Question: Which of the following are all denoted by the term “philosopher”?
Answer Choices:
a. Aristotle, Plato, Descartes, Locke.
b. Aristotle, Greece, Lyceum, peripatos.
c. Rationalism, empiricism, idealism, pragmatism.
d. Introspective, intelligent, rational, curious.
e. Aristotelianism, Platonism, Cartesianism, Kantianism.
Answer: a. Aristotle, Plato, Descartes, Locke
Question: Which of the following are all connoted by the term “poet”?
Answer Choices:
a. Iambic, trochaic, dactylic, anapestic.
b. Ode, sonnet, ballad, elegy.
c. Dickinson, Wordsworth, Poe, Longfellow.
d. Imaginative, expressive, sensitive, articulate.
e. Lyric, pastoral, bucolic, georgic.
Answer: d. Imaginative, expressive, sensitive, articulate
Question: Which of the following pairs of terms have the same extension?
Answer Choices:
a. Red, green.
b. Psychologist, psychiatrist.
c. Baseball player, shortstop.
d. Novel, Moby Dick.
e. Vampire, tooth fairy.
Answer: e. Vampire, tooth fairy
Question: Which of the following groups of terms are in the order of increasing intension?
Answer Choices:
a. Mallard, duck, waterfowl, bird.
b. Waterfowl, bird, mallard, duck.
c. Bird, waterfowl, duck mallard.
d. Duck, mallard, bird, waterfowl.
e. Mallard, waterfowl, duck, bird.
Answer: c. Bird, waterfowl, duck, mallard
Question: Which of the following groups of terms are in the order of increasing extension?
Answer Choices:
a. Dwelling, house, large house, mansion.
b. Mansion, large house, house, dwelling.
c. House, mansion, dwelling, large house.
d. Large house, house, mansion, dwelling.
e. Dwelling, large house, house, mansion.
Answer: b. Mansion, large house, house, dwelling
Question: Which of the following is always an intensional definition?
Answer Choices:
a. Enumerative definition.
b. Definition by subclass.
c. Synonymous definition.
d. Demonstrative definition.
e. Stipulative definition.
Answer: c. Synonymous definition
Question: Which of the following is always an extensional definition?
Answer Choices:
a. Precising definition.
b. Stipulative definition.
c. Theoretical definition.
d. Demonstrative definition.
e. Synonymous definition.
Answer: d. Demonstrative definition
Question: In the definition “‘Chill’ means a sensation of cold attended with shivering,” the definiens is:
Answer Choices:
a. A sensation of cold attended with shivering.
b. Cold attended with shivering.
c. Chill.
d. Attended with shivering.
e. Sensation.
Answer: a. A sensation of cold attended with shivering
Question: In the definition in Question 15 definiendum is:
Answer Choices:
a. Sensation of cold.
b. Attended with shivering.
c. A sensation of cold attended with shivering.
d. Sensation.
e. Chill.
Answer: e. Chill
Question: The definition “‘Avaricious’ means greedy” is an example of:
Answer Choices:
a. A stipulative definition.
b. A definition by genus and difference.
c. A synonymous definition.
d. An extensional definition.
e. An enumerative definition.
Answer: c. A synonymous definition
Question: The definition “‘Marianzy’ means a flower that results from crossing a marigold with a daisy” is an example of:
Answer Choices:
a. An etymological definition.
b. A stipulative definition.
c. An enumerative definition.
d. A precising definition.
e. A synonymous definition.
Answer: b. A stipulative definition
Question: The definition “‘Whistleblower’ means a back-stabbing employee who reveals company secrets to enemies on the outside” is an example of:
Answer Choices:
a. A lexical definition.
b. A persuasive definition.
c. A demonstrative definition.
d. A stipulative definition.
e. A precising definition.
Answer: b. A persuasive definition
Question: The definition “‘Child’ means, for purposes of buying a ticket for admission to the Bijou Theater, a person less than eleven years old” is an example of:
Answer Choices:
a. A definition by subclass.
b. An operational definition.
c. A lexical definition.
d. A demonstrative definition.
e. A precising definition.
Answer: b. An operational definition
Question: The definition “‘Gemstone’ means a diamond, emerald, sapphire, ruby, and so on” is an example of:
Answer Choices:
a. A definition by genus and difference.
b. A persuasive definition.
c. A demonstrative definition.
d. A definition by subclass.
e. A precising definition.
Answer: d. A definition by subclass
Question: The definition “‘Oxygen’ means an element having an atomic weight of 8 and an atomic number of 16” is an example of:
Answer Choices:
a. An extensional definition.
b. A theoretical definition.
c. A persuasive definition.
d. An etymological definition.
e. A definition by subclass.
Answer: b. A theoretical definition
Question: The definition “‘Craft’ means (1) a skill or trade, (2) cunning, (3) a small boat” is an example of:
Answer Choices:
a. A lexical definition.
b. An operational definition.
c. A stipulative definition.
d. A synonymous definition.
e. A demonstrative definition.
Answer: a. A lexical definition
Question: The definition “‘Eiffel Tower’ means that (as you point to it) is an example of:
Answer Choices:
a. A precising definition.
b. An intensional definition.
c. A definition by subclass.
d. A theoretical definition.
e. A demonstrative definition.
Answer: e. A demonstrative definition
Question: The definition “‘Rare’ means, in reference to a steak, that the meat appears red when you cut into it” is an example of:
Answer Choices:
a. A theoretical definition.
b. A definition by subclass.
c. A persuasive definition.
d. An operational definition.
e. An enumerative definition.
Answer: d. An operational definition
Question: The definition “‘State’ means Oregon, Missouri, Ohio, Vermont, and so on” is an example of:
Answer Choices:
a. An etymological definition.
b. A synonymous definition.
c. An enumerative definition.
d. A precising definition.
e. A stipulative definition.
Answer: c. An enumerative definition