Transcript Connotation/Denotation  Words denote the objects they refer to. “Olympus” denotes a sizeable mountain in Greece.  The connotation of a word is what.

Connotation/Denotation
 Words denote the objects they refer to.
“Olympus” denotes a sizeable mountain
in Greece.
 The connotation of a word is what it
suggests (or the concepts that are
associated with it). “Olympus” connotes
mythical beings.
Stipulative Definition
 Remember this? “There’s no particularly good answer
to this question, but, for the time being, let’s say that a
language is a set of sentences (a set is just a
collection).”
 This was a stipulative definition. I specified what I
meant by “language.” One can stipulate whatever
definition they want, but this will ultimately prove
nothing in an argument… Sticks and stones… see p.
100 on “Victory by Definition.”
 Sometimes stipulative definitions help to simplify a
discussion and are acceptable as long as they don’t
distort the meaning of other words.