Texts: 9. True/False Review and Chapter Summary
Use your knowledge of the intension and extension of terms to determine which of the following statements are true. Check all that apply.
1. The order of increasing intension is usually the same as the order of increasing extension. (True/False)
2. "Hovercraft" is a common name. (True/False)
3. The words "connotation" and "denotation" are used differently in logic than they are in grammar. (True/False)
4. "The speck of dust clouding my vision" is a term. (True/False)
5. Verbs, adverbs, and nonsubstantive adjectives are three types of terms. (True/False)
6. While some philosophers have held that connotation is objective, your text takes an approach to connotation that is more subjective in that a term's connotation is whatever a term commonly calls to mind in a competent user of the language. (True/False)
7. Placing a word in quotation marks can indicate that the term is being mentioned instead of used. (True/False)
8. The intensional meaning of a term consists of the things themselves that the term refers to. (True/False)
9. A term is any word or arrangement of words that can serve as the subject of a sentence. (True/False)
10. The following series of terms has increasing intension: ladybug, beetle, insect, animal. (True/False)
11. "Neil Armstrong" is a proper name. (True/False)
12. The word "happily" is being mentioned, not used, in the following sentence: The bride and groom remained happily married. (True/False)
13. The extension of a term can change over time. (True/False)
14. In most cases, a series of terms with increasing intension will also have decreasing extension, but this is not always the case. (True/False)
15. Terms can be ordered by increasing or decreasing intension or extension. (True/False)
16. A term has empty extension if it refers to a class that has at least one member. (True/False)