Saylor Academy - PHIL102 Final Study
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literal meaning - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔A sentence's grammatical structure and
the conventional meanings assigned to the words used
Conversational implicature - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔information that is understood
through inference but is not actually said in a conversation
implied meaning - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔This is a suggested, but not stated
meaning
reportive definition - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔A dictionary-type definition that
attempts to capture how a word is normally used
stipulative definition - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔assigns a new meaning to a term
,precising definition - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔seeks to make more precise what was
previously vague or fuzzy
persuasive definition - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔A definition that aims at persuading
the listener one way or another toward the term being defined.
factual dispute - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔occurs when people disagree on a matter
that involves facts
verbal dispute - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔when a vague or ambiguous term results in
a linguistic misunderstanding
necessary condition - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔a condition without which another
event cannot occur
sufficient condition - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔a condition that will certainly bring
about another event
antecedent - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔The word, phrase, or clause referred to by a
pronoun.
consequent - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔the outcome of the hypothetical condition
obscure - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔difficult to see, vague
, lexical ambiguity - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔A situation in which a word has two or
more meanings. Example: pen-writing instrument pen- a place where pigs
live
referentially ambiguous - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔A sentence in which a single word
does not explicitly refer
Ex: Person A and Person B got into the car and they turned on the air
conditioning". It's not clear which person turned on the AC.
syntactically ambiguous - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔sentence's grammatical structure
is unclear, words have multiple but determinate meanings
Ex: "Politicians are frightening people"
Vagueness - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔indefiniteness, uncertainty. Meanings are
indeterminate
Ex: "Dinner will be done in a while."
incompletely expressed idea - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Self-explanatory.
Ex: "Will this test be like the last one?"
Instead of, "How will this test be similar to the last one? Are we talking
length, difficulty, or content?"
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2025/2026 Exam Questions with 100%
Correct Answers | Latest Update
literal meaning - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔A sentence's grammatical structure and
the conventional meanings assigned to the words used
Conversational implicature - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔information that is understood
through inference but is not actually said in a conversation
implied meaning - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔This is a suggested, but not stated
meaning
reportive definition - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔A dictionary-type definition that
attempts to capture how a word is normally used
stipulative definition - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔assigns a new meaning to a term
,precising definition - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔seeks to make more precise what was
previously vague or fuzzy
persuasive definition - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔A definition that aims at persuading
the listener one way or another toward the term being defined.
factual dispute - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔occurs when people disagree on a matter
that involves facts
verbal dispute - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔when a vague or ambiguous term results in
a linguistic misunderstanding
necessary condition - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔a condition without which another
event cannot occur
sufficient condition - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔a condition that will certainly bring
about another event
antecedent - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔The word, phrase, or clause referred to by a
pronoun.
consequent - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔the outcome of the hypothetical condition
obscure - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔difficult to see, vague
, lexical ambiguity - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔A situation in which a word has two or
more meanings. Example: pen-writing instrument pen- a place where pigs
live
referentially ambiguous - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔A sentence in which a single word
does not explicitly refer
Ex: Person A and Person B got into the car and they turned on the air
conditioning". It's not clear which person turned on the AC.
syntactically ambiguous - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔sentence's grammatical structure
is unclear, words have multiple but determinate meanings
Ex: "Politicians are frightening people"
Vagueness - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔indefiniteness, uncertainty. Meanings are
indeterminate
Ex: "Dinner will be done in a while."
incompletely expressed idea - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Self-explanatory.
Ex: "Will this test be like the last one?"
Instead of, "How will this test be similar to the last one? Are we talking
length, difficulty, or content?"
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