Philosophy 1200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: The The, Tritone
30 Oct 2018
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Definitions, purpose and assessment (i got this from the online lessons dkm) *applies to both genus-species and ostensive definitions (can be reportive or stipulative: reportive, to convey the meaning of a work in a general sense; its normal usage, reporting the standard meaning . Updated to current terms : dictionary definitions , it reports the standard usage of the term, is it"s normal usage, requires more than 2 people, usually a community to define this . Includes synonymous/contextual definitions: stipulative, to determine the meaning of a term in a particular context (e. g. in the context of a judicial case) London"s animal control law: fish/dogs excluded from the term animal : requires an entire theory, can sometimes be theoretical definitions, a lot of it is subjective one person can agree. When other terms do not apply to the definition. If there are other possibilities, then it"s too broad. Soccer is a game played with a ball.
