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    DEFINITIONS - Extension, Intension, Negation

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    The document discusses three methods of defining terms: defining by extension, defining by intension, and defining by negation. Defining by extension involves providing examples that a term refers to. Defining by intension involves describing the important attributes or characteristics of the subject. Defining by negation defines a term by indicating what it does not mean. The document provides examples of definitions using each of these three methods and asks the reader to define additional terms using the methods.

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    The document discusses three methods of defining terms: defining by extension, defining by intension, and defining by negation. Defining by extension involves providing examples that a term refers to. Defining by intension involves describing the important attributes or characteristics of the subject. Defining by negation defines a term by indicating what it does not mean. The document provides examples of definitions using each of these three methods and asks the reader to define additional terms using the methods.

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    The document discusses three methods of defining terms: defining by extension, defining by intension, and defining by negation. Defining by extension involves providing examples that a term refers to. Defining by intension involves describing the important attributes or characteristics of the subject. Defining by negation defines a term by indicating what it does not mean. The document provides examples of definitions using each of these three methods and asks the reader to define additional terms using the methods.

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    DEFINITIONS - Extension, Intension, Negation

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    DEFINITIONS:

    EXTENSION, INTENSION, AND


    NEGATION
    DEFINING BY EXTENSION
    - from the word EXTEND
    - writing the examples to which
    the term refers to and combining
    them with a descriptive phrase to
    further clarify
    EXAMPLES:
    Alligators, crocodiles,
    snakes, lizards and turtles
    all reptiles.
    EXAMPLES:
    Chimpanzees, gibbons,
    gorillas, orangutans, and
    siamangs are all apes.
    EXAMPLES:
    Cassava, taro, and sweet
    potatoes are all root
    crops.
    DEFINE THE FOLLOWING TERMS BY EXAMPLE,
    ENUMERATING THREE EXAMPLES FOR EACH TERM.

    1. actor 4. flower
    2. boxer 5. senator
    3. element
    DEFINING BY INTENSION
    - from the word INTENSE
    - writing the important attributes
    or characteristics of the subject –
    the term being defined
    EXAMPLES:

    Apes are large primate


    animals that lack tail.
    EXAMPLES:
    Fruits are the sweet and fleshy
    products of trees or other
    plants that contain seed(s) and
    can be eaten as food.
    EXAMPLES:
    Mammals are warm-blooded vertebrate
    animals of a class that is distinguished by
    the possession of hair or fur, the secretion
    of milk by females for the nourishment of
    the young, and typically the birth of live
    young.
    DEFINE THE FOLLOWING TERMS BY WRITING THE IMPORTANT
    ATTRIBUTES OR CHARACTERISTICS OF EACH TERM.

    1. backpack 4. laptop
    2. book 5. unicycle
    3. cellphone
    DEFINING BY NEGATION

    - from the word NEGATE


    - effectively defining a term by
    indicating what it does NOT mean
    EXAMPLES:
    Cyan is neither green
    nor blue. Rather, it is
    greenish-blue.
    EXAMPLES:
    Magenta is neither
    violet nor red. Rather, it
    is purplish red.

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