analytic philosophy
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Analytic philosophy is a 20th-century philosophical tradition, strongly associated with figures like Bertrand Russell, that emphasizes logical analysis, clarity of language, and rigorous argumentation in addressing philosophical problems.
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| instanceOf |
20th-century philosophy
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philosophical movement → philosophical tradition → |
| addresses |
problems of justification
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problems of knowledge → problems of meaning → problems of mind and consciousness → problems of modality → problems of moral reasoning → problems of personal identity → problems of reference → |
| associatedWith |
A. J. Ayer
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Alfred Tarski → Bertrand Russell → Donald Davidson → F. P. Ramsey →
surface form: "Frank P. Ramsey"
G. E. Moore → Gilbert Ryle → Gottlob Frege → J. L. Austin → Karl Popper → Ludwig Wittgenstein → P. F. Strawson → Rudolf Carnap → Saul Kripke → Willard Van Orman Quine →
surface form: "W. V. O. Quine"
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| contrastedWith | continental philosophy → |
| developedInRegion |
Australia
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Austria → Germany → United Kingdom → United States of America →
surface form: "United States"
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| dominantIn | Anglophone academic philosophy in the late 20th century → |
| emergedInCentury | 20th century → |
| emphasizes |
argumentative precision
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clarity of language → formal logic → logical rigor → |
| focusesOn |
epistemology
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ethics → language → logic → metaphysics → philosophy of language → philosophy of mind → philosophy of science → |
| hasCoreMethod |
analysis of language
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conceptual analysis → logical analysis → rigorous argumentation → |
| hasSubtradition |
Oxford philosophy
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analytic epistemology → analytic ethics → analytic metaphysics → analytic philosophy of language → analytic philosophy of mind → linguistic philosophy → logical empiricism → logical positivism → ordinary language philosophy → |
| historicalOrigin | late 19th century logic and mathematics → |
| historicalPhase |
early analytic philosophy
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logical positivist phase → ordinary language phase → post-positivist analytic philosophy → |
| influenced |
cognitive science
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contemporary analytic theology → formal semantics → legal philosophy → linguistics → |
| influencedBy |
Bertrand Russell
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surface form: "Bertrand Russell's logicism"
British empiricism → Gottlob Frege →
surface form: "Gottlob Frege's logic"
empiricism → mathematical logic → scientific method → |
| methodologicalIdeal |
argument reconstruction
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scientific clarity → use of formal methods → |
| typicalTechnique |
counterexample analysis
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distinction drawing → formalization of arguments → thought experiments → |
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this entity surface form: "ordinary language philosophy"
this entity surface form: "ordinary language philosophy"
this entity surface form: "British analytic philosophy"
subject surface form: "Bertrand Russell"
this entity surface form: "ordinary language philosophy"
the limits of my language mean the limits of my world
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philosophicalTradition
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analytic philosophy
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subject surface form: "The limits of my language mean the limits of my world"
Whereof one cannot speak, thereof one must be silent.
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philosophicalTradition
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analytic philosophy
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subject surface form: "Whereof one cannot speak, thereof one must be silent"