Logic and the Philosophy of Language: Meaning, Reference, and Truth
This quiz explores major theories of meaning in philosophy of language, including semantics, pragmatics, structuralism, and various perspectives on how word meaning is determined through relationships to speakers, context, culture, history, and reality.
Questions
What is the study of meaning called?
- Semantics
- Pragmatics
- Syntax
What is the relationship between a word and its meaning called?
- Reference
- Denotation
- Signification
What is the theory that the meaning of a word is determined by its use called?
- Pragmatics
- Semantics
- Syntax
What is the theory that the meaning of a word is determined by its mental representation called?
- Mentalism
- Conceptualism
- Nominalism
What is the theory that the meaning of a word is determined by its social context called?
- Social constructivism
- Conventionalism
- Pragmatism
What is the theory that the meaning of a word is determined by its relationship to other words called?
- Structuralism
- Formalism
- Functionalism
What is the theory that the meaning of a word is determined by its relationship to the world called?
- Realism
- Materialism
- Physicalism
What is the theory that the meaning of a word is determined by its relationship to the speaker called?
- Subjectivism
- Idealism
- Phenomenalism
What is the theory that the meaning of a word is determined by its relationship to the hearer called?
- Objectivism
- Externalism
- Audience-dependence
What is the theory that the meaning of a word is determined by its relationship to the context called?
- Contextualism
- Relativism
- Historicism
What is the theory that the meaning of a word is determined by its relationship to the culture called?
- Cultural relativism
- Anthropology
- Sociology
What is the theory that the meaning of a word is determined by its relationship to the history called?
- Historicism
- Chronology
- Periodization
What is the theory that the meaning of a word is determined by its relationship to the future called?
- Futurism
- Progressivism
- Utopianism
What is the theory that the meaning of a word is determined by its relationship to the universe called?
- Cosmology
- Ontology
- Metaphysics
What is the theory that the meaning of a word is determined by its relationship to God called?
- Theology
- Religion
- Spirituality