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This set of Philosophy of Language Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on Philosophy Of Language Set 1
Q1 | G.E Moore states that the predicate good was
- definable
- difficult
- indefinable
- wrong
Q2 | Analytic philosophy is not a movement, instead there are various subgroups and individual thinkers collected under it
- justified
- unified
- meaningful
- scattered
Q3 | Principia Ethica is book written by which of the following thinkers
- wittgenstein
- russell
- g.e. moore
- carnap
Q4 | In Principia Ethicaanalysis was applied to understand the nature of deliberations
- mathematical
- moral
- material
- difficult
Q5 | According to Hacker, analysis is the of a concept in to its elements.
- decomposition
- unification
- joining
- synthesis
Q6 | Symbolic logic was seen to be fundamental to theorizing
- spiritual
- poetic
- scientific
- psychological
Q7 | Regarding the origin of 20th century analytic philosophy is in orientation
- psychological
- non - psychological
- intuitive
- transcendental
Q8 | A good way ahead was the role of logic and in philosophizing
- sophistry
- illusion
- science
- myth
Q9 | Frege observed that there was lack of firm foundations in the discipline.
- temporary
- hierarchical
- logical
- cyclical
Q10 | Frege’s logistic thesis claims that mathematical theorems concerning number can be in terms of purely logical sort
- mistaken
- cancelled
- error
- re-expressed
Q11 | Frege’s concern was mainly issues
- botanical
- logico-linguistic
- religious
- ethical
Q12 | The logical foundations for the proofs of are given in Begriffschrift
- ethics
- theology
- arithmetic
- geology
Q13 | The looseness and of natural language is cancelled by using specialnotations of ideal language
- clarity
- depth
- ambience
- vagueness
Q14 | It is not the processes that Frege points to when he insistson the proofs of the law of arithmetic.
- psychological
- mathematical
- logical
- logico-linguistic
Q15 | The form of system of logic is through the conceptual notation of Frege.
- old
- traditional
- modern
- classical
Q16 | The predicate in the proposition of the older logic is clarified through the analogyof the mathematical notion of and logical notion of concept.
- function
- matrix
- equation
- reference
Q17 | The combination of and function is said to have a truth value
- concept
- argument
- vagueness
- emptiness
Q18 | According to Frege,It is the features inlanguage that one understands if one understands the nature of meaning in language
- subjective
- objective
- partial
- incomplete
Q19 | For Frege concepts are entities
- subjective
- transcendent
- objective
- transient
Q20 | According to Frege, the linguistic expression that stands for concepts is called
- constant
- concept word
- antonym
- proper name
Q21 | In Fregean thought understanding of words is successfully achieved by itscontribution to the formation and in sentences
- opposition
- verification
- use
- complexity
Q22 | Frege’s approach to philosophy of language is one
- syntactical
- dialectical
- atomistic
- semantical
Q23 | According to Frege, can be called the science which makes discoveriesabout the existence and properties of certain independent abstract objects say numbers
- taxonomy
- physics
- arithmetic
- botany
Q24 | In defining number, Frege defines class as the of the concept
- extension
- intension
- verification
- negation
Q25 | It is only through standards set through language that the deficiencies ofnatural language in day to day use could be recognized
- complex
- atomic
- hierarchical
- ideal