10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «OSTENSIVELY»
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Vagueness, Logic and Ontology
For example, "red", it is claimed, is taught ostensively by our being presented with
some determinate instances and counter-instances as paradigms and our then
applying the term to future cases by means of their resemblance to these ...
2
Philosophy and this Actual World
There would, in this case, be no problem with your ostensively defining 'mauve'
for me. But it is one thing for an (embodied) language user like you to ostensively
define a word like 'mauve' for another language user like me, and quite another ...
3
Human Knowledge: Its Scope and Limits
This explains the possibility of learning a word ostensively by means of a single
sensible occurrence. I saw Disraeli once, and once only, and was told, at the
moment, “that's Dizzy”. I have since very frequently remembered the occurrence,
with ...
4
Total Speech: An Integrational Linguistic Approach to Language
The problems begin in earnest when, we are told, the old man "looks ostensively
up at the sky." "Looking ostensively," like referring ostensively, is more easily said
than done (cf. Sperber and Wilson [1986: 55], where Mary "sniffs ostensively").
5
Philosophy of Syntax: Foundational Topics
At the stage of acquisition, primary concepts in a private language (meanings of
expressions defined ostensively) are built from, among other things, designates.
Putting the technical aspects to one side, we can treat them, roughly speaking, ...
Mieszko Tałasiewicz, 2009
6
An Introduction to Philosophical Analysis
Babies and children learntheir firstwords ostensively (from theLatin ostendere,or“
to show”) —by being shown examples ofhow they apply tothe world. They
learnthemeanings of “Mama,” “Daddy,” “doll,” “eat,”“shoe,”and countless other
wordsby ...
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Bertrand Russell: Language, knowledge and the world
It is relatively easy to see how, even acknowledging the familiar difficulties
associated with ostensive definition, terms like 'green' and 'blue' can be defined
ostensively. Green things all bear a certain degree of observational resemblance
to ...
8
Identity, Cause, and Mind: Philosophical Essays
There is an obvious connection between a person's being capable of being a
reliable visual color detector and his being capable of learning color words
ostensively. And it would seem to be a necessary condition of the latter, as well
as of the ...
9
Linguistic Meaning (RLE Linguistics A: General Linguistics)
People all over the world teach meaning ostensively - i.e. by pointing to
something in the setting and concomitantly uttering the name. The problem for H
is to pick out which part of the setting is being indicated as the denotation of the
language ...
10
Deviant Logic, Fuzzy Logic: Beyond the Formalism
Benjamin's argument, in [1939], rests upon the premiss that empirical words are
learned, ostensively, by reference to some finite sample of objects having or
lacking the relevant property, but apply to new objects not present in the learning
...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «OSTENSIVELY»
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ostensively is used in the context of the following news items.
Mark Caserta: Lone wolf attacks in US will escalate
... Obama's methodology of telegraphing his impotent punches, migrant deadlines and lily-livered military strategies ostensively have changed ... «Huntington Herald Dispatch, Jul 15»
Yulin Festival Needs to be Shut Down
Though supporters of the festival have given numerous arguments as to why the events are justifiable, most of their arguments are ostensively ... «Daily Utah Chronicle, Jul 15»
Whereto, with the “Crabs-In-A-Barrel” syndrome? - By: Bertram 'Ras …
... after returning to her homeland, ostensively to seek to ensure the rights gained by the Maroons via a Blood Treaty signed with Britain in 1739. «Global News Network, Jun 15»
Trouble in Paradise in the East Bay
Ostensively, it was “All Quiet on the Western Front” for the Contra Democratic Party at the May 31st fundraiser at Shadelands Ranch in Walnut ... «Fox and Hounds Daily, Jun 15»
D&H Helps VARs Outfit The 'Healthy Office,' Adding A Sit/Stand …
... variety of other ergonomic products, so VARs can capitalize on a growing trend while ostensively encouraging healthier work environments. «Business Solutions Magazine, May 15»
ERCO Skim LED downlight simulates starry sky in retail application
Rather than arranging the stores in the familiar straight lines, the architects devised an ostensively organic network of corridors. The winding ... «LEDs Magazine, May 15»
Jonathan and the Angry Nigerian Youths
... Ruben Abati,in a vicious article, ostensively in defense of mr president in 2012,titled “The Jonathan They Don't Know” castigated the youths ... «THISDAY Live, Mar 15»
Drone Provides Unprecedented Look at The Secret Soviet Military …
Ostensively, the Marx generator (which is technically not a Tesla coil) is used to test the electrical insulation and the effects of lightning on ... «moviepilot.com, Feb 15»
Whistleblowing inquiry lays bare 'alarming' treatment of staff who …
... figures about patient safety were ignored for years until he was eventually sacked by the trust in 2010, ostensively for swearing in meetings. «Telegraph.co.uk, Feb 15»
Cristina of Argentina: Target of Israeli “false flag” attack
... Argentine Public Prosecutor in the case of the 1994 AMIA Jewish Mutual Building terror bombing, ostensively as he was about to make public ... «Intifada Palestine, Jan 15»
