When We Teach Someone What a Concept Means by Pointing

question 61

Multiple Choice

When we teach someone what a concept means by pointing out a physical example and saying, "things like that," we are providing an ostensive definition, rather than a logical one.Is it possible to provide an ostensive definition for every concept?

• A)Yes, because every concept has physical examples.
• B)Yes, because that is how we all learned the language as babies.
• C)Yes, because everything with a logical definition also has an ostensive one.
• D)No, because people won't know whether we are pointing at the thing or its color.
• E)No, because some concepts do not have physical examples at which to point.

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Definitions:

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