[ontolog-forum] Definitions, Dictionaries, and Meanings

["John F. Sowa" <sowa@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

As useful background, I often cite the following tutorial
by the philosopher Norman Swartz:    (01)

    http://www.sfu.ca/philosophy/swartz/definitions.htm    (02)

Following is the table of contents, which summarizes the
points he covers.    (03)

John Sowa
_________________________________________________________    (04)

Definitions, Dictionaries, and Meanings    (05)

by Norman Swartz    (06)

Contents    (07)

1 INTRODUCTION    (08)

2 USE AND MENTION
   2.1  Iconographic and Non-iconographic Names
   2.2  Corner-quotes (Advanced material)    (09)

3 MOTIVATION FOR DEFINING OUR TERMS
   3.1  Exercise    (010)

4 SYMBOLIZATION    (011)

5 SEVEN KINDS OF DEFINITIONS
   5.1  Stipulative Definitions
   5.2  Lexical Definitions
   5.3  Precising Definitions
   5.4  Theoretical Definitions
   5.5  Operational Definitions
   5.6  Recursive Definitions
   5.7  Persuasive Definitions    (012)

6 MODES OF MEANING
   6.1  Extension
   6.2  Intension
        6.2.1   Logically Necessary and Sufficient Conditions
        6.2.2   "Intension" explicated in terms of Necessary
                 and Sufficient Conditions
   6.3  'Reciprocity' of Intension and Extension    (013)

7 PRAGMATICS OF DEFINING
   7.1  Contextual Definition (or Paraphrase)
   7.2  Defining by Intension
   7.3  Defining by Extension
        7.3.1   Ostension
        7.3.2   Extensional Definition by Naming
        7.3.3   Extensional Definition by Unique Description
   7.4  Two Case Studies in the Application of the Intension/Extension
                 Distinction
        7.4.1   "God exists, by definition"
        7.4.2   The 'Width' of an Intensional Definition    (014)

8 THEORIES OF DEFINITION
   8.1  Theory of 'real' definition
   8.2  The Classical Theory of Definition
   8.3  The Logic of Criteria and the 'Cluster-Concept'
   8.4  The Possibility of an Overabundance of Necessary and Sufficient
                 Conditions    (015)

9 DOES "MEANING" MEAN "INTENSION" OR "EXTENSION"?    (016)

10 EXPLICATION (/CONCEPTUAL ANALYSIS)    (017)

11 CONCLUSION    (018)

    REFERENCES    (019)

    NOTES    (020)


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