Philosophy 2020 Lecture Notes - Natural Number, Intension, Conjunction Elimination
28 Jul 2014
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Assessing reportive: too broad and too narrow. A pencil is an instrument used for writing words. This is circular because surgery is used to describe the meaning of surgeon: obscure. Ambiguous sentence: one which has more than one, quite precise meanings. This sentence can be think in two ways. Vague sentence: one that lacks a precise meanings. Applicants must have a diploma in early childhood care or equivalent experience. It is uncertain what the equivalent experiences is. Types of ambiguity: referential : when a word or phrase could, in the context of a sentence, refer to. The big is ambiguous because we don"t know if he is big or his fame is big. 1a) distribute: when a term is used to say something about each and every member of a group. It is unclear if the team is large or the member is large. 1b) collective: when a term refers to a property of a group as a whole.
