If you have arrived here hoping for a clear explanation of extension and intension I would read no further and go to Garth Kemerling's page on Meaning and Definition which is excellent. In this post I'm just having a play with the words and I'm likely to muddy the waters rather than enlighten you. (Also, it's very probably false.)
The extension of the term ‘extension’ consists of every word that could be said to be extensional.
Whereas the intension of the term ‘extention’ is the criteria for extension which is that the word be extensional.
The extension of the term ‘intension’ consists of every word that could be said to be intensional.
Whereas the intension of ‘intension’ is the criteria for intension which is that there be criteria a word must meet before the word intension applies.
OK?
Friday, 6 November 2009
Extension vs Intension
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And the definition of the word "recursive" can be understood by looking up the definition of the word "recursive".
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