PHIL-1003 Lecture 6: PHIL 1003- Document 6
23 Aug 2018
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The extensional meaning (also called the denotative meaning) of a general term is the collection of the objects that constitutes the extension (or denotation) of the term. The set of attributes shared by all and only those objects to which a general term refers is called the intension (or connotation) of that term. ***the extension of a term (its membership) is determined by its intension. intension is not determined by extension. Terms may have different intensions and the same extension; but terms with different extensions cannot possibly have the same intension. --intention: plane figure, enclosed 3 lines of all equal lengths. Does not mean all things have the same extension does not mean they have the same intention. Two terms can have the same intention but different extension. Increase intention: when all attributes are added, class size should do down.
