Philosophy of Language Multiple Choice Questions
1. G.E Moore states that the predicate good was
A. definable
B. difficult
C. indefinable
D. wrong
Answer: C. indefinable
2. Analytic philosophy is not a movement, instead there are various sub groups and individual thinkers collected under it
A. justified
B. unified
C. meaningful
D. scattered
Answer: B. unified
3. Principia Ethica is book written by which of the following thinkers
A. wittgenstein
B. russell
C. g.e. moore
D. carnap
Answer: C. g.e. moore
4. In Principia Ethica analysis was applied to understand the nature of deliberations
A. mathematical
B. moral
C. material
D. difficult
Answer: B. moral
5. According to Hacker, analysis is the of a concept in to its elements.
A. decomposition
B. unification
C. joining
D. synthesis
Answer: A. decomposition
6. Symbolic logic was seen to be fundamental to theorizing
A. spiritual
B. poetic
C. scientific
D. psychological
Answer: C. scientific
7. Regarding the origin of 20th century analytic philosophy is in orientation
A. psychological
B. non – psychological
C. intuitive
D. transcendental
Answer: B. non – psychological
8. A good way ahead was the role of logic and in philosophizing
A. sophistry
B. illusion
C. science
D. myth
Answer: C. science
9. Frege observed that there was lack of firm foundations in the discipline.
A. temporary
B. hierarchical
C. logical
D. cyclical
Answer: C. logical
10. Frege’s logistic thesis claims that mathematical theorems concerning number can be in terms of purely logical sort
A. mistaken
B. cancelled
C. error
D. re-expressed
Answer: D. re-expressed
11. Frege’s concern was mainly issues
A. botanical
B. logico-linguistic
C. religious
D. ethical
Answer: B. logico-linguistic
12. The logical foundations for the proofs of are given in Begriffschrift
A. ethics
B. theology
C. arithmetic
D. geology
Answer: C. arithmetic
13. The looseness and of natural language is cancelled by using special notations of ideal language
A. clarity
B. depth
C. ambience
D. vagueness
Answer: D. vagueness
14. It is not the processes that Frege points to when he insists on the proofs of the law of arithmetic.
A. psychological
B. mathematical
C. logical
D. logico-linguistic
Answer: A. psychological
15. The form of system of logic is through the conceptual notation of Frege.
A. old
B. traditional
C. modern
D. classical
Answer: C. modern
16. The predicate in the proposition of the older logic is clarified through the analogy of the mathematical notion of and logical notion of concept.
A. function
B. matrix
C. equation
D. reference
Answer: A. function
17. The combination of and function is said to have a truth value
A. concept
B. argument
C. vagueness
D. emptiness
Answer: B. argument
18. According to Frege,It is the features in language that one understands if one understands the nature of meaning in language
A. subjective
B. objective
C. partial
D. incomplete
Answer: B. objective
19. For Frege concepts are entities
A. subjective
B. transcendent
C. objective
D. transient
Answer: C. objective
20. According to Frege, the linguistic expression that stands for concepts is called
A. constant
B. concept word
C. antonym
D. proper name
Answer: B. concept word
21. In Fregean thought understanding of words is successfully achieved by its contribution to the formation and in sentences
A. opposition
B. verification
C. use
D. complexity
Answer: C. use
22. Frege’s approach to philosophy of language is one
A. syntactical
B. dialectical
C. atomistic
D. semantical
Answer: D. semantical
23. According to Frege, can be called the science which makes discoveries about the existence and properties of certain independent abstract objects say numbers
A. taxonomy
B. physics
C. arithmetic
D. botany
Answer: C. arithmetic
24. In defining number, Frege defines class as the of the concept
A. extension
B. intension
C. verification
D. negation
Answer: A. extension
25. It is only through standards set through language that the deficiencies of natural language in day to day use could be recognized
A. complex
B. atomic
C. hierarchical
D. ideal
Answer: D. ideal
26. According to Frege, it is in the of a sentence that a word has meaning
A. hierarchy
B. context
C. clarity
D. inferiority
Answer: B. context
27. The task of logic comprises examining the type of components the sentences is
A. justified
B. evaluated
C. verified
D. constructed
Answer: D. constructed
28. It is the interconnection in sequences as well as from their internal components in forming arguments that make the difference between and modern logic
A. traditional
B. objects
C. concepts
D. proper names
Answer: A. traditional
29. The new logic was a way to deal with formal structure of propositions, their between themselves, with analysis of their internal parts and components.
A. exclusion
B. psychology
C. interrelations
D. differences
Answer: C. interrelations
30. Frege compared the mathematical notion of and argument with the logical notion of concept and object
A. function
B. grammer
C. sense
D. addition
Answer: A. function
31. Frege conceived that thought is the of the sentence as a whole
A. complexity
B. base
C. sense
D. negation
Answer: C. sense
32. In Frege’s conception thought can be expressed knowing its truth value
A. with
B. always
C. without
D. hence
Answer: C. without
33. In thought being expressed in logical analysis distinctive colourings and tones are to be
A. included
B. involved
C. highlighted
D. excluded
Answer: D. excluded
34. The way we use language for scientific purposes is from the way we use for poetry
A. same
B. different
C. exact
D. synonymous
Answer: B. different
35. Frege used wherever required in expressing generality
A. diagrams
B. poetry
C. quantifiers
D. images
Answer: C. quantifiers
36. In the discourse of science everything that does not bear truth value is to be
A. avoided
B. conceptualised
C. included
D. minimized
Answer: A. avoided
37. Concept word is unsaturated or
A. complete
B. incomplete
C. full
D. multiplied
Answer: B. incomplete
38. In the Frege’s paper sense and reference, Morning star and evening star refer to the same object but not their
A. references
B. senses
C. impact
D. vision
Answer: B. senses
39. Inorder to solve conceptual problems Bertrand Russell and Whitehead emphasizes an language in the Principia Mathematica
A. illusionory
B. mystic
C. ideal
D. confused
Answer: C. ideal
40. According to Bertrand Russell in a logically perfect language there is exactly word for a simple object.
A. two
B. one
C. multiple
D. infinite
Answer: B. one
41. It was on the paper “ On Denoting” that the theory of first appeared
A. description
B. relativity
C. linguistics
D. translation
Answer: A. description
42. Russell claimed that the theory of descriptions solved problems in ontology and
A. syntax
B. semantics
C. arthmetic
D. ethics
Answer: B. semantics
43. Frank .B.Ramsey categorized theory of descriptions as the of philosophy
A. essay
B. vision
C. paradigm
D. superstition
Answer: C. paradigm
44. Though proper name and definite description denote the same individuals still their functions are different
A. mathematical
B. logical
C. ethical
D. numerical
Answer: B. logical
45. By using the language of one could make out the differences between proper name and definite description
A. arthmetic
B. geometry
C. symbolic logic
D. simplicity
Answer: C. symbolic logic
46. Quines rejection of Analytic- synthetic statements is the foundation for linguistic
A. rationalism
B. naturalism
C. competence
D. negativity
Answer: B. naturalism
47. It is the stimulation of endings through which the individual encounters the world which can be a scientific basis for explanation of the stimulus
A. magnetic
B. grammatical
C. nerve
D. objective
Answer: C. nerve
48. Quine considers two sentences mean the same proposition when they are true in the possible worlds
A. different
B. infinite
C. finite
D. same
Answer: D. same
49. The truths of logic and mathematics are true in possible worlds.
A. all
B. few
C. some
D. no
Answer: A. all
50. Quine considers that the fabric of sentences are generated from expressions learnt in context which are complexly .
A. disjoint
B. separate
C. interconnected
D. different
Answer: C. interconnected
51. According to Quine,It is upon tacitly accepted corpus of information that we speak of or deducibility relative to one another.
A. equivalence
B. inequality
C. hierarchy
D. dissimilarity
Answer: A. equivalence
52. Quine states that it is not propositions which are true or false but sentence tokens or sentences if they are
A. finite
B. limited
C. eternal
D. narrow
Answer: C. eternal
53. Eternal sentence is a sentence whose all have the same truth value.
A. tokens
B. syntax
C. differences
D. punctuations
Answer: A. tokens
54. According to Quine, If we are to construe logic as true by convention, we must rest logic ultimately upon some manner of convention other than
A. analogy
B. definition
C. superimposition
D. hierarchy
Answer: B. definition
55. Quine states, sentences can be made true by fiat by linguistic
A. adaptability
B. falsity
C. convention
D. opposition
Answer: C. convention
56. There are modest list of phonemes which are small units
A. decision
B. speech
C. variable
D. arthmetic
Answer: B. speech
57. In Quine’s view, the lexicon is devised for use in speech by the grammarian
by demarcating the desired class.
A. normal
B. technical
C. complex
D. temporary
Answer: A. normal
58. Negation is a construction which
operate in constituents.
A. multiple
B. single
C. three
D. undefined
Answer: B. single
59. Quine states that regarding what operation is to be carried out upon the expressions
there are such
A. constituents
B. elements
C. technicalities
D. categories
Answer: D. categories
60. Catgories are for Quine parts of even though they do not preserve
traditional lines of cleavage
A. speech
B. logic
C. arithmetic
D. frame
Answer: A. speech
61. A word can be a noun in one category and verb in another category so in
such cases substitutability is
A. complete
B. incomplete
C. absolute
D. fixed
Answer: B. incomplete
62. According to quine two kinds of linguistic notions are immanence and
A. correspondence
B. coherence
C. transcendence
D. efficient
Answer: C. transcendence
63. A lexicon in Quine’s view point may be termed notion
A. transcendent
B. immanent
C. blind
D. corrupt
Answer: B. immanent
64. According to Quine, It is through of construction that infinite category of
variables is generated.
A. iteration
B. subtraction
C. reduction
D. decrease
Answer: A. iteration
65. One of the grammatical construction is a predicate with a variable
A. analysing
B. negating
C. joining
D. avoiding
Answer: C. joining
66. An sentence is neither true or false
A. closed
B. free
C. open
D. combined
Answer: C. open
67. According to Quine, what is lacking in logical grammer is a list of
A. subjects
B. predicates
C. errors
D. analysis
Answer: B. predicates
68. Frege classified predicates as special case of expressions and
sentences as complex singular term.
A. functional
B. outward
C. joint
D. divided
Answer: A. functional
69. When the dictionary giving the syntactic atom is added it will yield
A. error
B. semantics
C. definition
D. rule
Answer: B. semantics
70. The central task of is to provide semantic interpretation to every sentence in a
language, according to Davidson nowhere in linguistic literature is given how to accomplish
this task
A. semantics
B. syntax
C. logic
D. symbolism
Answer: A. semantics
71. According to Davidson theory of meaning is an empirical theory, it should account
for the working of language
A. artificial
B. logical
C. natural
D. simplified
Answer: C. natural
72. Davidson wants to propose a formal theory for natural language
A. syntactic
B. semantic
C. symbolic
D. intuition
Answer: B. semantic
73. The work of Frege and Tarski
showed how languages
methods could be applied to natural
A. informal
B. intuitive
C. formal
D. compositional
Answer: C. formal
74. According to Davidson if demonstratives are
treated as happen
then logical error cannot
A. variables
B. formal
C. partial
D. constant
Answer: D. constant
75. The distinguishing feature of analytic tradition according to Dummett is the focus on
and explication of language.
A. analysis
B. conjunction
C. demarcation
D. synthesis
Answer: A. analysis
76. Dummett considers analysis of language is the only proper method to analyse
A. body
B. spirit
C. thought
D. infinity
Answer: C. thought
77. According to Dummett the defining characteristic of Analytic philosophy is priority of
philosophy of
A. mathematics
B. physics
C. language
D. body
Answer: C. language
78. According to Dummett, philosophy of language has central and role
A. fundamental
B. negligible
C. partial
D. narrow
Answer: A. fundamental
79. It is through the internalizing principle governing its use that we use language,
Dummett considers these to be capable of .
A. reflection
B. representation
C. nothing
D. everything
Answer: B. representation
80. Logical positivists developed a methodology to eradicate philosophical
A. answers
B. questions
C. monologues
D. interrogations
Answer: B. questions
81. According to Dummett the positions must be understood before we try to resolve them
A. verification
B. opposing
C. hidden
D. investigation
Answer: B. opposing
82. Dummett wanted the characterization meaning of linguistic statements
A. false
B. partial
C. higher
D. correct
Answer: D. correct
83. Dummett states that linguistic meanings are products of convention which enable to take place
A. interpretation
B. repetition
C. evaluation
D. recovery
Answer: A. interpretation
84. In Dummett’s theory of meaning, it is on the specification of meaning of expression that generates the specification of meaning of every expression
A. complex
B. simple
C. primitive
D. tentative
Answer: C. primitive
85. According to Dummett, philosophy involves construction of theory of meaning
A. vague
B. tentative
C. distributed
D. systematic
Answer: D. systematic
86. In Dummett’s philosophy meaning of a sentence should be analysed by conditions.
A. arbitrary
B. justification
C. explanatory
D. verbal
Answer: B. justification
87. Linguistic competence is a activity and theory of meaning should model it.
A. theoretical
B. arbitrary
C. spiritual
D. practical
Answer: D. practical
88. According to Dummett, theory of meaning has role within philosophy
A. negligible
B. partial
C. foundational
D. marginalized
Answer: C. foundational
89. It is through rules of interpretation that meaning of a sentence is derived from deep structure
A. syntactic
B. semantic
C. transformative
D. false
Answer: B. semantic
90. According to Noam Chomsky, grammer is our inner sub concious ability to generate language in which human language is constituted by internal system of
A. activity
B. art
C. disturbances
D. rules
Answer: D. rules
91. Generative grammer is trying to establish the foundational principle which makes possible language across all
A. machines
B. humanity
C. materials
D. systems
Answer: B. humanity
92. The deep structure is related to the surface structure by grammatical
A. inhibitions
B. manifestations
C. transformations
D. disturbances
Answer: C. transformations
93. The main concern of transformative grammer was regarding
A. semantics
B. syntax
C. illusion
D. fantasy
Answer: B. syntax