Types
What type of definition adds to our understanding by linking it to a theory?
theoretical
The problem with a word like "bear" and "fall" is that they are what?
ambiguous
"If a statement is true then it is true" is what law of logic?
Law of Identity
Defining "lawyer" as an "expert in law" is a violation of what rule?
Don't be circular
What would be a genus of "table"?
furniture
What type of definition is found in a dictionary?
lexical
The problem with words like "long" and "small" are that they are what?
vague
Formal logic deals with what two methods of reasoning?
induction, deduction
Defining "coat" as "warms you in winter" breaks what rule?
Be the same part of speech as the term
Defining "house" as "places like a cottage, the Whitehouse, and an apartment" is defining by using ____.
examples
Defining democracy as "mob rule" would be what kind of definition?
persuasive
"Drawing proper conclusions from other information" is the definition for what?
reasoning
"Deals with operations of thinking only indirectly related to reasoning" is a description of what branch of logic?
informal
Defining "bed" as "the furniture which soaks up the worries of the day" breaks what rule.
Don't be unclear or figurative
Defining "happy" with the word "joyful" is defining by ___.
synonym
Words like "long," "tall," and "far" would need what type of definition in a specific situation?
precising
Logic is the _____ and ____ of _____ well.
science, art, reasoning
"Any statement is either true or false" is what law of logic?
Law of Excluded Middle
Defining "dog" as "a four-legged animal" breaks what rule?
The best method of defining is by ___ and ___.
Genus and difference
Defining macho as "a Spanish word for an aggressively masculine man" would be what type of definition?
stipulative
Describing dogs as being 4-legged mammals from the canine family would be describing the ____ of the term dog.
intention
"A statement cannot be both true and false" is what law?
The Law of Noncontradiction
Defining "Coke" as "not Pepsi" breaks what rule?
State positively, if possible
Give me a definition for "boot."
suggested: a tall, covered shoe