PHI 1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Hormel, International Astronomical Union, Stipulative Definition

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Philosophy
• Course: PHI 1101
• Professor: Laura Byrne

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2: only: 2. 6; 2. 7; 2. 9 (note: omit 2. 9. 4 and. To understand how definitions work, we must understand a very important distinction: sense and reference (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) The sense of a word is what we understand when we understand its meaning. (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) It is what is specified by a dictionary definition. = solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped beast with flowing mane and tail, used as beast of burden and draught, and for riding on (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) The reference of a term is the class of things to which the word refers. The things to which the concept points. (cid:1) (cid:1) Bachelor: the reference: the class of bachelors who exist in the universe now, and who will exist in the past and future (cid:1) Horse: the reference: the class of all horse that exist in the universe, now, and in the past and the future (cid:1) All you can nom buffet: stipulative definitions.