Question 1

Using the six definitional criteria, evaluate the following: Love is never having to say you're sorry.

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Question 2

Using the six definitional criteria, evaluate the following: The meaning of a word is what is explained by the explanation of the meaning. (Ludwig Wittgenstein, Philosophical Investigations)

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Question 3

Using the six definitional criteria, evaluate the following: A counterfactual conditional is a conditional that expresses a counterfactual proposition.

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Question 4

Using the six definitional criteria, evaluate the following: Noise is any unwanted noise.

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Question 5

Using the six definitional criteria, evaluate the following: An alcoholic is someone who is always drunk.

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Question 6

Using the six definitional criteria, evaluate the following: A widower is a male widow.

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Question 7

Using the six definitional criteria, evaluate the following: Sorrow is tranquility remembered in emotion. (Dorothy Parker)

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Question 8

Using the six definitional criteria, evaluate the following: A conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs who has never learned to walk. (Franklin D. Roosevelt)

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Question 9

Using the six definitional criteria, evaluate the following: Ethics is the study of what makes behavior ethical or not.

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Question 10

Using the six definitional criteria, evaluate the following: A square is a closed-plane figure whose sides are all equal.

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Question 11

Using the six definitional criteria, evaluate the following: An optimist is someone who never sees the bad side of things.

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Question 12

Write a well-crafted version of the following argument, identifying any equivocations or persuasive definitions:
Our elected officials are all politicians, and therefore crooks. A politician is, by definition, someone who exploits as many small people as possible in grasping power. Anyone who does that is a crook. But in order to get elected these days, one must successfully play the political game; that is, one must be a politician.

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Question 13

Write a well-crafted version of the following argument, identifying any equivocations or persuasive definitions:
Every action is the result of either physical forces or mental forces, or both. But physical forces are predetermined by the physical state of the world at a given moment and the laws of physics. If we knew enough about the state of things and physics, we should be able to predict future physical action. Similarly, mental forces are predetermined by the mental state of the universe at a given moment and the laws of psychology. If we knew enough about the mental states of minds, and enough psychology, we would be able to predict future mental force. All future forces are thus predictable, and thus so
is all future action. Since predictability is just what one means by predestination, it follows that the future is predestined.

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Question 14

Write a well-crafted version of the following argument, identifying any equivocations or persuasive definitions:
Reporters are snakes. They will lie, steal, and cheat to get information, and whoever will do that is a snake. Thus it is surprising that most courts of law include a court reporter as part of the court's personnel. To have a snake as a hired part of the court proceedings clearly undermines the pursuit of justice. Consequently, courts should start doing without court reporters.

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Question 15

If a persuasive definition is employed in the following dialog, explain its weakness in terms of the six criteria for definitions; if it is instead a merely verbal dispute, identify the word or phrase that has a double meaning, and provide a definition for both meanings.
Johnson: I support the death penalty.
Smith: I'm opposed to the death penalty because it's just state-sanctioned murder.

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Question 16

If a persuasive definition is employed in the following dialog, explain its weakness in terms of the six criteria for definitions; if it is instead a merely verbal dispute, identify the word or phrase that has a double meaning, and provide a definition for both meanings.
Bob: Sammy Sosa was a better athlete than Tiger Woods. Sosa could beat Woods in a race any day!
Sue: No way! Woods is the better athlete. He hits a ball farther than Sosa ever could!

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Quiz 3: Logic and Language

Using the six definitional criteria, evaluate the following: Love is never having to say you're sorry.

Using the six definitional criteria, evaluate the following: The meaning of a word is what is explained by the explanation of the meaning. (Ludwig Wittgenstein, Philosophical Investigations)

Using the six definitional criteria, evaluate the following: A counterfactual conditional is a conditional that expresses a counterfactual proposition.

Using the six definitional criteria, evaluate the following: Noise is any unwanted noise.

Using the six definitional criteria, evaluate the following: An alcoholic is someone who is always drunk.

Using the six definitional criteria, evaluate the following: A widower is a male widow.

Using the six definitional criteria, evaluate the following: Sorrow is tranquility remembered in emotion. (Dorothy Parker)

Using the six definitional criteria, evaluate the following: A conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs who has never learned to walk. (Franklin D. Roosevelt)

Using the six definitional criteria, evaluate the following: Ethics is the study of what makes behavior ethical or not.

Using the six definitional criteria, evaluate the following: A square is a closed-plane figure whose sides are all equal.

Using the six definitional criteria, evaluate the following: An optimist is someone who never sees the bad side of things.