tem. Distinguish between a General and an Abstract Term. [S]
5. Explain and illustrate what is meant by the Denotation and
Connotation of a Term. What terms have both, and what have one only? [S]
6. Distinguish between Abstract and Concrete Names. To which of these
classes belong (a) adjectives, (b) names of states of consciousness? Are
any abstract names connotative? [S]
7. Distinguish between (a) Proper and Singular Terms, (b) Negative and
Privative, (c) Absolute and Relative. Illustrate.
8. What connection is there between the Connotation and the Relativity
of Names?
9. Examine the logical relations between the following pairs of terms:
(a) happy and happiness; (b) happy and unhappy; (c) 'the juryman' and
'the jury'; (d) parent and offspring.
Explain the technical words used in your answer. [C]
10. Distinguish between _name_; _part of speech_; _term_: and illustrate
by reference to the following--use, useful, usefully. [C]
11. Describe the nature of _Collective_ terms; examine in particular any
difficulties in distinguishing between these and general or abstract
terms. [C]
12. Distinguish between _positive_, _negative_, and _privative_ names.
Of what kind are the following, and why--parallel, alien, idle, unhappy?
What ambiguity is there in the use of such a term as "not-white"? [C]
II. PROPOSITIONS AND IMMEDIATE INFERENCE.
13. What is meant by (1) the Conversion, and (2) the Contra-position of
a proposition? Apply these processes, as far as admissible, to the
following:--
(a) All invertebrates have cold blood.
(b) Some cold-blooded animals are not invertebrates.
(c) No wingless birds are songsters.
(d) Some winged birds are not songsters.
What can you infer from (a) and (b) jointly, and what from (c) and (d)
jointly? [S]
14. "The author actually supposes that, because Professor Fawcett denies
that all wealth is money, he denies that all money is wealth." Analyse
the differences of opinion implied in the above passage. [S]
15. Take any universal affirmative proposition; convert it by obversion
(contraposition); attach the negative particle to the predicate, and
again convert. Interpret the result exactly, and say whether it is or is
not equivalent to the original proposition. [S]
16. What information about the term "solid body" can we derive from the
proposition, "No bodies which are not solids are crystals"? [S]
17. Discuss the proposal to treat all propo
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