Language and Meaning. Crash Course

According to the text, what is the definition of a game?

• A collection of sounds or written symbols

• A game requires at least two players

• A competition with winners and losers

• A thing you do for fun

Who proposed the distinction between sense and reference of words?

• Crash Course

• Andre

• Ludwig Wittgenstein

• Gottlab Frege

What is a necessary condition for being a bachelor?

• Being a cat

• Being born in the United States

• Being a game

• Being unmarried

According to Wittgenstein, how do we learn and know the meaning of words?

• By hearing the way other members of our linguistic community use them

• By reading dictionaries

• By playing games

• By watching movies

What did Wittgenstein say about the rigid concept of definitions?

• It's universally accepted

• It doesn't actually work

• It's the only way to define words

• It's essential for language

What did Wittgenstein propose as an alternative to rigid definitions?

• Cluster concepts

• Exact definitions

• Universal meanings

• Individual interpretations

What does Wittgenstein mean by 'family resemblance' in relation to word meanings?

• Words share something with some other members of the group

• Words have no common elements

• Words are completely different

• Words are unrelated

What did Wittgenstein say about the meaning of words in a linguistic community?

• Meaning is subjective

• Meaning is irrelevant

• Meaning is fixed

• Meaning is use

What did Wittgenstein use to illustrate the impossibility of directly communicating subjective experiences?

• Birds in herds

• Dogs in logs

• Beetles in boxes

• Cats in hats

What did Wittgenstein say language can only refer to in terms of internal states?

• Observable behaviors

• Private thoughts

• Emotions

• Memories