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Definitional Techniques - 3

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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Definitional Techniques - 3

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.

 Example – “Puppy”(species) means


infant(difference) dog(genus.

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