9. ILLUSTRATIVE EXERCISES.

1a. Employ the following terms in extension—European, flower, term, truth.

European Russian
Englishman
Scotchman
flower lily
rose
pansy
term singular
distributive
collective
truth Truth has no extension.
Since it refers to a
quality only, it is
non-connotative.

1b. Employ the following in extension—grain, rock, soil, precious stone.

2a. Use intensionally bird, quadruped, letter, John.

bird two feet
ability to fly
feathers
quadruped four feet
back bone
hairy covering
letter heading
body
complimentary close
John John has no intension.
Since it refers to
an object only, it is
non-connotative.

2b. Use the following in intension—word, table, purity, government.

3a. The use of a term in extension follows when attempting to answer two questions: First, what are the kinds? Second, to what objects may the term be applied? Make application of this with reference to the term man.

1. What are the kinds of men? Caucasian, Malay, Mongolian, Ethiopian, Redman.

2.  To what objects does the term man refer? George Washington, Chas. Hughes, John Smith.