MODR 1760 Lecture Notes - Vagueness, Doublespeak, Modus Ponens

• School: York University
• Department: Modes Of Reasoning
• Course: MODR 1760
• Professor: macewan

Document Summary

Language is communication designed to facilitate the use of various types of discourse (informational discourse, interrogative discourse, imperative discourse, emotive discourse, normative discourse/evaluative discourse, performative discourse, narrative discourse, ceremonial discourse (etiquette)) among users. All language is oral it depends on how you say it: emotive/inform, normative/evaluative, emotive, informational. Conceptual words (good, success, failure, justice, fairness, etc. ) Reference are things what words refer to. Connotation are the communal meaning that are assigned to words. Vagueness is a problem with natural language where certain words, term, and expressions can have a variety of meaning/connotations and it is not clear which one/s is/are at issue. Ambiguity is a problem with natural language where certain words, terms, and expressions can have a variety or meanings/connotations and it is clear within a limited range which one/s is/are at issue. Double-speak is language that sends two meanings at the same time. E. g. , no evidence that harmful but also no evidence that is harmless.