MODR 1730 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Vagueness, Simile, Operational Definition
2 Nov 2011
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Language is a vehicle of communication, either written, spoken or signed, to facilitate communication among users. Logic is the study of argument or argumentative discourse. Language consists of many types of discourse, only one of which is argumentative. Many ancient civilizations used the use of poetry (often using metaphors) Metaphors - to compare something to something completely different (similar to a simile, but does not use like or as ) Metaphor is a way of thinking, speaking, or writing in which explicitly or implicitly identifies one object to another of which it cannot be or is not. Concepts - intangible values such as justice, holiness, faith ect. Conceptual refers to things that must be thought about, rather than proven using empirical research. This deals with questioning the empirical world and how it behaves. Informational language is the primary purpose of which is to convey correct descriptions of states of affairs in the world.
