Thinking Critically: Giving Definitions
Sylvan Barnet, Hugo Bedau, John O’Hara
Activity Objective: Define one of the “new terms” provided according to the definition type stipulated.
Define one of the “new terms” provided according to the definition type stipulated.
Example term: Pornography
Example of synonym-definition: “Pornography, simply stated, is obscenity.”
New terms (choose one): Police brutality, helicopter parenting, alternative music, organic foods
Define one of the “new terms” provided according to the definition type stipulated.
Example term: Pornography
Example of example-definition: “Pornography can be seen, for example, in D. H. Lawrence’s Lady Chatterley’s Lover, in the scene where . . .”
New terms (choose one): Police brutality, helicopter parenting, alternative music, organic foods
Define one of the “new terms” provided according to the definition type stipulated.
Example term: Pornography
Example of stipulation-definition: “For the purposes of this essay, pornography means any type of media that . . .”
New terms (choose one): Police brutality, helicopter parenting, alternative music, organic foods
Define one of the “new terms” provided according to the definition type stipulated.
Example term: Pornography
Example of definition by statement of necessary and sufficient conditions: “Something can be called pornography if and only if it presents sexually stimulating material without offering anything of redeeming social value.”
New terms (choose one): Police brutality, helicopter parenting, alternative music, organic foods