Concise Introduction to Logic 13th edition By Hurley Chapter 2 Exam

Concise Introduction to Logic 13th edition By Hurley Chapter 2 Exam Cognitive - answerterminology that gives you information or facts emotive - answerterminology that expresses or evokes feelings; appeals to emotions. It enables the arguer to make value claims without providing evidence. value claim - answera claim that something is good, bad, right, wrong, better, worse, more important, or less important than some other thing. For example, a statement about the death penalty that asserts a claim that the death penalty is wrong or immoral would be this type of claim. vague expression - answerThe meaning is hazy, obscure, and imprecise (creates a "blur" of meaning); There are different meanings depending on the context. It is hard to determine the exact meaning intended. For example, words such as "love," "happiness," "peace," "excessive," "fresh," "rich," "poor," "normal," "natural," "healthy," "conservative," and "polluted" ambiguous expression - answerAn expression interpreted as having more than one clearly distinct meaning in a given context (mixes up otherwise clear meanings). For example, words such as "light," "proper," "critical," "stress," "mad," "inflate," "chest," "bank," "sound," and "race." Thus, what is meant by a light beer? Does this mean that the beer is light in color, light in calories, or light in taste? term - answerany word or arrangement of words that may serve as the subject of a statement; consists of proper names, common names, and descriptive phrases such as: Proper names, (Napoleon) Common names (animal), Descriptive phrases (author of Hamlet) intensional meaning (intension) - answerconsists of the qualities or ATTRIBUTES that the term CONNOTES extensional meaning (extension) - answerconsists of the members of the CLASS that the term DENOTES connotation - answerthe intensional meaning of a term denotation - answerthe extensional meaning of a term conventional connotation - answerincludes the attributes that the term commonly calls forth in the minds of competent speakers of the language. this helps to keep the interpretation the same from person to person.