The collection of all the objects to which a term may correctly be applied is called?
A. The intension of that term
B. Connotation of that term
C. The extension of that term
D. Denotation of that term
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
C and D only
Every general term has two related but distinct aspects of meaning. The intension (or connotation) of a term is the set of defining attributes or qualities that all objects covered by the term must possess; it tells us what the term 'means' conceptually. For example, the intension of 'triangle' is 'a closed plane figure with three straight sides'. The extension (or denotation) of a term, by contrast, is the actual collection or class of individual objects, existing or possible, to which the term correctly applies; for 'triangle', this would be the entire set of all actual triangles.
The question asks specifically for the term that names 'the collection of all the objects to which a term may correctly be applied', which is precisely how extension and denotation are defined, since both refer to the actual class or set of things covered by the term, not to the defining attributes. Intension and connotation, on the other hand, refer to the qualities or meaning of the term, not to the objects themselves.
Hence, the correct answer is extension and denotation only.
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(A) The intension of that term
(B) Connotation of that term
(C) The extension of that term
(D) Denotation of that term
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
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