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This set of Philosophy of Language Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on Philosophy Of Language Set 2

Q1 | According to Frege, it is in the of a sentence that a word has meaning
  • hierarchy
  • context
  • clarity
  • inferiority
Q2 | The task of logic comprises examining the type of components the sentences is
  • justified
  • evaluated
  • verified
  • constructed
Q3 | It is the interconnection in sequences as well as from their internal components informing arguments that make the difference between and modern logic
  • traditional
  • objects
  • concepts
  • proper names
Q4 | The new logic was a way to deal with formal structure of propositions, theirbetween themselves, with analysis of their internal parts and components.
  • exclusion
  • psychology
  • interrelations
  • differences
Q5 | Frege compared the mathematical notion of and argument with the logical notionof concept and object
  • function
  • grammer
  • sense
  • addition
Q6 | Frege conceived that thought is the of the sentence as a whole
  • complexity
  • base
  • sense
  • negation
Q7 | In Frege’s conception thought can be expressed knowing its truth value
  • with
  • always
  • without
  • hence
Q8 | In thought being expressed in logical analysis distinctive colourings and tones are to be
  • included
  • involved
  • highlighted
  • excluded
Q9 | The way we use language for scientific purposes is from the way we usefor poetry
  • same
  • different
  • exact
  • synonymous
Q10 | Frege used wherever required in expressing generality
  • diagrams
  • poetry
  • quantifiers
  • images
Q11 | In the discourse of science everything that does not bear truth value is to be
  • avoided
  • conceptualised
  • included
  • minimized
Q12 | Concept word is unsaturated or
  • complete
  • incomplete
  • full
  • multiplied
Q13 | In the Frege’s paper sense and reference, Morning star and evening star refer to thesame object but not their
  • references
  • senses
  • impact
  • vision
Q14 | Inorder to solve conceptual problems Bertrand Russell and Whitehead emphasizes anlanguage in the Principia Mathematica
  • illusionory
  • mystic
  • ideal
  • confused
Q15 | According to Bertrand Russell in a logically perfect language there is exactly word fora simple object.
  • two
  • one
  • multiple
  • infinite
Q16 | It was on the paper “ On Denoting” that the theory of first appeared
  • description
  • relativity
  • linguistics
  • translation
Q17 | Russell claimed that the theory of descriptions solved problems in ontology and
  • syntax
  • semantics
  • arthmetic
  • ethics
Q18 | Frank .B.Ramsey categorized theory of descriptions as the of philosophy
  • essay
  • vision
  • paradigm
  • superstition
Q19 | Though proper name and definite description denote the same individuals still theirfunctions are different
  • mathematical
  • logical
  • ethical
  • numerical
Q20 | By using the language of one could make out the differences between propername and definite description
  • arthmetic
  • geometry
  • symbolic logic
  • simplicity
Q21 | Quinesrejection of Analytic- synthetic statements is the foundation for linguistic
  • rationalism
  • naturalism
  • competence
  • negativity
Q22 | It is the stimulation of endings through which the individual encounters theworld which can be a scientific basis for explanation of the stimulus
  • magnetic
  • grammatical
  • nerve
  • objective
Q23 | Quine considers two sentences mean the same proposition when they are true in thepossible worlds
  • different
  • infinite
  • finite
  • same
Q24 | The truths of logic and mathematics are true in possible worlds.
  • all
  • few
  • some
  • no
Q25 | Quine considers that the fabric of sentences aregenerated from expressions learnt in context which are complexly .
  • disjoint
  • separate
  • interconnected
  • different