star is the morning star’ differ in (…)
sense; referent; meaning
Your name has you yourself as its unique meaning
TRUE
There is no difference between a singular (proper) name and a general (common) name
FALSE
There is no difference between a singular (proper) name and a definite description
FALSE
The referential theory of meaning is the easiest and the least complicated theory of meaning
TRUE
The sense theory of meaning was discovered by Gottlob Frege
FALSE
The sense of theory of meaning was not anticipated by John Stuart Mill
FALSE
According to the sense theory of meaning, it is the sense of a linguistic expression which confers meaning on the linguistic expression
TRUE
Referent (as meaning) and sense (as meaning) are one and the same
FALSE
You are a referent
TRUE
You are a sense
FALSE
You are a meaning
TRUE
It is better to consider general (common) names as terms rather than as names
TRUE
It is not essential for a singular (proper) name to have a referent
FALSE
It is not essential for a singular (proper) name to have a sense
TRUE
A singular (proper) name is a term
FALSE
