Deck 11: Philosophy and Semiotics: Exploring Meaning and Representation

Question 1

According to the Tractatus, properly meaningful propositions divided into ------ kinds only

A)Two
B)three
C)four
D)five

Answer 1

Two

Question 2

According to Tractatus ------------ propositions which represented, or 'pictured', reality .

A)Factual
B)Analytcal
C)Symbolic
D)none of these

Answer 2

Factual

Question 3

------------ is the author ofProblems of Philosophy.

A)Russell
B)Moorre
C)Wittgenstein
D)none of these

Answer 3

Russell

Question 4

History plays an important part in --------------- philosophy.

A)Continental
B)analytical
C)Positivist
D)classical

Question 5

------------- is the author of Phenomenology of perception.

A)MerleauPonty
B)Heidgger
C)Gadamer
D)Habermas

Question 6

------------ is the most important novel by Sartre.

A)Being and Time
B)Nausea
C)Truth and Method
D)Ideas.

Question 7

-------- defined a sign as "something which stands to somebody for something,.

A)C S Pierce
B)Sassure
C)Heidegger
D)Gadamer

Question 8

-----------categorises of signs into three main types.

A)C S Pierce
B)Sassure
C)Heidegger
D)Gadamer

Question 9

An -------------- resembles its referent.

A)Icon
B)Index
C)Symbol
D)none of these

Question 10

A road sign for falling rocks is an example of -----------.

A)Icon
B)Index
C)Symbol
D)none of these

Question 11

an ------------is associated with its referent.

A)Icon
B)Index
C)Symbol
D)none of these

Question 12

smoke is an ------------ sign of fire .

A)Icon
B)Index
C)Symbol
D)none of these

Question 13

A ---------- is related to its referent only by convention

A)Icon
B)Index
C)Symbol
D)none of these

Question 14

Which of the following is a symbol?

A)road sign for falling rocks
B)smoke
C)traffic signals
D)none of these

Question 15

Which of the following is a Symbol?

A)road sign for falling rocks
B)smoke
C)traffic signals
D)none of these

Question 16

Words or traffic signals are examples of ---------

A)Icon
B)Index
C)Symbol
D)none of these